Ice Palace (film)

Ice Palace
Directed byVincent Sherman
Written byHarry Kleiner
Based onIce Palace
by Edna Ferber
Produced byHenry Blanke and Harry Kleiner
StarringRichard Burton
Robert Ryan
Carolyn Jones
Martha Hyer
Jim Backus
CinematographyJoseph F. Biroc
Edited byWilliam H. Ziegler
Music byMax Steiner
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • January 2, 1960 (1960-01-02) (United States)
Running time
143 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3.5 million[1]
Box office$1,650,000 (US/ Canada)[2]

Ice Palace is a 1960 Technicolor historical drama adventure film directed by Vincent Sherman and adapted from a novel of 1958 written by Edna Ferber. The film stars Richard Burton, Robert Ryan, Carolyn Jones and Martha Hyer. It dramatizes the debate over Alaska statehood. Alaska had become a state in 1959.

  1. ^ FOCUS ON THE FORTY-NINTH STATE By BILL BECKERJUNEAU New York Times 27 Sep 1959: X7.
  2. ^ "Rental Potentials of 1960", Variety, 4 January 1961 p 47. Please note figures are rentals as opposed to total gross.