Silent movie involving man frozen in block of ice

November 9, 2020 7:03 PM

I would like to identify one of the first movies I can recall seeing on television. This was a silent movie (b&w) although it may have had some sounds added. There were tittle cards with limited dialogue. This would have been in Canada in the late Seventies, so could be from any time previous. Few facts I can remember are the main character was either newly rich or pretending to be rich, and at one point took a cruise (presumably in the North Atlantic), fell in the water and was recovered inside a block of ice.

The ice block scene did not seem to be a parody but more like a way to show the water was cold. In the next scene he was thawed out. Throughout the movie there was a romantic interest female character the main character was trying to impress, and also a friend or friendly rival male character throughout. The friend may have pushed him in the water, though I think he was knocked in mechanically.
There is a chance it might be one of the early versions of Brewster’s Millions, but I have not been able to identify it and the written description I saw does not seem to match exactly. Any possibilities?

posted by Short End Of A Wishbone to Media & Arts (2 answers total)

The Man From Beyond?
posted by Ideefixe at 7:11 PM on November 9, 2020

Except for the man trapped in the block of ice, it sounds like Hitchcock's Champagne?
posted by chinesefood at 4:48 AM on November 10, 2020