a critic in the "new york herald tribune" wrote, "since some kind of story was needed to lead up to the film debut of "the international ice follies," and top-flight players to give it the necessary publicity gloss, joan crawford, james stewart, and lew ayres were given the unenviable job of trying to make it digestible. their acting is smart and likable; their material is not...miss crawford should avoid this type of film in the future, when she has to buck poor material, a group of specialists and metro's own lavishness."