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    The Story of Vernon & Irene Castle

    1939 · Biography · 1h 33m

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      • Castle isn't bad or lifeless; nothing with these two stars could be that. But it doesn't have the same sparkle and pizzazz that one associates with the duo. Still, the death and subsequent "dream dance" both pack a significant wallop that is missing in other films for the pair.
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  1. Aspiring dancer Irene (Ginger Rogers) convinces vaudevillian Vernon Castle (Fred Astaire) to give up his comic act for something more serious: ballroom dancing.

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  3. 47 Reviews. Hide Spoilers. Sort by: Filter by Rating: 7/10. Fred and Ginger as Vernon and Irene. blanche-2 30 July 2005. How strange to contemplate the enormous popularity of Vernon and Irene Castle before World War I and to realize that, without this film, no one would know who they are today.

  4. The duo's most unusual film, a surprisingly effective tearjerker. Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 18, 2005. Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted measurement of...

  5. The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle: Directed by H.C. Potter. With Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Oliver, Walter Brennan. The story of the dancing team who taught the world to two-step.

    • (2.8K)
    • Biography, Drama, Musical
    • H.C. Potter
    • 1939-03-29
  6. Astaire and Rogers in their last pre-war monochrome musical, a touching cinebiography of the celebrated American dancers of the pre-First World War era whose partnership ended with his death as a pilot in the war.

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    • H.C. Potter
    • Approved
    • Fred Astaire
  7. The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle is a 1939 American biographical musical comedy directed by H.C. Potter. The film stars Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Oliver, and Walter Brennan. The film is based on the stories My Husband and My Memories of Vernon Castle, by Irene Castle.

  8. Dec 31, 1938 11:00pm PT. The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle is top-flight cinematic entertainment. It's another switch on the backstage story, this time dealing with a much-in-love married...