Fred Astaire
Vernon Castle
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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. The movie was adapted by Oscar Hammerstein II, Dorothy Yost ...
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Irene and Vernon Castle, c. 1912. Vernon and Irene Castle were a husband-and-wife team of ballroom dancers and dance teachers who appeared on Broadway and in silent films in the early 20th century. They are credited with reviving the popularity of modern dancing. Castle was a stage name: Vernon (2 May 1887 – 15 February 1918) was born William ...
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.
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- Biography, Drama, Musical
- H.C. Potter
- 1939-03-29
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Vernon and Irene Castle were an American husband-and-wife dancing team, famous as the originators of the one-step and the turkey trot. Vernon and Irene were married in 1911 and as dance partners became famous worldwide. They popularized such dances as the glide, the castle polka, the castle walk,
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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, based on the memoirs of Irene Castle, tells of her great love for her husband and ballroom dancing partner, Vernon. After achieving spectacular success in the days preceding World War I, the couple sees their happy, glamorous life torn apart when Vernon is called to action and killed in a training accident.
- H. C. Potter, Argyle Nelson
- Fred Astaire
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle ★★★ 1939. In this, their last film together for RKO, Astaire and Rogers portray the internationally successful ballroom dancers who achieved popularity in the early 1900s. Irene Castle served as technical advisor for the film and exasperated everyone on the set by insisting that Rogers be a brunette.
The Walk is an immediate success, and the Castles' rise to stardom is meteoric. Soon the fashion world is emulating Irene's new hair bob and Vernon's shoes. After many successful tours, they return to the United States to retire and spend quiet hours together. When war breaks out, Vernon, who is British, enlists in the British Flying Service.
