The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
March 29, 1939
Music, Romance
1h 33m
Dazzling entertainment rainbowed by memory's most haunting hit melodies!
In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures later, they marry and then abandon comedy to attempt a dancing career together. While they're performing in Paris, an agent sees them rehearse and starts them on their brilliant career as the world's foremost ballroom dancers. However, at the height of their fame, World War I begins.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- H. C. Potter
- Vernon Castle Fred Astaire
- Irene Castle Ginger Rogers
- Maggie Sutton Edna May Oliver
- Walter Walter Brennan
- Lew Fields Lew Fields
- Papa Aubel Etienne Girardot
- Mrs. Foote Janet Beecher
- Emile Aubel Rolfe Sedan
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Keywords
- dancing
- husband wife relationship
- dancer
- france
- biography
- ballroom dancing
- airplane crash
- singing
- dance team
- husband and wife act