The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1939-03-29

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

(1586 Reviews)

Director:

H.C. Potter

Genres:

Biography Musical Romance

Cast:

Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers Edna May Oliver Walter Brennan

Writer:

Richard Sherman (screen play)

Oscar Hammerstein II (adaptation)

Dorothy Yost (adaptation)

Irene Castle (based on stories: "My Husband" and "My Memories of Vernon Castle" by)

Fullplot:

In 1911, Vernon Castle, minor comic in a stage revue, pursues the leading lady to a New Jersey beach...where, instead, he meets stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures later, they're married; at Irene's insistence, they abandon comedy to attempt a dancing career, which attempt only lands them in Paris without a sou. Fortunately, agent Maggie Sutton hears them rehearse and starts them on their brilliant career as the world's foremost ballroom dancers. But at the height of their fame, World War I begins...

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