The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
August 28th, 2008
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All Genres: Biography, Musical, Romance, War Release Year: 1939 Country: USA Runtime: 93 Rating: 6 (0) Languages: English Director: H.C. Potter Sound: Mono Taglines: Writing by: Irene Castle - (stories My Husband and My Memories of Vernon Castle) Oscar Hammerstein II - (adaptation) and Dorothy Yost - (adaptation) Richard Sherman - (screenplay) Produced by: George Haight - producer Cast: Fred Astaire - Vernon Castle Ginger Rogers - Irene Castle nee Foote Edna May Oliver - Maggie Sutton Walter Brennan - Walter Ash Lew Fields - Lew Fields Etienne Girardot - Papa Aubel Janet Beecher - Mrs. Foote Rolfe Sedan - Emile Aubel Leonid Kinskey - Artist Robert Strange - Dr. Hubert Foote Douglas Walton - Student Pilot Music: Robert Russell Bennett Official Website: Visit Website Plot Outline: This is the film version of Vernon and Irene Castle, sensational ballroom dancers prior to World War I. Plot: 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, theyre married; at Irenes 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 worlds foremost ballroom dancers. But at the height of their fame, World War I begins... Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads: The end credits show what happen to the real people portrayed in the film. Goofs: We know about 4 goofs. Here comes one of them: Audio/visual unsynchronized: Lip movement doesnt match dialog at one point where Raj tells Alec about the race. Trivia: There are 2 entries in the trivia list - like these:
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