Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, The
Warner Bros. (1939)
Biography, Musical, Romance
In Collection
#12350
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Seen ItYes
053939757026
IMDB   7.0
1 hr 33 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
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
Clarence Derwent Papa Louis
Sonny Lamont Charlie
Frances Mercer Claire Ford
Victor Varconi Grand Duke
Director
H.C. Potter
Producer Pandro S. Berman
Writer Oscar Hammerstein II
Richard Sherman


"You could be a perfectly wonderful dancer if you wanted to," Irene tells the vaudeville second banana who will someday be her husband. They were even more wonderful together. Vernon and Irene Castle became King and Queen of the Ballroom, creating the Castle Walk, Maxie, Texas Tommy and other sensations. The world followed their every move. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers close their fabulous run of the '30s films by portraying the popular dancers whose influence extended to pre-World War I lifestyles (Castle candies, shoes, and beauty supplies were just a few of the duo's product lines). Period tunes and the stars' delightful stepping of Castle dances accent this film of goodbyes to a fond yesteryear and to the Astaire/Rogers RKO partnership. Apart, Fred and Ginger would make fine movies. But they were even more wonderful together.
Edition Details
Release Date 10/24/2006
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Subtitles English; English (Closed Captioned); French; Spanish
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Mono [English]
Mono [English]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
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