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Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (The)

Country: USA, Language: English, 93 mins

  • Director: H.C. Potter
  • Writer: Irene Castle; Oscar Hammerstein II
  • Producer: George Haight

CGiii Comment

Thank Darwin that times have changed - this sickly sweet romance littered with camp is enough to turn your stomach.

Senseless, sterile and sexless propaganda.


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The(ir) Blurb...

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...

Cast & Characters

Fred Astaire as Vernon Castle;
Ginger Rogers as Irene Castle;
Edna May Oliver as Maggie Sutton;
Walter Brennan as Walter Ash;
Lew Fields as Lew Fields;
Etienne Girardot as Papa Aubel;
Janet Beecher as Mrs. Foote;
Rolfe Sedan as Emile Aubel;
Leonid Kinskey as Artist;
Robert Strange as Dr. Hubert Foote;
Douglas Walton as Student Pilot;
Clarence Derwent as Papa Louis;
Sonny Lamont as Charlie, Tap Dancer;
Frances Mercer as Claire Ford;
Victor Varconi as Grand Duke