The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
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| The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle | |
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 The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle movie poster |
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| Directed by | H. C. Potter |
| Produced by | George Haight |
| Written by | Irene Castle (stories My Husband and My Memories of Vernon Castle) |
| Starring | Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers Edna May Oliver Walter Brennan |
| Cinematography | Robert de Grasse |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures Inc. |
| Release date(s) | March 29, 1939 (U.S. release) |
| Running time | 93 min |
| Language | English |
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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle is a biographical musical comedy starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Oliver and Walter Brennan. The 1939 movie is based on the stories "My Husband" and "My Memories of Vernon Castle", by Irene Castle. The movie was adapted by Oscar Hammerstein II, Dorothy Yost and Richard Sherman. The film was directed by H.C. Potter. Irene Castle acted as advisor to this film, and constantly disagreed with the director as to details of costuming and liberties taken with their lives. She scored one direct hit though: when informed that white actor Walter Brennan was to play their faithful servant Walter, she was dumbfounded- the real Walter was Black.
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| Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers |
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Flying Down to Rio (1933) • The Gay Divorcee (1934) • Roberta (1935) • Top Hat (1935) • Follow the Fleet (1936) • Swing Time (1936) • Shall We Dance (1937) • Carefree (1938) • The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939) • The Barkleys of Broadway (1949) |
