The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Music
Romance
Dazzling entertainment rainbowed by memory's most haunting hit melodies!
In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures later, they marry and then abandon comedy to attempt a dancing career together. While they're performing in Paris, an agent sees them rehearse and starts them on their brilliant career as the world's foremost ballroom dancers. However, at the height of their fame, World War I begins.
1939-03-29
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Cast
Director
H. C. Potter
Fred Astaire as Vernon Castle
Ginger Rogers as Irene Castle
Edna May Oliver as Maggie Sutton
Walter Brennan as Walter
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. Foote
Douglas Walton as Student Pilot
Sonny Lamont as Charlie
Frances Mercer as Claire Ford
Victor Varconi as Grand Duke
Donald MacBride as Hotel Manager
Marge Champion as Irene's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Frank Faylen as Adjutant (uncredited)
Jack Gargan as Soldier in Nightclub (uncredited)
George Irving as Colonel's Aide (uncredited)
Theodore von Eltz as (uncredited)
Buzz Barton as (uncredited)
Max Barwyn as (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict as Stockbroker
Eugene Borden as Frenchman (uncredited)
Lynton Brent as Mechanic (uncredited)
Don Brodie as Stage Manager (uncredited)
Neal Burns as (uncredited)
Tom Chatterton as Announcer (uncredited)
Frank Coghlan Jr. as Boy in Montage (uncredited)
Adrienne D'Ambricourt as French Landlady (uncredited)
Roy D'Arcy as Actor in "Patria" (uncredited)
Hal K. Dawson as Man in Balcony (uncredited)
Elspeth Dudgeon as Lady Bolton (uncredited)
Dick Elliott as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Billy Franey as (uncredited)
Eleanor Hansen as Irene's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Neal Hart as (uncredited)
Russell Hicks as Colonel (uncredited)
Leyland Hodgson as British Sergeant (uncredited)
Dorothy Lovett as (uncredited)
Louis Mercier as French Singer (uncredited)
Frank Mills as Frank (uncredited)
Leonard Mudie as British Officer (uncredited)
Esther Muir as (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor as (uncredited)
Steve Pendleton as Adjutant (uncredited)
Jack Perrin as (uncredited)
Jack Richardson as Old Man in Montage (uncredited)
Jean Sablon as Piano Specialty (uncredited)
Jean Stevens as (uncredited)
Kay Sutton as Girl with Stockbrokers (uncredited)
Ellinor Vanderveer as Guest with Grand Duke (uncredited)
William Worthington as Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
Lillian Yarbo as Mary (uncredited)
Poppy Wilde as Guest with Grand Duke (uncredited)