The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

Release date: 03/29/1939

Budget: $1,196,000

Revenue: $1,825,000

Genres:

Drama, Music, Romance, War

Countries:

United States of America

Rating:

7.0

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.

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Actors

Fred Astaire

Vernon Castle

Ginger Rogers

Irene Castle

Edna May Oliver

Maggie Sutton

Walter Brennan

Walter

Lew Fields

Etienne Girardot

Papa Aubel

Janet Beecher

Mrs. Foote

Rolfe Sedan

Emile Aubel

Leonid Kinskey

Artist

Robert Strange

Dr. Foote

Douglas Walton

Student Pilot

Sonny Lamont

Charlie

Frances Mercer

Claire Ford

Victor Varconi

Grand Duke

Donald MacBride

Hotel Manager

Marge Champion

Irene's Girlfriend (uncredited)

Frank Faylen

Adjutant (uncredited)

George Irving

Colonel's Aide (uncredited)

Theodore von Eltz

(uncredited)

Buzz Barton

(uncredited)

Max Barwyn

(uncredited)

Brooks Benedict

Stockbroker

Eugene Borden

Frenchman (uncredited)

Lynton Brent

Mechanic (uncredited)

Don Brodie

Stage Manager (uncredited)

Neal Burns

(uncredited)

Tom Chatterton

Announcer (uncredited)

Frank Coghlan Jr.

Boy in Montage (uncredited)

Adrienne D'Ambricourt

French Landlady (uncredited)

Roy D'Arcy

Actor in "Patria" (uncredited)

Hal K. Dawson

Man in Balcony (uncredited)

Elspeth Dudgeon

Lady Bolton (uncredited)

Dick Elliott

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Billy Franey

(uncredited)

Eleanor Hansen

Irene's Girlfriend (uncredited)

Neal Hart

(uncredited)

Russell Hicks

Colonel (uncredited)

Leyland Hodgson

British Sergeant (uncredited)

Dorothy Lovett

(uncredited)

Louis Mercier

French Singer (uncredited)

Frank Mills

Frank (uncredited)

Leonard Mudie

British Officer (uncredited)

Esther Muir

(uncredited)

Frank O'Connor

(uncredited)

Steve Pendleton

Adjutant (uncredited)

Jack Perrin

(uncredited)

Jack Richardson

Old Man in Montage (uncredited)

Jean Sablon

Piano Specialty (uncredited)

Jean Stevens

(uncredited)

Kay Sutton

Girl with Stockbrokers (uncredited)

Ellinor Vanderveer

Guest with Grand Duke (uncredited)

William Worthington

Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)

Lillian Yarbo

Mary (uncredited)

Poppy Wilde

Guest with Grand Duke (uncredited)

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

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