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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)

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The last of RKO's Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers vehicles, The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle is also the least typical. At their best playing carefree characters in gossamer-thin musical comedy plotlines, Fred and Ginger seem slightly ill at ease cast as the real-life dancing team of Vernon and Irene Castle. The stripped-to-essentials storyline boils down to novice dancer Irene (Rogers) convincing vaudeville comic Vernon (Astaire) to give up slapstick in favor of "classy" ballroom dancing. With

Oct 24, 2006

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It's not exactly a stretch for Astaire and Rogers, but they do the old rags-to-riches angle seamlessly, and the finale is surprisingly touching.

October 13, 2011 Full Review Source: Film and Felt | Comment
Film and Felt

Lesser Astaire-Rogers vehicle, but pleasant.

May 24, 2006 Comment
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

The duo's most unusual film, a surprisingly effective tearjerker

March 18, 2005 Comment
Kalamazoo Gazette
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And they are gone: ay, ages long agoThese lovers fled away into the storm. These lines, the opening of the final stanza of John Keats' The Eve of St. Agnes, come to mind as the long run of Ginger and Fred comes to an end. It's their escape into the realm of legend. Heartbreaking. Although they would reunite through

March 3, 2009
binky013

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Different from other Fred & Ginger movies in being a bio and probably not too factual but great dancing, their chemistry and Edna May Oliver make it a fine entertainment.

August 28, 2008
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