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Movie Info
Aspiring dancer Irene (Ginger Rogers) convinces vaudevillian Vernon Castle (Fred Astaire) to give up his comic act for something more serious: ballroom dancing. Together, they work on perfecting their dance routine and take the act to Paris. It's a rocky road at first, but, after a knockout appearance at the Café de Paris, the duo become a sensation. With their fame steadily rising, the Castles seem on top of the world. But the outbreak of World War I threatens everything.
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Genre: Biography
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Original Language: English
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Director: H. C. Potter
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Producer: George Haight, Pandro S. Berman
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Release Date (Theaters): limited
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Release Date (Streaming):
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Runtime:
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Production Co: RKO Pictures
Cast & Crew

Fred Astaire
Vernon Castle

Ginger Rogers
Irene Castle

Edna May Oliver
Maggie Sutton

Walter Brennan
Walter Ash

Etienne Girardot
Papa Aubel

Janet Beecher
Mrs. Foote

Rolfe Sedan
Emile Aubel

Leonid Kinskey
Artist

Robert Strange
Dr. Hubert Foote

Douglas Walton
Student Pilot

Clarence Derwent
Papa Louis

Sonny Lamont
Charlie

Frances Mercer
Claire Ford

H. C. Potter
Director

George Haight
Producer

Pandro S. Berman
Producer
Critic Reviews for The Story of Vernon & Irene Castle
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Mar 03, 2009
And they are gone: ay, ages long ago These lovers fled away into the storm. <p> These lines, the opening of the final stanza of John Keats' <i>The Eve of St. Agnes</i>, come to mind as the long run of Ginger and Fred comes to an end. It's their escape into the realm of legend. <p>Heartbreaking. Although they would reunite through a twist of fate a decade later, this was the last intentional pairing of Rogers and Astaire, the end of their nine film run into cinematic history. <p>Perhaps because this tragic story is based on the real lives of Vernon and Irene Castle, and, of course, the untimely death of Vernon Castle, that story and the end of the Rogers and Astaire dynasty combine for an even sadder double impact. To see them, in the end, dancing off into the distance in Ginger's/Irene's imagination heightens the melancholy of the moment. The characters and the actors are gone, ay ages long ago. The greatest dancing duo in movie history -- then, now, and forever.
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Aug 28, 2008
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.
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