The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

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biographical film film musical film

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle is a 1939 biographical musical film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers that dramatizes the lives and careers of the famous early 20th-century ballroom dancing duo Vernon and Irene Castle.

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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle canonical 12

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biographical film ⓘ
film ⓘ
musical film ⓘ
basedOn My Husband, The Dancer ⓘ
My Memories of Vernon Castle ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Irene Castle ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
cinematographyBy Robert De Grasse ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director H. C. Potter ⓘ
distributor RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
editedBy William Hamilton ⓘ
featuresCharacter Irene Castle ⓘ
Vernon Castle ⓘ
follows career of Vernon and Irene Castle ⓘ
genre biographical film ⓘ
musical film ⓘ
romantic drama film ⓘ
hasDanceStyle ballroom ⓘ
leadActor Fred Astaire ⓘ
Ginger Rogers ⓘ
musicBy Robert Russell Bennett ⓘ
notableFor final Astaire–Rogers film for RKO ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays ballroom dancing ⓘ
rise of Vernon and Irene Castle to fame ⓘ
producer George Haight ⓘ
productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate 1939-03-29 ⓘ
releaseYear 1939 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 93 ⓘ
screenwriter Allan Scott ⓘ
Howard Lindsay ⓘ
Irving Berlin ⓘ
Oscar Hammerstein II ⓘ
setDuring World War I ⓘ
setInTimePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
starring Edna May Oliver ⓘ
Etienne Girardot ⓘ
Fred Astaire ⓘ
Ginger Rogers ⓘ
Lew Fields ⓘ
Walter Brennan ⓘ
subject Irene Castle ⓘ
Vernon Castle ⓘ
title The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle self-link ⓘ

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Ginger Rogers → notableWork → The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle ⓘ
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle → title → The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle self-link ⓘ
Virginia Katherine McMath → notableWork → The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle ⓘ
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers RKO musicals → includesFilm → The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle ⓘ
Van Nest Polglase → notableWork → The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle ⓘ
Astaire–Rogers dance partnership → notableWork → The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle ⓘ
Astaire–Rogers filmography → hasPart → The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle ⓘ
Irene Castle → subjectOf → The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle ⓘ
Vernon Castle → portrayedIn → The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle ⓘ
Carroll Clark → notableWork → The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle ⓘ
George Haight → notableWork → The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle ⓘ
George Haight → hasWork → The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle ⓘ