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.

Statements (46)

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 →
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 NERFINISHED → Etienne Girardot → Fred Astaire → Ginger Rogers → Lew Fields → Walter Brennan →
subject	Irene Castle → Vernon Castle →
title	The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ginger Rogers →	notableWork
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle →	title