The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Release: 1939-03-29
·Runtime: 93m
·★ 6.9
Music
Romance
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
RKO Radio Pictures
Cast
Don Brodie
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
Lew Fields
as Lew Fields
Max Barwyn
as (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
as Stockbroker
Leonard Mudie
as British Officer (uncredited)
Janet Beecher
as Mrs. Foote
George Irving
as Colonel's Aide (uncredited)
Lynton Brent
as Mechanic (uncredited)
Douglas Walton
as Student Pilot
Neal Burns
as (uncredited)
Eleanor Hansen
as Irene's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Donald MacBride
as Hotel Manager
Tom Chatterton
as Announcer (uncredited)
Leyland Hodgson
as British Sergeant (uncredited)
Jack Richardson
as Old Man in Montage (uncredited)
Ginger Rogers
as Irene Castle
Adrienne D'Ambricourt
as French Landlady (uncredited)
Hal K. Dawson
as Man in Balcony (uncredited)
Neal Hart
as (uncredited)
Walter Brennan
as Walter
Robert Strange
as Dr. Foote
Elspeth Dudgeon
as Lady Bolton (uncredited)
Dick Elliott
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Leonid Kinskey
as Artist
Jean Sablon
as Piano Specialty (uncredited)
Russell Hicks
as Colonel (uncredited)
Fred Astaire
as Vernon Castle
Victor Varconi
as Grand Duke
Eugene Borden
as Frenchman (uncredited)
Ellinor Vanderveer
as Guest with Grand Duke (uncredited)
William Worthington
as Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
Marge Champion
as Irene's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Billy Franey
as (uncredited)
Esther Muir
as (uncredited)
Jack Perrin
as (uncredited)
Edna May Oliver
as Maggie Sutton
Frank Coghlan Jr.
as Boy in Montage (uncredited)
Roy D'Arcy
as Actor in "Patria" (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
as (uncredited)
Etienne Girardot
as Papa Aubel
Sonny Lamont
as Charlie
Theodore von Eltz
as (uncredited)
Buzz Barton
as (uncredited)
Steve Pendleton
as Adjutant (uncredited)
Poppy Wilde
as Guest with Grand Duke (uncredited)
Dorothy Lovett
as (uncredited)
Frank Mills
as Frank (uncredited)
Jean Stevens
as (uncredited)
Rolfe Sedan
as Emile Aubel
Kay Sutton
as Girl with Stockbrokers (uncredited)
Lillian Yarbo
as Mary (uncredited)
Frances Mercer
as Claire Ford
Frank Faylen
as Adjutant (uncredited)
