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THE STORY OF VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE.

Fred Astaire's film tells of American vaudeville comic Vernon Castle. Vernon and Irene Foote become an overnight sensation in Paris. Vernon is killed in a training accident, leaving Irene to carry on alone. Their fame and fortune rises to unprecedented heights in the pre-World War I years.

Credits

Cast
Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Oliver, Walter Brennan
Complete catalog record
THE STORY OF VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE. 1939. 93 min., sd. Based on the stories "My Husband" and "My Memories of Vernon Castle" by Irene Castle. Credits: Producer, George Haight; director, H. C. Potter; screenplay, Richard Sherman; adaptation, Oscar Hammerstein, Dorothy Yost; editor, William Hamilton; music director, Victor Baravalle. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 30Mar39; LP8775.

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, genre, description, credits, catalog record
  2. Ideal Pictures Corporation Motion Picture Catalog, 1940-1941 — title, format, sound, genre, description, credits
  3. Wikidata · Q2095063 ↗ — length, color, country

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