Poster 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The classic logo of RKO Radio Pictures. ... Fred Astaire Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987), born Frederick Austerlitz in Omaha, Nebraska, was an American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer and actor. ... Ginger Rogers (1911–1995) Ginger Rogers, (July 16, 1911 - April 25, 1995), was a legendary American actress and dancer. ... Edna May Oliver (November 9, 1883 – November 9, 1942) (born Edna May Nutter) was a film actress. ... Walter Brennan Walter Brennan, (born 25 July 1894 in Swampscott, Massachusetts; died 21 September 1974 in Oxnard, California) was a veteran character actor, notably in westerns. ... (For work done with Richard Rodgers, see Rodgers and Hammerstein) Oscar Hammerstein II ( July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American writer and producer of musical comedies for almost forty years. ... Vernon and Irene Castle were a husband-and-wife team of ballroom dancers of the early 20th century. ...
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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle is a biographicalmusical comedy starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Oliver and Walter Brennan. The 1939 movie is based on the stories "My Husband" and "My Memories of Vernon Castle", by Irene Castle. The movie was adapted by Oscar Hammerstein II, Dorothy Yost and Richard Sherman. The film was directed by H.C. Potter. Irene Castle acted as advisor to this film, and constantly disagreed with the director as to details of costuming and liberties taken with their lives. She scored one direct hit though: when informed that white actor Walter Brennan was to play their faithful servant Walter, she was dumbfounded- the real Walter was Black. This is an article on biographies. ... Musical theater (or theatre) is a form of theater combining music, songs, dance, and spoken dialogue. ... Fred Astaire Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987), born Frederick Austerlitz in Omaha, Nebraska, was an American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer and actor. ... Ginger Rogers (1911–1995) Ginger Rogers, (July 16, 1911 - April 25, 1995), was a legendary American actress and dancer. ... Edna May Oliver (November 9, 1883 – November 9, 1942) (born Edna May Nutter) was a film actress. ... Walter Brennan Walter Brennan, (born 25 July 1894 in Swampscott, Massachusetts; died 21 September 1974 in Oxnard, California) was a veteran character actor, notably in westerns. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Vernon and Irene Castle were a husband-and-wife team of ballroom dancers of the early 20th century. ... (For work done with Richard Rodgers, see Rodgers and Hammerstein) Oscar Hammerstein II ( July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American writer and producer of musical comedies for almost forty years. ...
Vernon and IreneCastle were a husband-and-wife team of ballroom dancers of the early 20th century.
IreneCastle (April 17, 1893 - January 25, 1969) was born Irene Foote in New Rochelle, New York.
Vernon served as a pilot during World War I, and shortly after the war, died in an airplane crash near Fort Worth, Texas (where he was an airplane flight instructor) in 1918.
Vernon and IreneCastle, a husband and wife dance team, were a true sensation of the American vaudeville circuit in the years immediately prior to World War I, but their career was cut short by Vernon's death in the war.
Vernon and Irene meet, fall in love, become a dance team, and take the world, or at least the civilized part of it, by storm.
IreneCastle, who served as story consultant, had many clashes with Ginger (unsurprisingly) over clothes, hair length, etc. Her presence also probably helped keep the story wholesome and dignified, although apparently the Castles were more rambunctious than either Fred or Ginger.
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