Watch: The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle 1939 123movies, Full Movie Online – In 1911, Vernon Castle, minor comic in a stage revue, pursues the leading lady to a New Jersey beach…where, instead, he meets stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures later, they’re married; at Irene’s insistence, they abandon comedy to attempt a dancing career, which attempt only lands them in Paris without a sou. Fortunately, agent Maggie Sutton hears them rehearse and starts them on their brilliant career as the world’s foremost ballroom dancers. But at the height of their fame, World War I begins….
Plot: 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.
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A Smart Film About An Iconic Dance Team
This bio-pic about the hugely successful dance team, Vernon and Irene Castle, starts at the time of their meeting and covers the entire breadth of their career, starting just before the advent of WWI. This film was released in 1939, so film audiences had plenty of choices and the competition was strong. Still, this ninth pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers experienced modest success.Irene Castle herself was a technical adviser and helped design the gowns that Ginger wore–which, by the way, are very nice, despite Ginger’s protestations.
Because this film covers many years and many happenings, it uses montage quite heavily–something that is usually distracting, but in this case it works well.
The dancing documents a variety of styles, some of which were introduced by Vernon and Irene. At the height of their career, they were trendsetters in dance, fashion, culture and taste. Their first dance in the film is an adaptation of minstrel dancing; later dances include the tango and foxtrot. Astaire must have been familiar with all of these styles and probably had used them in his choreography with sister Adele. Still, his choreography in the film is inspired–showing us the essence of each stage in dance evolution.
Ginger is beautiful and she seems to have a freedom in her performance, as if their relationship had advanced to the point of total trust. I only wish this film–and a few of their others–had been shot in color.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 33 min (93 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Approved
Genre Biography, Drama, Musical
Director H.C. Potter
Writer Richard Sherman, Oscar Hammerstein II, Dorothy Yost
Actors Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Oliver
Country United States
Awards 1 nomination
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Mono (RCA Victor System)
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length (10 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm