Vernon and Irene Castle were a husband-and-wife team of ballroom dancers and dance teachers who appeared on Broadway and in silent films in the early 20th...
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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle is a 1939 American biographical musical comedy directed by H.C. Potter. The film stars Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers...
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including tap, classical dance, and the elevated style of Vernon and Irene Castle. His trademark style greatly influenced the American Smooth style of...
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Castle Walk is a dance originated and made famous by Vernon and Irene Castle. The moniker was coined from the Castle's signature dance step styling, and...
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gymnast Irene Aragón Castillo (born 1963), Mexican politician Irene Castle (1893–1969), half of the ballroom dance team of Vernon and Irene Castle Irene Cefaro...
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7 million. In 1939, Astaire and Rogers made The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle. It was the end of their partnership for ten years. Despite several successful...
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Shall We Dance (1937), Carefree (1938), and The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939). The Barkleys of Broadway (1949) was produced later at MGM. They...
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Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939). (*) (w/ song) "By The Light Of The Silvery Moon" from The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939). "Sunday Jumps"...
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fans, rivaling Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish, Clara Kimball Young and Irene Castle.[citation needed] She starred primarily in provocative society dramas...
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directed by Lawrence McGill and starring Irene Castle. It was distributed through Pathé Exchange. Irene Castle - Norma Webb Antonio Moreno - Hugh Godwin...
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characters in the Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers musical The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle. A 1940 comic performance as Laurence Olivier's Mr. Darcy's domineering...
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supported Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939). Brennan also appeared in Melody of Youth (1939), and Stanley...
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Boat (1936), The Prince and the Pauper (1937), The Story of Vernon & Irene Castle (1939), Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (1939), Calling Dr. Kildare...
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during the war. Dancer, silent film actress and fashion trendsetter Irene Castle helped spread the fashion for short hairstyles in America. Hair, even...
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1976. In 1983 he played Vernon Castle on TV Parade of Stars, teaming with his wife Sandy Duncan who played Irene Castle. He served as the choreographer...
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fast-paced Castle Walk and One-step, Vernon and Irene Castle's music director, James Reese Europe, would slowly play "The Memphis Blues". The Castles were intrigued...
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Irene Foote may refer to: Irene Castle (1893–1969), née Foote, American ballroom dancer and dance teacher Irene Foote (bowls), New Zealand lawn bowls...
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Orphans of the Storm, an animal shelter founded in 1928 by famous dancer Irene Castle. The village used to host the annual "Arts & Riverwoods" festival. Riverwoods...
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taught to a wider dance public in the U.S. and Europe. Here Vernon and Irene Castle were important, and so was a generation of English dancers in the 1920s...
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was often associated with the Coney Island chorus girls. In the 1910s, Irene Castle was the first to bring short hair on women into the mainstream. Women...
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Follies on Broadway to silent screen icons such as Mary Pickford and Irene Castle. As early as 1917, Lucile herself used the term "it" in relation to style...
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Tour, Beauty for the Asking, Society Lawyer, The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, Piccadilly Incident, There's Always Tomorrow and Young and Dangerous...
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has been said that renowned dancer and fashion trendsetter Irene Castle introduced her "Castle bob" to a receptive American audience in 1915, and by 1920...
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previous RKO pictures. The next film in the series, The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939), would be their final RKO film together, although they would reunite...
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prestigious lineage of imitators including Ada Jones, Marilyn Miller, Irene Castle and Ginger Rogers. Bessie McCoy's signature performance was key in establishing...
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Angeles CA, for US released on April 13 29 March The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle 31 March The Hound of the Baskervilles April 1939 1 April Dodge City...
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when it appeared in early films, on stage, and in the press, included: Irene Castle, Lily Elsie, Gertie Millar, Gaby Deslys, Billie Burke, and Mary Pickford...
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dancer in The Whirl of Life, a film based on the lives of Vernon and Irene Castle.[citation needed] The same year, she made her Broadway debut in a revival...
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Sandrich Fred Astaire, Jack Carson, Hattie McDaniel The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle 1939 H. C. Potter Fred Astaire Bachelor Mother 1939 Garson Kanin David...
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Florence Castle (1867–1959), British artist Guy W. S. Castle (1879–1919), United States Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient Irene Castle, American...
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