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Their relationship grows into love and marriage as their dancing develops into a whole new style of ballroom. When they're dancing is discovered in Paris, they suddenly become an international sensation, setting a new standard for chic style. But their celebrity comes to an untimely end when Vernon dies training pilots for England in World War I.
Irene is a 1940 American musical film produced and directed by Herbert Wilcox. [2] [3] The screenplay by Alice Duer Miller is based on the libretto of the 1919 stage musical Irene by James Montgomery, who had adapted it from his play Irene O'Dare .
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.
Patria: Directed by Jacques Jaccard, Leopold Wharton, Theodore Wharton. With Irene Castle, Milton Sills, Warner Oland, Dorothy Green. Serial about Japanese spies trying to invade the US but whose plans are foiled by a rich heiress and a Secret Service agent.
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle ★★★ 1939In this, their last film together for RKO, Astaire and Rogers portray the internationally successful ballroom dancers who achieved popularity in the early 1900s. Irene Castle served as technical advisor for the film and exasperated everyone on the set by insisting that Rogers be a brunette.
Irene Castle acted as advisor to this film, and constantly disagreed with the director as to details of costuming and liberties taken. When informed that white actor Walter Brennan was to play the part of faithful servant Walter, she was dumbfounded: the real Walter was black.
