Irene Castle

On stage 2 productions, 4 years

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Watch Your Step

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In the literature8 passages

• Based on short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the production included music by Dana Suesse and choreography by Irene Castle; Betsy von Furstenberg played the title role, and others in the cast were Leslie Nielsen and Orson Bean. Sally Benson later revised the play, and as The Young and Beautiful it opened on Broadway on October 1, 1955,…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• The final films in which Astaire starred with Rogers during the decade were Carefree (1938) and The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939). As always, the two films benefitted from the skilled performances of the two stars, but as Astaire and Rogers grew in fame, it became increasingly difficult to generate a substantial profit. Not only…ebooks/Editors, Charles River/Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers_ The Story of Hollywood's Most Famous Dancers - Charles River Editors.txt
• The final musical Rogers appeared in with Astaire during the 1930s was The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939), a film that clearly signals that the end of the famous pairing was imminent. Set at the outbreak of World War I, the film features Rogers as an American dancer who attempts to convince vaudeville comedian Vernon Castle (play…ebooks/Editors, Charles River/Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers_ The Story of Hollywood's Most Famous Dancers - Charles River Editors.txt
• With its generic musical score, The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle might seem to be an ill-fitting conclusion to the remarkable run of success that Astaire and Rogers enjoyed. However, Feuer argues that by not appearing as another stereotypical Fred and Ginger film, the movie eased the American public into the post-Astaire-Rogers era, a…ebooks/Editors, Charles River/Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers_ The Story of Hollywood's Most Famous Dancers - Charles River Editors.txt
• Cast: Vernon & Irene Castle, Frank Tinney, Charles King, Elizabeth Brice, Elizabeth Murray, Harry Kelly, Justine Johnstoneebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• “Look at ’em doing it.” In Watch Your Step, Vernon and Irene Castle do the syncopated walk while others, including the blackface comedian Frank Tinney, look on. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations .ebooks/Magee, Jeffrey/Irving Berlin's American Musical Theater (Broadway Legacies) - Jeffrey Magee.txt

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