The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
The story of the dancing team who taught the world to two-step.
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"The movie proved to be an end of an era for the dancing pair of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. After nine films with RKO together, the two were calling it quits from each other on the screen. Their last picture (besides a last-minute reunion ten years later) was a biopic on the famous 1910s dancing couple in February 1939's "The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle." Ginger and Fred's last dance on the RKO set was 'The Missouri Waltz.' A sense of sadness swept the cast and crew as everyone, including those from other film studios, came to watch. Rogers recalled year..."
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Irene Castle served as a technical advisor on the film. According to Ginger Rogers, Castle disliked every costume she wore and deemed them anachronistic. Due to censorship restrictions, Rogers' costumes evoked late 1930s fashions rather than the more daring styles of Castle's 1910s era. After Rogers refused to bob her hair to portray the hairstyle that Irene had popularized, Castle became more displeased. The studio silenced Castle's protests with an additional payment of $5,000.
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The story of the dancing team who taught the world to two-step.