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As the couple's celebrity increased in the mid-1910s, Irene Castle became a major fashion trendsetter, initiating the vogue for shorter, fuller skirts and loose, elasticized corsets. [7] She is also credited with introducing American women in 1913 or 1914 to the bob – the short, boyish hairstyle favored by flappers in the 1920s. [ 8 ]
Jo Ann Castle (born September 3, 1939) is an American honky-tonk pianist, best remembered for appearing on The Lawrence Welk Show. [2] She adopted her stage name from the name of an accordion manufacturer, another instrument she played proficiently. She was often referred to as "Queen of the Honky-Tonk Piano" by Lawrence Welk himself.
Singing comedienne with piano accompanist; she was the lead female performer in Bombo with Al Jolson. [3] [4] Jean Adair: June 13, 1873 May 11, 1953 Canadian Actress of the legitimate stage who appeared in vaudeville in a sketch, Maggie Taylor, Waitress. Adair usually played mothers and elderly aunts onstage following her New York debut in 1922.
The new rhythms of ragtime changed the world of dance bands and led to new dance steps, popularized by the show-dancers Vernon and Irene Castle during the 1910s. The growth of dance orchestras in popular entertainment was an outgrowth of ragtime and continued into the 1920s.
In 1913, three members of the Quintet, banjo player and vocals Anthony (Tony) Tuck (born in Danville, Virginia, 1879– after 1936), pianist and vocals Charles Wenzel Mills (born in Quincy, Illinois, 1884–1946), and drummer and cellist Charles Wesley Johnson (born in Louisville, Kentucky, 1885–?), [1] accompanied Irene and Vernon Castle on ...
Founded in 1934, Paper Mill Playhouse raised the curtain on its first performance [1] with Gregorio Martinez Sierra’s The Kingdom of God on November 14, 1938. By the end of the first year, Carrington had coaxed entertainer Irene Castle out of retirement to make her dramatic debut in Noël Coward’s Shadow Play.
Guy W. S. Castle (1879–1919), United States Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient; Irene Castle, American ballroom dancer, wife of Vernon; Jo Ann Castle, American ragtime pianist; John Castle, British actor; John Castle (baseball) (1879–1929), American baseball player; Keisha Castle-Hughes, New Zealand actress
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle is a 1939 American biographical musical comedy film directed by H.C. Potter. The film stars Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Oliver, and Walter Brennan. The film is based on the stories My Husband and My Memories of Vernon Castle, by Irene Castle.