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Castle was a stage name: Vernon (2 May 1887 – 15 February 1918) was born William Vernon Blyth in England. Irene (7 April 1893 – 25 January 1969) was born Irene Foote in the United States. The couple reached the peak of their popularity in Irving Berlin 's first Broadway show, Watch Your Step (1914), in which they refined and popularized the ...
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, Edna May Oliver, and Walter Brennan. The film is based on the stories My Husband and My Memories of Vernon Castle, by Irene Castle.
The Castle Walk became popular through its introduction into the Tango. "Castle Walk" is also a popular American song composed for Vernon and Irene Castle by James Reese Europe (1880–1919) and Ford Thompson Dabney (1883–1958). It was first recorded in 1914, commissioned by the Castles to accompany and provide music for their social dancing ...
The Whirl of Life is a 1915 silent film built around and starring dance couple Vernon and Irene Castle and stage actor Arthur Stanford, his only film. Directed by Oliver D. Bailey, the film was produced by the Cort Film Corporation and distributed on State Rights basis.
Original - Vernon and Irene Castle, early ballroom dance pioneers, c. 1910-1918. Edit 1 - NR, sharpened Reason One of the most important couples of twentieth century ballroom dancing: before there was Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, there was Vernon and Irene Castle. One measure of how well a couple dances is how close their bodies are.
Irene and Vernon Castle raised its popularity by dancing the Turkey Trot in the Broadway show The Sunshine Girl. It achieved popularity chiefly as a result of its being denounced by the Vatican . It was thought that the positions assumed by the dancers were offensively suggestive.
Some of Europe's best-known compositions include several that were co-composed with Ford Dabney (1883–1958) for the famed dancers Irene and Vernon Castle. The Castles regarded Europe's Society Orchestra among the best they had worked with and hired Europe late in 1913 as their preferred band leader with Dabney as their arranger. Co-compositions
The Hillcrest Mystery is a 1918 silent film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Irene Castle.The film was released by Pathé Exchange in March 1918, only a month following the untimely death of Irene Castle's husband and dance partner, Vernon Castle in an airplane accident.