Producer: George Haight
Director: H. C. Potter
Music: Robert Russell Bennett (lyrics) & Irving Berlin (music)
Release Date: March 29th, 1939
Awards: In 2006 it was nominated for the Best Classic DVD.
Origination: Based on the book, My Husband and My Memories of Vernon Castle, written by Irene Castle.
Interesting Fact: This was the last Astaire & Rogers film with RKO, where they had made nine films together. Ten years later they starred again as a couple in their final film together in The Barkleys of Broadway (1949).
Irene: "You could be a perfectly wonderful dancer if you wanted to."
I just watched this last night to refresh myself with the film. This movie is a fitting tribute to both Mr. & Mrs. Castle as well as the Astaire & Rogers partnership. The Hollywood couple had been in eight other films, by this time, and were now at their partnership prime. The routines they dance are gorgeous and you can't help but smile as you watch them glide across the floor.
Now on the story of Vernon & Irene Castle. It is a story of determination & love. I don't think I have seen such a romantic film, as this, in a long time. Europe and America fell in love with them as this couple changed the world of dance and ballroom. If you love anything about dance you need to see this film.
HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MOVIE?
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