La vita di Vernon e Irene Castle

Titolo originale: The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Regia: H. C. Potter |
Anno: 1939
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Musica Romance
Tag: dancing | husband wife relationship | dancer | france | paris, france | world war i | fighter pilot | biography | ballroom dancing | tragic love | airplane crash | singing | dance team | eve of world war i | husband and wife act |
Cast: Fred Astaire | Ginger Rogers | Edna May Oliver | Walter Brennan | Lew Fields | Etienne Girardot | Janet Beecher | Rolfe Sedan | Leonid Kinskey | Robert Strange | Douglas Walton | Clarence Derwent | Sonny Lamont | Frances Mercer | Victor Varconi | Donald MacBride | Marge Champion | Frank Faylen | Jack Gargan | George Irving | Hugh McArthur | Theodore von Eltz | Buzz Barton | Max Barwyn | Brooks Benedict | Joe Bordeaux | Eugene Borden | Lynton Brent | Mary Brodel | Don Brodie | Neal Burns | Tom Chatterton | Willis Clare | Frank Coghlan Jr. | James Conaty | Armand Cortes | Adrienne D'Ambricourt | Roy D'Arcy | Hal K. Dawson | Dick Dennis | Elspeth Dudgeon | Dick Elliott | Billy Franey | Dorothy George | Jack George | Wesley Giraud | Eleanor Hansen | Neal Hart | Ethel Haworth | Russell Hicks | Leyland Hodgson | Ida May Johnson | Tiny Jones | Jacques Lory | Dorothy Lovett | Max Lucke | David Mcdonald | Louis Mercier | Frank Mills | Bruce Mitchell | Edmund Mortimer | Leonard Mudie | Esther Muir | Emmett O'Brien | Frank O'Connor | Milton Owen | Bill Patton | Steve Pendleton | Jack Perrin | Joe Polosci | Fred Reinhold | Jack Richardson | Jean Sablon | Jean Stevens | Kay Sutton | Fred Sweeney | D.H. Turner | Ellinor Vanderveer | Allen Wood | William Worthington | Lillian Yarbo | John Meredith | Poppy Wilde |

Nel 1911, l'attrice teatrale Vernon Castle incontra Irene Foote. Poche disavventure dopo, si sposano e abbandonano la commedia per tentare insieme una carriera di ballo. Mentre si esibiscono a Parigi, un agente li vede provare e inizia la loro brillante carriera di ballerini da sala più famosi del mondo. Tuttavia, al culmine della loro fama, inizia la prima guerra mondiale.

Frasi

Irene Castle: Vernon, would they let you dance alo [...] D
Walter: Dances like a sunbeam. D
Vernon Castle: Hey, dance with me. Irene Castle: [...] D
Walter: When Mr. Fields tells you to dance, get up [...] D
Irene Castle: I got myself all pressed up. D
Vernon Castle: We've got our health, we're young, [...] D
Maggie Sutton: Such a quaint place, isn't it. A ve [...] D
Maggie Sutton: Now listen you two. You better make [...] D
Irene Castle: I thought you could be a first dance [...] D
Irene's Girlfriend: Isn't it wicked? I mean, knowi [...] D
Hotel Manager: Don't worry. I know what you want. [...] D
Irene Castle: You call me a ham. Well, you're a - [...] D
Vernon Castle: [singing] Give me the moonlight, th [...] D
Vernon Castle: Explain to the lady I may be a litt [...] D
Irene Castle: [singing] The whole French nation, Y [...] D
Mrs. Foote: Can't you leave them alone? Dr. Foote [...] D
Irene Castle: What does 'ham' mean? Vernon Castle [...] D
French Landlady: Mes Amis, Vive l'Amérique! Ve [...] D
Irene Castle: [singing] Run to you your Mama, For [...] D
Irene Castle: I don't dare read the newspapers any [...] D
Maggie Sutton: Women are pathetic when they try to [...] D
Vernon Castle: I think when people dance well toge [...] D
Irene Castle: Oh, Maggie, what am I going to do? [...] D
Irene Castle: Did Captain Castle say how long he'd [...] D
Walter: Will you be spending the night here? Magg [...] D
Irene Castle: Oh, Vernon, I've forgotten everythin [...] D
Maggie Sutton: How would you like to try out for a [...] D
Hotel Manager: You'll be as snug as a bug in a rug [...] D
Lew Fields: Who's gonna pay money to see a man dan [...] D
Irene Castle: What's your name? Vernon Castle: My [...] D
Irene Castle: Well, Vernon, we've nothing to lose. [...] D
Irene Castle: I hope I don't disappoint you. Vern [...] D