The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle The Castles

by Ginger Rogers Fred Astaire, Oscar Hammerstein Ii Richard

$2,850 · Offered by Royal Books

Culver City, CA: RKO Radio Pictures, 1937. First Draft script for the 1939 musical, here under the working title The Castles. Based on real-life ballroom dancers Irene and Vernon Castle, who rekindled an interest in Western ballroom dancing in the early 20th century. The real Irene Castle served on the film's production team and was purportedly quite difficult to please, criticizing actor Ginger Rogers' refusal to bob her hair a style that Castle

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