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Original title The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
Production company
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue
Swedish release 1939-09-01

Cast

Fred Astaire
Vernon Castle

Ginger Rogers
Irene Castle, född Irene Foote

Edna May Oliver
Maggie Sutton

Walter Brennan
Walter Ash

Lew Fields
Lew Fields

Etienne Girardot
Papa Aubel

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Titles

Original title
Swedish release title
Distribution title
Working title

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Choreography
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Technical Advisor
Second Unit Director
Special Effects
Adaptation
Executive in Charge of Production
Still Photographer
Musical Arrangement
Orchestration
Musical Director
Set Decorator
Costume Designer
Assistant Film Editor
Other Crew

Cast

Fred Astaire Vernon Castle
Ginger Rogers Irene Castle, född Irene Foote
Edna May Oliver Maggie Sutton
Walter Brennan Walter Ash
Lew Fields Lew Fields
Etienne Girardot Papa Aubel
Janet Beecher Mrs. Foote
Rolfe Sedan Emile Aubel
Leonid Kinskey fransk konstnär
Robert Strange dr Herbert Foote
Douglas Walton pilotstuderande
Clarence Derwent Louis Baraya, kaféägare
Sonny Lamont Charlie, steppdansare
Frances Mercer Claire Ford
Victor Varconi rysk storhertig
Donald MacBride hotelldirektören i Fort Worth
- Ej krediterade:
Adrienne d'Ambricourt den fransk hyresvärdinnan
Jacques Lory den franske taxichauffören
Elspeth Dudgeon Lady Bolton
Milton Owen rekryteringsofficer
Bruce Mitchell filmregissör
Ethel Haworth Irenes väninna
Russell Hicks överste
George Irving överstens adjutant
Roy D'Arcy tysk officer i filmen "Patria"
Fred Sweeney spårvagnskonduktör
Allen Wood blomsterbud på bussen
Dick Elliott tågkonduktör
Marge Champion (as Marjorie Bell) Irenes väninna
Eleanor Hansen Irenes väninna
Mary Brodel Irenes väninna
Hal K. Dawson åskådare på balkongen vid Fields framträdande
Louis Mercier fransk sångare (dubbad av Jean Sablon)
Tiny Jones kvinna i svängdörr
Jack Richardson äldre man (montage)
Frank Coghlan Jr. ung man (montage)
Wesley Giraud tidningspojke på tågstationen
Joe Polosci tidningspojke på tågstationen
Don Brodie inspicient vid recettföreställningen
Frank Mills Frank, inspicient vid recettföreställningen
Armand Cortes påklädare vid recettföreställningen
Emmett O'Brien dragdansare i numret "Who's Your Lady Friend?"
Tom Chatterton programvärd vid recettföreställningen
Max Lucke fransman på hotellet
Lynton Brent mekaniker
Brooks Benedict börsmäklare
Kay Sutton flicka tillsammans med börsmäklaren
Eugene Borden fransman
Frank Faylen adjutant
Steve Pendleton adjutant
Jack Gargan soldat på nattklubb
Jac George orkesterledare i Paris
David Mcdonald pilot
John Meredith pilot
Edmund Mortimer man på nattklubben
Jean Sablon fransk sångare i numret "The Darktown Strutters' Ball"
Ellinor Vanderveer gäst tillsammans med storhertigen
William Worthington tidningsläsande man
Lillian Yarbo Mary, Claires jungfru
Buzz Barton
Max Barwyn
Joe Bordeaux
Neal Burns
Willis Clare
William "Billy" Franey
Neal Hart
Dorothy Lovett
Hugh McArthur
Esther Muir
Frank O'Connor
Bill Patton
Jack Perrin
D.H. Turner
Theodore Von Eltz

Companies

Production Company RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
A Pandro S. Berman Production
Copyright RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 1939-03-30 LP8775
Distributor in Sweden (16 mm) RKO Radio Films AB 1939

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 59963
Date 1939-08
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 2544 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system RCA Victor "High Fidelity" Sound System
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in minutes 93 min
Reels 10 reels


Original work

Original title My Husband (Book)
Author Irene Castle


Original title My Memories of Vernon Castle (Short story)
Author Irene Castle


Production location

1938-11-10 1939-01-26
(montagescenerna) 1938-10-25 1938-10-29
RKO Studios, 780 Gower Street, Hollywood Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA
Russel Ranch Triunfo, Kalifornien USA
Newport Beach, Kalifornien USA
Bel Air, Kalifornien USA
Long Beach Municipal Airport Long Beach, Kalifornien USA

Release dates

First showing 1939-03-29 USA 93 min
Other showing 1939-03-30 Radio City Music Hall New York City, New York USA 93 min
1939-04-28 USA 93 min (US release)
Release in Sweden 1939-09-01 China Stockholm Sweden 93 min

Soundtrack listing

Original title Moonlight Bay
Composer Percy Wenrich (1912)
Lyrics Edward Madden (1912)


Original title Oh, You Beautiful Doll
Composer Nat D. Ayer (1911)
Lyrics Seymour Brown (1911)
Sung by kör
kör (repris)
Danced by Frances Mercer (repris)


Original title Glühwürmchen-Idyll
Composer Paul Lincke (1902)
Lyrics Heinz Bolten-Baeckers (1902)
Lilla Cayley Robinson (engelsk text 1907)
Sung by kör (kvinnokör)


Original title By the Beautiful Sea
Composer Harry Carroll (1914)
Lyrics Harold R. Atteridge (1914)
Sung by kör


Original title Row, Row, Row
Composer James V. Monaco (1912)
Lyrics William Jerome (1912)


Original title The Yama Yama Man
Composer Karl Hoschna (1908)
Lyrics George Collin Davis (1908)
Sung by Ginger Rogers
Danced by Ginger Rogers


Original title Come, Josephine in My Flying Machine
Composer Fred Fisher (1910)
Lyrics Alfred Bryan (1910)
Sung by kör


Original title By the Light of the Silvery Moon
Composer Gus Edwards (1909)
Lyrics Edward Madden (1909)
Danced by Fred Astaire
Sonny Lamont


Original title Cuddle Up a Little Closer (Lovey Mine)
Composer Karl Hoschna (1908)
Lyrics Otto A. Harbach (1908)
Sung by kör


Original title King Chanticleer
Composer Nat Ayer (1910)
Lyrics A. Seymour Brown (1910)
Danced by Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers


Original title Only When You're in My Arms
Composer Harry Ruby (1939)
Lyrics Bert Kalmar (1939)
Con Conrad (1939)
Sung by Fred Astaire


Original title Waiting for the Robert E. Lee
Composer Lewis F. Muir (1912)
Lyrics L. Wolfe Gilbert (1912)
Danced by Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers


Original title The Syncopated Walk
Composer Irving Berlin (1914)
Danced by Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers


Original title While They Were Dancing Around
Composer James V. Monaco (1913)
Lyrics Joseph McCarthy (1913)
Sung by Ginger Rogers


Original title The Darktown Strutters' Ball
Composer Shelton Brooks (1917)
Lyrics Shelton Brooks (engelsk text 1917)
Elsie Janis (fransk text 1939)
Sung by Jean Sablon (dubbar Louis Mercier på franska)


Original title Destiny / Destiny Waltz / You Are My Destiny
Composer Sydney Baynes (1912)
Lyrics Roland Eiworth (svensk text)
Harry Ralton (engelsk text 1951)


Original title Trés moutarde
Composer Cecil Macklin (1911)
Danced by Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers


Original title Rose Room
Composer Art Hickman (1917)
Lyrics Harry Williams (1917)
Danced by Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers


Original title Très jolie
Composer Émile Waldteufel (1878)
Danced by Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers


Original title Little Brown Jug
Composer R.A. Eastburn (1869)
Lyrics R.A. Eastburn (1969)
Danced by Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers


Original title Dengoso
Composer Ernesto Nazareth (1914)
Danced by Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers


Original title You're Here and I'm Here
Composer Jerome Kern (1914)
Lyrics Harry B. Smith (1914)
Danced by Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers


Original title Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)
Composer Fred Fisher (1922)
Lyrics Fred Fisher (1922)
Sung by kör
Danced by Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers


Original title Hello, Frisco, Hello
Composer Louis A. Hirsch (1915)
Lyrics Gene Buck (1915)
Sung by kör
Danced by Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers


Original title Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
Composer Turner Layton (1922)
Harry Creamer (1922)
Lyrics Turner Layton (1922)
Harry Creamer (1922)
Sung by kör
Danced by Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers


Original title Take Be Back to New York Town
Composer Harry von Tilzer (1907)
Lyrics Andrew Sterling (1907)
Sung by kör
Danced by Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers


Original title It's a Long Way to Tipperary
Composer Harry Williams (1912)
Jack Judge (1912)
Lyrics Harry Williams (1912)
Jack Judge (1912)
Sung by kör


Original title Hello! Hello! Who's Your Lady Friend?
Composer Harry Fragson (1913)
Lyrics Karl-Ewert (svensk text 1916)
David Worton (engelsk text 1913)
Bert Lee (engelsk text 1913)
Sung by kör
Danced by Fred Astaire
Emmett O'Brien


Original title Keep the Home Fires Burning
Composer Ivor Novello (1914)
Lyrics Lena Guilbert Ford (1914)


Original title Smiles
Composer Lee S. Roberts (1917)
Lyrics J. Will Callahan (1917)


Original title Cecile Waltz
Composer Frank W. McGee
Danced by Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers


Original title Nights of Gladness
Composer Charles Ancliffe (1912)
Danced by Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers


Original title The Missouri Waltz
Composer John Valentine Eppel (1914)
Lyrics J.R. Shannon (1914)
Musical Arrangement Frederick Knight Logan (1914)
Danced by Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers


Original title La Marseillaise
Composer Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1792)
Lyrics Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (fransk text 1792)
Edvard Fredin (svensk text 1889)
Sung by Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Adrienne d'Ambricourt


Original title Over There
Composer George M. Cohan (1917)
Lyrics George M. Cohan (1917)


Holdings Posters

Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 1


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 1


Holdings Scripts

Script type Dialoglista
Extent 23 s.
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck



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