• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1939-03-29
  • Runtime93 minutes
  • TaglineDazzling entertainment rainbowed by memory's most haunting hit melodies!
  • Revenue1,825,000$
  • GenreMusic, Romance
  • Production
    CompaniesRKO Radio Pictures
  • Budget1,196,000$

Movie Overview

In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures later, they marry and then abandon comedy to attempt a dancing career together. While they're performing in Paris, an agent sees them rehearse and starts them on their brilliant career as the world's foremost ballroom dancers. However, at the height of their fame, World War I begins.

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Fred Astaire

Ginger Rogers

Edna May Oliver

Walter Brennan

Lew Fields

Etienne Girardot

Janet Beecher

Rolfe Sedan

Leonid Kinskey

Robert Strange

Douglas Walton

Sonny Lamont

Frances Mercer

Victor Varconi

Donald MacBride

Brooks Benedict