The Ludwig Van Picture Show//The story of Vernon and Irene Castle

The story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939) is a musical directed by H.C. Potter, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.Vernon Castle (Fred Astaire) is a walk-on actor in a vaudeville acting company, he gets to know Irene Foote (Ginger Rogers), a good girl passionate about theatre, they fall in love with each other and get married. Together they eventually reach success, after lots of attempts, thanks to a ballet show and they become famous in Broadway. At first the movie seems to be a musical love story, but the World War suddenly breaks it off. Vernon enlists himself as a volunteer and dies like an hero in an air battle. As authentic biography of a couple of dancers, The story of Vernon and Irene Castle sounds the death knell for the Astaire/Rogers era: they will dance once again together in 1949, but here their rhythm and grace are already fading.Free entrance.

Venice, Palazzo Cini at San Vio
13 December 2008, 17.00

Free entrance

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