OPERA HOUSE
"THE STORY OF IRENE AND VERNON CASTLE." “The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle,” screening at 'the Opera House, is a biographical film, refreshingly new in subject and treatment. In song and dance it tells the story of the great international dance team of ■ 1911-1916. It is more than a mere I biography or a mere song and dance film, however it contrives to bring back the atmosphere of those pre-war period film it could hardly be improved. In the leading roles, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers have a picture eminently suited to their talents. Fred Astaire has perhaps a little less dancing than usual - there are no long routines which, in some of his earlier i pictures, tended to slow up the action. ' Perhaps the difference here is that lhe story is all-important, and that the dancing merely helps to create the character. Ginger Rogers proves her acting ability in a number of notable scenes, particularly one at the close of the film when she receives the ’ news of the death of her husband. ! The film will surprise many who re- I garded the Astaire-Rogers combina- : tion as a dance team only. The sup- : ports, which include newsreels, a Silly ! symphony, and news films, are excel- 1 lent.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 256, 30 October 1939, Page 9
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211OPERA HOUSE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 256, 30 October 1939, Page 9
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