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Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)

Ginger Rogers: Irene Castle

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

Ginger Rogers credited as playing...

Irene Castle

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Quotes17

  • Irene Castle: I thought you could be a first dancer, a very beautiful first dancer because you are a beautiful dancer but you're so smug and conceited that you can't see any further than your funny nose!
  • Irene Castle: What's your name?
  • Vernon Castle: My name's Castle.
  • Irene Castle: My name's Foote.
  • Walter: My name will be mud when I try to explain this to your mother.
  • Irene Castle: [singing] Run to you your Mama, For here comes the Yama, Yama Yama Man.
  • Irene Castle: What does 'ham' mean?
  • Vernon Castle: That's just an expression.
  • Irene Castle: Well, what does it mean?
  • Vernon Castle: In the theater, we speak of certain actors as hams.
  • Irene Castle: Oh, that makes me feel so professional! Am I, am I a real ham?
  • Vernon Castle: Well, yes. You're a little one.
  • Irene Castle: Oh, wonderful!
  • Irene Castle: I hope I don't disappoint you.
  • Vernon Castle: Come on, you know, chin up, chest out, and best foot forward
  • Irene Castle: [singing] The whole French nation, You will hear them saying, A real sensation, And the people will stay, Till the break of the day, While we are dancing...
  • Irene Castle: You call me a ham. Well, you're a - a ham with mustard!
  • Irene Castle: Oh, Maggie, what am I going to do?
  • Maggie Sutton: Nothing. War is a man's business. Women only do what they're told.
  • Irene Castle: Oh, Vernon, I've forgotten everything.
  • Vernon Castle: No, come on. Dance with me.
  • Vernon Castle: Hey, dance with me.
  • Irene Castle: All the people downstairs.
  • Vernon Castle: Look, we can do it quietly like this. Just as if we're walking on air.
  • Irene Castle: Well, Vernon, we've nothing to lose.
  • Vernon Castle: Tell them to play, "Too Much Mustard."
  • Irene Castle: I don't dare read the newspapers any more.
  • Maggie Sutton: Neither do I.
  • Irene Castle: Vernon, would they let you dance alone? Because, if they would...
  • Vernon Castle: Do you think I'd want to dance without you?
  • Maggie Sutton: How would you like to try out for a dancing job?
  • Vernon Castle: What?
  • Irene Castle: Where?
  • Maggie Sutton: At the Café de Paris.
  • Vernon Castle: Café de Paris? Irene!
  • Irene Castle: Well, you know the manager?
  • Maggie Sutton: My dear, the manager knows me!
  • French Landlady: Mes Amis, Vive l'Amérique!
  • Vernon Castle: Viva la France!
  • Irene Castle: Viva la everything!
  • French Landlady: [singing] Allons enfants...
  • Vernon Castle, Irene Castle, French Landlady: ...de la patrie, Le jour de gloire est arrivé!
  • Irene Castle: I got myself all pressed up.
  • Irene Castle: Did Captain Castle say how long he'd be at the flying field?
  • Hotel Manager: No, ma'am. He arranged for dinner at 7:30 in the private dining room.
  • Maggie Sutton: Oh, sounds almost wicked.
  • Hotel Manager: We cater only to a family trade, ma'am.
  • Maggie Sutton: I beg your pardon.
  • Hotel Manager: Not at all. My card. If I can be of any service to you, call on me.
  • [exits]
  • Maggie Sutton: A wife-beater if ever I saw one.

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