As I’ve mentioned in previous review of the similarly unsung Fred and Ginger movie Roberta, there’s just gotta be something hard-wired in you if you are gonna’ like these movies.
In this tale (a period piece of 1911!) there are backstage vaudeville antics, country trips to New Rochelle, bohemian rented flats, parisian dance halls, whistle-stop road shows and, alas, the tragedy of World War I. In between: “modern dancing,” negro servants and gowns! gowns! gowns!
Vernon and Irene Castle were huge in their day – inventing, among other things, “The Castle Walk.” I think I may have heard of that. Anyway, off to find Vernon Castle cigars on EBay!
