Vernon and Irene Castle''s Ragtime Revolution

The fascinating story of a couple who reinvented dance and its place in twentieth-century culture.

About the author

Eve Golden is the author of numerous theater and film biographies, including Jayne Mansfield: The Girl Couldn't Help It, The Brief, Madcap Life of Kay Kendall, and John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars.

Summary

Vernon and Irene Castle popularized ragtime dancing in the years just before World War I and made dancing a respectable pastime in America. The Castles were depicted in the Fred Astaire--Ginger Rogers movie The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939), but the film omitted most of the interesting and controversial aspects of their lives.

Product details

• Authors: Eve Golden
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2007
• EAN: 9780813124599
• ISBN: 978-0-8131-2459-9
• No. of pages: 360
• Dimensions: 191 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Tanz, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, Biography / Autobiography, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Popular