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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.

Vernon and Irene Castles Ragtime Revolution

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A Hardback by Eve Golden

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    Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
    Publication Date: 30/11/2007
    ISBN13: 9780813124599, 978-0813124599
    ISBN10: 081312459X
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    Book Synopsis
    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.

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