Is that "Gold Diggers" movie the one with the neon violins? I love that one!
Irene Castle wrote a book called "My Husband," which I once read. She came across as a real pain in the neck! But of course she wrote about him as a saint. I love the Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers movie about them. It has one of my all-time favorite Astaire solo dances, the one he does to "By the Light of the Silvery Moon," and the dance they do when they're starving to "Tres Moutard," and of course the saddest, most romantic ending... Oh, I think I'm going to have to go watch it. I used to do a lot of vintage ballroom dance, and their dancing in that movie is much closer to real ballroom dancing than in any of their other movies, and to real dancing of the nineteen-teens. If I remember correctly, Irene Castle consulted on the dancing and was never happy with Ginger Rogers playing her. Costume content: The movie does show Irene bob her hair in the famous Castle Bob, and her famous Dutch cap. And she wears some killer dresses. Gail Finke _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
