

The plot is a loose autobiographical interpretation of the life of Vernon and Irene Castle, interspersed among a typical melodrama of the period

Vernon Castle
Vernon Castle
Lead
Irene Castle
Irene Castle
Arthur Stanford
John Crosby

Kate Blancke
Mrs. Foote
William Carleton Sr.
Mr. Foote
Edward Cort
The Gangster

Ruth Gordon
Dancer
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