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Roberta
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7.1Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash Indianians travel to an engagement in Paris, only to lose it immediately. John and company visit his aunt, owner of a posh fashion house run by her assistant, Stephanie. There they meet the singer Scharwenka (alias Huck's old friend Lizzie), who gets the band a job. Meanwhile, Madame Roberta passes away and leaves the business to John and he goes into partnership with Stephanie.
Released: 1935-03-07106 minDir: William A. SeiterComedy, Music, Romance
Cast
- Irene Dunne as Stephanie
- Fred Astaire as Huck Haines
- Ginger Rogers as Scharwenka
- Randolph Scott as John Kent
- Helen Westley as Roberta
- Claire Dodd as Sophie
Themes
- dancing
- paris, france
- dance performance
- musical
- dressmaker
- singing
- black and white
- fashion
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Ratings
IMDb
7/10
3,720 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
86%
Metacritic
66/100
- Year
- 1935
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 106
- FilmAffinity ID
- 319853
- Image
- Roberta lobby card 1935.JPG
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- Roberta (1935 film)
- publication date
- 1935-01-01
- title
- Roberta
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Categories
1935 American films1935 films1935 musical filmsAmerican black-and-white filmsAmerican musical filmsFilms about fashionFilms based on adaptationsFilms based on musicals by Jerome KernFilms based on works by Alice Duer MillerFilms directed by William A. SeiterFilms scored by Max SteinerFilms set in ParisFilms with screenplays by Jane MurfinRKO Pictures filmsTemplate film date with 1 release date