dancing,paris, france,dance performance,musical,dressmaker,singing,black and white,fashion

Roberta (1935)

Poster for Roberta

Jerome Kern's Queen of Musical Romances!

Football 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.

Cast & Crew

Director
William A. Seiter
  • Profile picture of Irene Dunne
    Stephanie Irene Dunne
  • Profile picture of Fred Astaire
    Huck Haines Fred Astaire
  • Profile picture of Ginger Rogers
    Comtesse Scharwenka Ginger Rogers
  • Profile picture of Randolph Scott
    John Kent Randolph Scott
  • Profile picture of Helen Westley
    Roberta / Aunt Minnie Helen Westley
  • Profile picture of Claire Dodd
    Sophie Claire Dodd
  • Profile picture of Victor Varconi
    Ladislaw Victor Varconi
  • Profile picture of Luis Alberni
    Voyda Luis Alberni

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Keywords

  • dancing
  • paris, france
  • dance performance
  • musical
  • dressmaker
  • singing
  • black and white
  • fashion