Roberta

Roberta

106 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | March 7, 1935

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.

Roberta

106 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | March 7, 1935

Roberta
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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers RKO Radio Pictures
Original title Roberta
Directors William A. Seiter
Writers Sam Mintz, Otto A. Harbach, Allan Scott, Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields, Alice Duer Miller, Jane Murfin

Cast

Irene Dunne

as Stephanie

Fred Astaire

as Huck Haines

Ginger Rogers

as Comtesse Scharwenka

Randolph Scott

as John Kent

Helen Westley

as Roberta / Aunt Minnie

Claire Dodd

as Sophie

Victor Varconi

as Ladislaw

Luis Alberni

as Voyda

Ferdinand Munier

as Lord Delves

Torben Meyer

as Albert

Adrian Rosley

as Professor

Bodil Rosing

as Fernande

Lucille Ball

as Fashion Model

Candy Candido

as Candy

William Frawley

as Bartender

Wanda Perry

as Fashion Model (uncredited)