Roberta (1935)
Jerome Kern's Queen of Musical Romances!
106 min
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.
- Release date
- March 7, 1935
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Irene Dunne as Stephanie
- Fred Astaire as Huck Haines
- Ginger Rogers as Lizzie Gatz aka Tanka Scharwenka
- Randolph Scott as John Kent
- Helen Westley as Aunt Minnie aka Roberta
- Claire Dodd as Sophie Teale
- Victor Varconi as Prince Ladislaw
- Luis Alberni as Alexander Petrovitch Moscovitch Voyda
- Ferdinand Munier as Lord Henry Delves
- Torben Meyer as Albert
Crew
- William A. Seiter · Director
- Otto A. Harbach · Writer
- Alice Duer Miller · Writer
- Jane Murfin · Writer
- Sam Mintz · Writer
- Pandro S. Berman · Producer
- Edward Cronjager · Cinematographer
- William Hamilton · Editor