Film

Roberta

1935 · 1h 46m · Comedy · Music · Romance

Jerome Kern's Queen of Musical Romances!

IMDb

7.0

Rotten Tomatoes

86%

Metacritic

66

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.

Irene Dunne

Stephanie

Fred Astaire

Huck Haines

Ginger Rogers

Scharwenka

Randolph Scott

John Kent

Helen Westley

Roberta

Claire Dodd

Sophie

Victor Varconi

Ladislaw

Luis Alberni

Voyda

Ferdinand Munier

Lord Delves

Torben Meyer

Albert

Adrian Rosley

Professor

Bodil Rosing

Fernande

Lucille Ball

Fashion Model (uncredited)

Candy Candido

Candy (uncredited)

William Frawley

Bartender (uncredited)

Virginia Carroll

(uncredited)

• William A. SeiterDirector
• Jane MurfinScreenplay
• Sam MintzScreenplay
• Allan ScottScreenplay
• Alice Duer MillerNovel
• Pandro S. BermanProducer
• Edward CronjagerDirector of Photography
• William HamiltonEditor

Roberta - Trailer

Release date

March 7, 1935

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

NR

Genres

Comedy, Music, Romance

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