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.
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Cast
32 people
Irene Dunne
Stephanie
Known for
The Awful Truth
Love Affair
Fred Astaire
Huck Haines
Known for
Funny Face
Top Hat
Ginger Rogers
Scharwenka
Known for
Top Hat
Monkey Business
Randolph Scott
John Kent
Known for
Ride the High Country
Ride Lonesome
Helen Westley
Roberta
Known for
Heidi
All This, and Heaven Too
Claire Dodd
Sophie
Known for
Footlight Parade
Victor Varconi
Ladislaw
Known for
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Samson and Delilah
Luis Alberni
Voyda
Known for
The Lady Eve
Easy Living
Ferdinand Munier
Lord Delves
Known for
Queen Christina
Torben Meyer
Albert
Known for
Judgment at Nuremberg
Sullivan's Travels
Adrian Rosley
Professor
Also in
A Modern Cinderella
Bum Voyage
Bodil Rosing
Fernande
Known for
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
William A. Seiter Director · Jane Murfin Screenplay Allan Scott Screenplay
Worldwide gross $2.3M · Budget $610K · United States release March 7, 1935
Box office
Budget
$610,000
Worldwide gross
$2,335,000
Gross vs. budget
3.8×
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Production
RKO
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · Russian
Release dates
United States · March 7, 1935
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
United States
March 8, 1935 · Theatrical
Sweden
November 18, 1935 · Theatrical
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