ORIGINAL TITLE Roberta
YEAR 1935
RUNNING TIME 106 min.
COUNTRY USA
DIRECTOR William A. Seiter
SCREENWRITER Play Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach
COMPOSER Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach
CINEMATOGRAPHER Edward Cronjager (B&W)
CAST Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Helen Westley, Victor Varconi, Claire Dodd, Lucille Ball
STUDIO/PRODUCER RKO Radio Pictures
GENRE Musical / Romance
SYNOPSIS/PLOT 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.
YEAR 1935
RUNNING TIME 106 min.
COUNTRY USA
DIRECTOR William A. Seiter
SCREENWRITER Play Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach
COMPOSER Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach
CINEMATOGRAPHER Edward Cronjager (B&W)
CAST Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Helen Westley, Victor Varconi, Claire Dodd, Lucille Ball
STUDIO/PRODUCER RKO Radio Pictures
GENRE Musical / Romance
SYNOPSIS/PLOT 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.