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Roberta

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John Kent (Randolph Scott), visiting Paris with his bandleader friend, Huck Haines (Fred Astaire), suddenly inherits his aunt's fashionable dress shop in the city. Although clueless about the fashion world, John and Huck get help from designer Stephanie (Irene Dunne) and the fiery Countess Scharwenka (Ginger Rogers), whom Huck recognizes as his small-town sweetheart, Lizzie. But when John's snooty ex, Sophie (Claire Dodd), shows up, he must reconsider his new feelings for Stephanie.
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Ann Ross Maclean's Magazine 08/06/2019
It is sufficiently sumptuous; especially the fashion show, which includes a wrap of Russia sables and one superb gold lamé gown apparently applied directly to the figure with wallpaper paste. Go to Full Review Josh Larsen LarsenOnFilm 02/22/2016
2.5/4
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are particularly shoved to the side in this outing... Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 07/12/2011
B-
Enjoyable if not one of the great Astaire-Rogers musicals, Roberta received nomination for the Best Song Oscar (Lovely to Look At). Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 07/19/2007
C+
You have to put up with a plot that's so sticky it doesn't fly. Go to Full Review Steve Crum Kansas City Kansan 10/15/2004
3/5
Weary book, still wonderful score. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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William A. Seiter

Director

Irene Dunne

Stephanie

Fred Astaire

Huckleberry Haines

Ginger Rogers

Comtesse Scharwenka

Randolph Scott

John Kent

Helen Westley

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Synopsis John Kent (Randolph Scott), visiting Paris with his bandleader friend, Huck Haines (Fred Astaire), suddenly inherits his aunt's fashionable dress shop in the city. Although clueless about the fashion world, John and Huck get help from designer Stephanie (Irene Dunne) and the fiery Countess Scharwenka (Ginger Rogers), whom Huck recognizes as his small-town sweetheart, Lizzie. But when John's snooty ex, Sophie (Claire Dodd), shows up, he must reconsider his new feelings for Stephanie.
Director
William A. Seiter
Producer
Pandro S. Berman
Screenwriter
Jane Murfin, Sam Mintz, Allan Scott
Distributor
RKO Radio Pictures
Production Co
RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
Genre
Musical, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 8, 1935, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 11, 2015
Runtime
1h 46m
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