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Roberta

  • 19351935
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 46m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
3.5K
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Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, and Irene Dunne in Roberta (1935)
ComedyMusicalRomance
An American jazzman and his buddy woo a Russian princess and a fake countess in Paris.An American jazzman and his buddy woo a Russian princess and a fake countess in Paris.An American jazzman and his buddy woo a Russian princess and a fake countess in Paris.
IMDb RATING
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3.5K
YOUR RATING
    • William A. Seiter
  • Writers
    • Jerome Kern(from the play)
    • Otto A. Harbach(book of play)
    • Alice Duer Miller(novel "Gowns by Roberta")
  • Stars
    • Irene Dunne
    • Fred Astaire
    • Ginger Rogers
    • William A. Seiter
  • Writers
    • Jerome Kern(from the play)
    • Otto A. Harbach(book of play)
    • Alice Duer Miller(novel "Gowns by Roberta")
  • Stars
    • Irene Dunne
    • Fred Astaire
    • Ginger Rogers
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 73User reviews
    • 25Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
  • See production, box office & company info
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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    Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Roberta (1935)
    Randolph Scott and Irene Dunne in Roberta (1935)
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    Randolph Scott in Roberta (1935)
    Irene Dunne in Roberta (1935)
    Irene Dunne in Roberta (1935)
    Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, and Irene Dunne in Roberta (1935)
    Fred Astaire, Randolph Scott, Ginger Rogers, and Irene Dunne in Roberta (1935)
    Randolph Scott, Irene Dunne, and Claire Dodd in Roberta (1935)
    Randolph Scott and Irene Dunne in Roberta (1935)
    Randolph Scott and Irene Dunne in Roberta (1935)
    Randolph Scott and Irene Dunne in Roberta (1935)

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    Irene Dunne
    Irene Dunne
    • Stephanie
    Fred Astaire
    Fred Astaire
    • Huck Haines
    Ginger Rogers
    Ginger Rogers
    • Lizzie Gatz aka Tanka Scharwenka
    Randolph Scott
    Randolph Scott
    • John Kent
    Helen Westley
    Helen Westley
    • Aunt Minnie aka Roberta
    Claire Dodd
    Claire Dodd
    • Sophie Teale
    Victor Varconi
    Victor Varconi
    • Prince Ladislaw
    Luis Alberni
    Luis Alberni
    • Alexander Petrovitch Moscovitch Voyda
    Ferdinand Munier
    Ferdinand Munier
    • Lord Henry Delves
    Torben Meyer
    Torben Meyer
    • Albert
    Adrian Rosley
    • Professor
    Bodil Rosing
    Bodil Rosing
    • Fernande
    Lucille Ball
    Lucille Ball
    • Fashion Model
    • (uncredited)
    Hal Borne
    Hal Borne
    • Wabash Indianian
    • (uncredited)
    Halbert Brown
    Halbert Brown
    • Wabash Indianian
    • (uncredited)
    Candy Candido
    Candy Candido
    • Candy - Wabash Indianian
    • (uncredited)
    William Carey
    • Wabash Indianian
    • (uncredited)
    Virginia Carroll
    Virginia Carroll
    • Fashion Model
    • (uncredited)
      • William A. Seiter
    • Writers
      • Jerome Kern(from the play)
      • Otto A. Harbach(book of play)
      • Alice Duer Miller(novel "Gowns by Roberta")
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      The floor in the "I'll Be Hard to Handle" dance was the only wooden floor in all of the Fred Astaire / Ginger Rogers musicals. They both loved working on it, as they could tap and actually make the sounds of the taps. In the other musicals, their taps were dubbed over, as they were too quiet. Their enjoyment is clearly seen, as their giggles at each other are unscripted.
    • Goofs
      When John Kent arrives in Paris and goes to the building where Roberta lives, the doorman tells him that she is on the "troisième étage" and indicates that John should press the corresponding button. John eventually is taken to Roberta on the third floor, which is incorrect since the "troisième étage " corresponds to the fourth floor. In France, the "premiere étage" (first floor) is not the ground floor but the next one up.
    • Quotes

      John Kent: You don't appreciate her. I know she seems a little hard and sophisticated, but underneath she's a pearl.

      Huckleberry Haines: And a pearl so I'm told, is the result of a chronic irritation on an oyster.

    • Connections
      Featured in The All Talking, All Singing, All Dancing Show (1973)
    • Soundtracks
      (Back Home Again In) Indiana
      (1917) (uncredited)

      Music by James F. Hanley

      Performed by The Wabash Indianians

    User reviews73

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    10/10
    Captivating
    What's not to like - Astaire-Rogers dancing to "I Don't Dance, Don't Ask Me", ocean liners crossing the Atlantic, trains racing across northern France, jazz bands rehearsing in Paris clubs, stupendous art deco sets, a couturier's elegant salon, serenading to balalaikas, stunning models privately displaying satin gowns, Russian princes, "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" sung by the beautiful Irene Dunne, an elegant Old Russian restaurant with its frescoes, fashion show that incorporates Astaire and Rogers dancing, Irene Dunne's warmth, a witty script, a Broadway smash hit brought to the screen - geez, what a movie! It is only recently that I've begun to enjoy musicals. The ones I like are the light ones - not the ones incorporating social issues which I feel musicals are ill-equipped to handle.

    But a light musical comedy - with exquisite dancing, charming leads, swank clothes, elegant sets, witty dialogue - WOW! And this is definitely such a musical - absolutely charming.

    The four leads are wonderfully cast. Irene Dunne reminds me of Greer Garson in having a certain soulfulness combined with innate gentility and enormous warmth - Dunne also happens to have had a world-class operatic singing voice (that in later movies, as operettas ceased to be appealing, was seldom heard). There is something so very vulnerable about a wounded Irene Dunne character - and she is wonderful in this part.

    Randolph Scott has a big, clean, very handsome, American quality that is also wonderfully suited to this part - one in which his character is candid, straightforward, easily swayed by others who are sophisticated -but at a certain point will act decisively when he comes to realize his judgment has been mistaken.

    Fred Astaire's subordinate comic supporting role is suited well by the enormous difference in size between himself and Scott - and obviously his dancing and his easy way with humorous lines is just wonderful.

    The 24 year old Ginger Rogers may be the biggest revelation to me - it's not just that she can dance astonishingly well, that she is wonderful (and wonderfully funny) with accents, that she can sing songs equally comically or romantically (and with great gestures), that she is very VERY funny, whip-smart with dialogue,, but she perfectly suits the job of one hustling for jobs, adapting to all circumstances, rough and ready -- and extremely aware at all times.

    I think studio heads really saw Rogers' amazing abilities through the end of World War II (after which she was shamefully abandoned) - she seldom played the "classy woman" and we instead find her as a shop girl, prisoner on furlough, society wannabe, entertainer. I would like to have seen her play in her career, a part in which she more deliberately seductive (like Barbara Stanwyck or Joan Crawford, Miriam Hopkins or Bette Davis often did) but alas.

    You'll like this - just relax and feel yourself enthralled.
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    • trpdean
    • Jan 13, 2005

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    • Release date
      • March 8, 1935 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • French
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • RKO Studios - 780 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • RKO Radio Pictures
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    • 1 hour 46 minutes
      • Black and White

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