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Roberta is a 1935 American black-and-white musical film produced by RKO Pictures. Directed by William A. Seiter, the movie features Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, and Randolph Scott in the cast. The screenplay was written by Jane Murfin, Allan Scott, and Jerome Kern, with music composed by Max Steiner. The narrative is set in Paris and centers on the subject of fashion.
The film has a runtime of 106 minutes and was released in the United States. It was choreographed by Hermes Pan and produced by Pandro S. Berman, with Edward Cronjager serving as director of photography. The production design was handled by Van Nest Polglase. Roberta is a film adaptation based on the work of the same name.
Critical assessments include a Metascore of 66 and an Rotten Tomatoes rating of 86%. It received an IMDb rating of 7.0 from 3,720 votes. The film was nominated for one Oscar, totaling two nominations. It holds an Approved rating and is categorized as a comedy, musical, and romance.
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7.1Football 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.
Cast
- Irene Dunne as Stephanie
- Fred Astaire as Huck Haines
- Ginger Rogers as Scharwenka
- Randolph Scott as John Kent
- Helen Westley as Roberta
- Claire Dodd as Sophie
Themes
- dancing
- paris, france
- dance performance
- musical
- dressmaker
- singing
- black and white
- fashion
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Ratings
IMDb
7/10
3,720 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
86%
Metacritic
66/100
- Year
- 1935
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- musical film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Roberta
- Main subject
- fashion
- Director
- William A. Seiter
- Screenwriter
- Jerome Kern
- Cast member
- Jane Hamilton
- Composer
- Max Steiner
- Producer
- Pandro S. Berman
- Production company
- RKO Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Edward Cronjager
- Narrative location
- Paris
- Duration
- 106
- FilmAffinity ID
- 319853
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Roberta lobby card 1935.JPG
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- Commons category
- Roberta (1935 film)
- publication date
- 1935-01-01
- film editor
- William Hamilton
- title
- Roberta
- color
- black-and-white
- choreographer
- Hermes Pan
- production designer
- Van Nest Polglase
- has characteristic
- film adaptation
- different from
- Roberta
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- distributed by
- RKO Pictures
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