ISBN: 0888574488062

Alice Duer Miller's novel Gowns by Roberta was adapted into the 1933 Broadway musical Roberta, with music by {|Jerome Kern|} and {|Otto Harbach|}. The 1935 filmization of Roberta was slig… Plus…

Alice Duer Miller's novel Gowns by Roberta was adapted into the 1933 Broadway musical Roberta, with music by {|Jerome Kern|} and {|Otto Harbach|}. The 1935 filmization of Roberta was slightly adapted to accommodate the dancing talents of {|Fred Astaire|} and {|Ginger Rogers|}, though their roles are secondary to the characters portrayed by {|Irene Dunne|} and {|Randolph Scott|}. Dunne plays a deposed White Russian princess who has become a famed Parisian couturier. Dunne is the partner of Roberta ({|Helen Westley|}), who passes away, leaving her half of the business to American football player Randolph Scott--who of course knows next to nothing about the gown business, and couldn't care less anyway. Astaire co-stars as bandleader Huck Haines, the character played by {|Bob Hope|} in the original Broadway production of Roberta. Rogers rounds out the cast as a phony Polish countess who happens to be Astaire's former girlfriend. Many of the songs written for Roberta were retained for the film version, including Lovely to Look At, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and I Won't Dance; other tunes are heard as background music. Keep an eye out for a blond {|Lucille Ball|} as a fashion model. Withdrawn from circulation for many years due to the 1952 MGM remake (titled Lovely to Look At), Roberta began making the public-domain rounds in the early 1980s. DVD>DVD>Dvd Comedy>Dvd Comedy>Dvd Comedy, Warner Archives Core >10<

ISBN: 0888574488062

Alice Duer Miller's novel Gowns by Roberta was adapted into the 1933 Broadway musical Roberta, with music by {|Jerome Kern|} and {|Otto Harbach|}. The 1935 filmization of Roberta was slig… Plus…

Alice Duer Miller's novel Gowns by Roberta was adapted into the 1933 Broadway musical Roberta, with music by {|Jerome Kern|} and {|Otto Harbach|}. The 1935 filmization of Roberta was slightly adapted to accommodate the dancing talents of {|Fred Astaire|} and {|Ginger Rogers|}, though their roles are secondary to the characters portrayed by {|Irene Dunne|} and {|Randolph Scott|}. Dunne plays a deposed White Russian princess who has become a famed Parisian couturier. Dunne is the partner of Roberta ({|Helen Westley|}), who passes away, leaving her half of the business to American football player Randolph Scott--who of course knows next to nothing about the gown business, and couldn't care less anyway. Astaire co-stars as bandleader Huck Haines, the character played by {|Bob Hope|} in the original Broadway production of Roberta. Rogers rounds out the cast as a phony Polish countess who happens to be Astaire's former girlfriend. Many of the songs written for Roberta were retained for the film version, including Lovely to Look At, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and I Won't Dance; other tunes are heard as background music. Keep an eye out for a blond {|Lucille Ball|} as a fashion model. Withdrawn from circulation for many years due to the 1952 MGM remake (titled Lovely to Look At), Roberta began making the public-domain rounds in the early 1980s. DVD>DVD>Dvd Comedy>Dvd Comedy>Dvd Comedy, ALLIED VAUGHN Core >10<

ISBN: 0888574488062

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