Roberta 89 years old

Jerome Kern's Queen of Musical Romances!

Roberta

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.

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Roberta Cast

Name Character
Fred Astaire He was 35, 88 years old when he died as Huckleberry Haines
Lucille Ball She was 23, 77 years old when she died as Fashion Model (uncredited)
Bodil Rosing She was 57, 64 years old when she died as Fernande
Ginger Rogers She was 23, 83 years old when she died as Comtesse Scharwenka
Irene Dunne She was 36, 91 years old when she died as Stephanie
Randolph Scott He was 37, 89 years old when he died as John Kent
Helen Westley She was 59, 67 years old when she died as Roberta / Aunt Minnie
Candy Candido He was 21, 85 years old when he died as Candy - Trick-voiced Wabash Indianian (uncredited)
Torben Meyer He was 50, 90 years old when he died as Albert
William Frawley He was 48, 79 years old when he died as Bartender (uncredited)
Claire Dodd She was 23, 61 years old when she died as Sophie
Luis Alberni He was 48, 76 years old when he died as Voyda
Victor Varconi He was 43, 85 years old when he died as Ladislaw
Ferdinand Munier He was 47, 57 years old when he died as Lord Delves

Roberta Crew

Name Department
Mel Berns as Makeup Artist. He was 37 (79) years old when He died Costume & Make-Up
Van Nest Polglase as Art Direction. He was 36 (70) years old when He died Art
William Hamilton as Editor. He was 41 (48) years old when He died Editing
Jane Murfin as Screenplay. She was 50 (70) years old when She died Writing
Edward Cronjager as Director of Photography. He was 30 (56) years old when He died Camera
Pandro S. Berman as Producer. He was 29 (91) years old when He died Production
William A. Seiter as Director. He was 44 (74) years old when He died Directing
Hermes Pan as Choreographer. He was 25 (80) years old when He died Crew
Alice Duer Miller as Novel. She was 60 (68) years old when She died Writing
Bernard Newman as Costume Design. He was 37 (69) years old when He died Costume & Make-Up
Jerome Kern as Theatre Play. He was 50 (60) years old when He died Writing
Allan Scott as Screenplay. He was 28 (88) years old when He died Writing
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Roberta (89 years)

Jerome Kern's Queen of Musical Romances!

  • Release day: Thursday, March 07, 1935
  • Runtime: 106 minutes