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Roberta

Roberta

Mar 7, 1935
106 min
ComedyMusicRomance
7.0/ 10
46 votes

Overview

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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TMDB
7.0/10
46 votes
IMDB
7.0/10
3,720 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
86%
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Metacritic
M
66/100
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Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 nominations total

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"Jerome Kern's Queen of Musical Romances!"

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RKO Radio Pictures

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