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Roberta (1935) was a Comedy - Musical Film directed by William A. Seiter and produced by Pandro S. Berman.

The film was based on the novel Gowns by Roberta and also Stage Play written by Alice Duer Miller published in 1933 (novel); Nov 18, 1933 - Jul 21, 1934 (play performed at New Amsterdam Theatre, NY).

Academy Awards 1935 --- Ceremony Number 8 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Music - SongMusic by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHughNominated

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Quotes from Roberta:

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.

Comtesse Scharwenka: You may call me Tanka.
Huckleberry Haines: Tanka.
Comtesse Scharwenka: You're welcome.

Huckleberry Haines: John, everyday you act worse, but today you're acting like tomorrow.
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Bugle call: see also The Gay Divorcee, Follow the Fleet.

The original Broadway production included Sydney Greenstreet, Bob Hope, Fred MacMurray, George Murphy and Fay Templeton. In the film, Fred Astaire's role is a combination of Hope's and Murphy's roles, and Greenstreet's role is played by Ferdinand Munier.

The third (of ten) dancing partnership of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

Lucille Ball, who appears uncredited in this film as a fashion model, would later buy RKO, the studio that made this film. At the height of their success during I Love Lucy, she and Desi Arnaz purchased it and renamed it Desilu Studios.

Lucille Ball, an unknown RKO contract player at the time, appears uncredited as a model in a fashion show. She wears a large feather cape, and her hair is bleached platinum blonde.

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