Roberta
Starring: Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
Director: William A. Seiter
Writer: Sam Mintz, Jane Murfin, Allan Scott
Producer: Pandro S. Berman
Roberta is a 1935 American musical film released by RKO Radio Pictures and directed by William A. Seiter. It stars Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, and features Randolph Scott, Helen Westley, Victor Varconi and Claire Dodd. The film was an adaptation of the 1933 Broadway musical Roberta, which in turn was based on the novel Gowns by Roberta by Alice Duer Miller.
Trivia
- Based on Roberta (1933 musical with music by Jerome Kern, lyrics and book by Otto Harbach).
- RKO outbid MGM and Paramount for the rights to the stage play, paying $65,000.
- Roberta was in production from November 26, 1934 to January 21, 1935.
- Shooting was postponed to accommodate the marriage of Ginger Rogers to actor Lew Ayres.
Previous Showings
16 Runs • 10 Festivals
15,723 tickets sold
Original Billings: 1 run (March 24, 1935)
Original Run: March 24, 1935 (Sunday - Wednesday)
All runs on record (16):
- March 24, 1935 (Sunday - Wednesday)Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
- July 11 - 12, 1987 · 0 ticketsw/ The Gay Divorcee, Follow the Fleet, Top Hat, Swing Time, Shall We Dance, Flying Down to Rio, You Were Never Lovelier
- June 8 - 10, 1990 · 2,048 ticketsw/ Swing Time
- January 16 - 20, 1993 · 2,314 ticketsw/ Swing Time
- July 26 - 28, 1995 · 806 ticketsw/ 20 Million Sweethearts
- November 1 - 3, 1996 · 992 ticketsw/ Quality Street
- March 26 - 29, 1998 · 1,033 ticketsFred Astaire ~ Silent Movie Saturdaysw/ Swing Time
- April 5 - 6, 2001 · 1,076 ticketsWinter 2001w/ Show Boat
- November 10 - 11, 2004 · 765 ticketsBrandow/ The Awful Truth
- March 3 - 4, 2007 · 987 ticketsFilm Noir, Val Lewton, 1930s musicals and more!w/ Dodsworth
- May 18 - 20, 2011 · 744 ticketsMusicalsw/ Funny Face
- July 13 - 16, 2013 · 1,465 ticketsSummer 2013w/ Swing Time
- June 4 - 6, 2014 · 846 ticketsFred Astairew/ Swing Time
- March 8 - 10, 2024 · 1,009 ticketsFred Astairew/ Swing Time
- May 24 - 25, 2025 · 924 ticketsFred Astairew/ The Gay Divorcee
- January 31 - February 1, 2026 · 714 ticketsMusicals, plus Bob Hopew/ Show Boat