the broadway musical that most people associate with jerome kern after showboat be roberta . the plot you see here be expand quite a bit because on stage the whole thing take place in the usa where the randolph scott character inherit a fashion design business . rko decide to invest a little glamor into the project by transport the whole thing to paris and it be a wise move and though the film never get far to paris than the rko back lot . both the part that helen westley and randolph scott play on stage be sing role . helen be the aunt from whom scott inherits madame roberta dress design when she die . on stage it be play by fay templeton in her farewell performance and jerome kern and otto harbach write yesterday for her . in the film version irene dunne sing the song . besides irene and the rest of the vocal chore be take by fred astaire and ginger rogers in their second film together . astaire part on broadway be do by bob hope . because astaire be do the part a dance number be call for so jerome kern and dorothy field write i win not dance for astaire . fred also partner with ginger rogers in i will be hard to handle . irene dunne sings smoke get in your eye and one of jerome kern most well know ballad about misplace love . folk of my generation might remember that the song get a second life a a doo wop ballad during the first phase of rock and roll . such song a youre devastating and the touch of your hand get relegate however to just part of the instrumental background . still half a kern score be good than a full one by most other composer . this would be the last time that astaire and rogers be support player in a film . the next time out they would be the lead . during a drunk scene randolph scott sing a couple of bar of i win not dance . that may have be the limit of his sing career on screen and a good thing too . on broadway ray middleton play scott part and tamara geva who be kill entertaining troop overseas be the female lead . can you imagine a show though that have besides those i already mention and fred macmurray and george murphy and and sydney greenstreet all in the cast . what a film that would have be .