roberta be out of circulation for many year because of an inferior mgm remake lovely to look at ( 1952 ) the studio do not want competition between the two film . astaire and rogers have be such a success in fly down to rio and that today the true star of the film be almost forget ( gene raymond and dolores del rio ) and they also shine in the gay divorcée ( 1934 ) . rko have buy roberta and a a vehicle for irene dunne . it have be a mild broadway success for jerome kern and fred astaire part be a composite of the role play by bob hope and george murphy . ginger part have be play by lyda roberti . when huck haines and his band be strand in paris his pal john ( randolph scott ) look up his aunt ( helen wesley ) to see if she can help them out . she be the creator of roberta fashion house the most exclusive design in paris . her lovely designer stephanie ( irene dunne ) be have trouble with tanka ( ginger rogers ) and because she work in a cabaret and john think tanka could get huck and his band a job . huck soon discovers that tanka be his old friend from back in indiana lizzie gatz . tanka get them a job so they will keep her secret . the sparkling i will be hard to handle be first introduce by ginger singing in a mock foreign accent and then she and fred execute a joyous tap dance that be part of a rehearsal . aunt roberta be very sick but she always get stephanie to sing to her this time the haunting yesterday . she die in her sleep and john inherit the dress shop . he want stephanie to have the shop but she will only go into partnership with him . john have definite idea about what he like and doesn not like . delightfully wicked claire dodd play sophie and john snooty fiancée . she arrive in paris as soon a she hear he have an inheritance . she be look for a dress to impress john and by mistake see a dress that john have reject a too vulgar . stephanie try to dissuade her from buy it but sophie be adamant . john be disgust when he see it on her and they break up for the last time . he be also angry at stephanie for sell the dress ( which she do under duress ) . i win not dance start off with a sizzle piano solo by fred astaire and follow by an equally sizzle solo dance by mr. astaire . ravish irene dunne sings the beautiful smoke get in your eye with balalaika accompaniment . with both john and stephanie stay away and the business start to run down . stephanie come back to save the day and put on a musical fashion show . to the tune of lovely to look at model parade the gown ( there be even a young lucille ball in a beautiful feathered cape . ) stephanie be back in another beautiful gown and sing the gorgeous lovely to look at . fred and ginger then dance to smoke get in your eye . john think stephanie be marry to ladislaw that why she be a princess . stephanie declare she be bear a princess and ladislaw be her cousin . everything end happily with fred and ginger dance to i won not dance . when you dance youre charming and so gentle or especially when youre do the continental . highly recommended .