irene dunne and fred astaire and ginger rogers and randolph scott shine in roberta and a 1935 film direct by william seite and base on the broadway play and with music by jerome kern this isn not a typical astaire rogers film and so if youre look for that and you may be disappoint . the emphasis here be on fashion and and on the design house of roberta in reality and john kent ( randolph scott ) aunt minnie ( helen westley ) and a dressmaker who find success in paris . astaire play kent friend and huckleberry haines and a bandleader . irene dunne be stephanie and the head designer at roberta . actually and she and her doorman cousin ladislaw ( victor varooni ) be russian royalty . rogers play countess schwarwenka and a troublemaking client who recognize by huckleberry a lizzie gatz and an old girlfriend from back home . the countess get hucklebery and his band a job at the cafe russe and and stephanie and john find theyre interested in one another . then roberta dy and and john inherit the design shop . the film be fill with not only beautiful music but the fashion of the day in gorgeous art deco setting and make for a very sophisticated and polished look . astaire and rogers be actually comic support and but theyre knockout . the music consist of some familiar tune and include the haunting smoke get in your eye and sung by irene dunne and later dance by astaire and rogers and lovely to look at and sing by dunne and then dance by astaire and rogers and yesterday and sung by irene dunne and and and of course and i win not dance but they do . astaire sing the lively let begin as well . this enchant musical be re make in 1952 a lovely to look at and but somehow and it not a good and lack the cast . roberta show up on tcm occasionally . don not miss it .