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Roberta

Name: Roberta
Director: William A. Seiter
Released: 1935-01-01

1935 film by William A. Seiter

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Released: 1935
Director: William A. Seiter
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0026942/Retrieved 2016-05-18
2.filmaffinity.com/en/film319853.htmlRetrieved 2016-05-18
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Screenwriter: Sam Mintz
, Jane Murfin
, Allan Scott
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Producer: Pandro S. Berman
Cast: Irene Dunne
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2.filmaffinity.com/en/film319853.htmlRetrieved 2016-05-18
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, Fred Astaire
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, Ginger Rogers
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0026942/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-05-18
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, Randolph Scott
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Runtime: 106 min
Genre: musical film
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0026942/Retrieved 2016-05-18
2.filmaffinity.com/en/film319853.htmlRetrieved 2016-05-18
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Country of origin: United States

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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. It was a solid hit, showing a net profit of more than three-quarters of a million dollars.

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Director of photography: Edward Cronjager
Narrative location: Paris
Main subject: fashion
Film editor: William Hamilton
Title: Roberta
Color: black-and-white
Choreographer: Hermes Pan
Production designer: Van Nest Polglase
Has characteristic: film adaptation based on: Roberta
Different from: Roberta criterion used: title refers to multiple creative works
Based on: Roberta
Assessment: Bechdel test assessment outcome: passes · criterion used: considering named characters only
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1.Stated in Bechdel Test Movie ListRetrieved 2017-12-10
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Distribution format: video on demand

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