Roberta Page #4

Synopsis: Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash Indianians travel to an engagement in Paris, only to lose it immediately. John and company visit his aunt, owner of a posh fashion house run by her assistant, Stephanie. There they meet the singer Scharwenka (alias Huck's old friend Lizzie), who gets the band a job. Meanwhile, Madame Roberta passes away and leaves the business to John and he goes into partnership with Stephanie.
Director(s): William A. Seiter
Production: Warner Bros.
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
83%
NOT RATED
Year:
1935
106 min
323 Views


I should like to hear

your orchestra sometime.

Now. There's no time like now.

Now, hang on to your hat.

Hey, fellows!

Strike it up. It's a job.

Come on, boys, let's give them

the Let's Begin number.

- Come on, get over here.

- Come on, man, get over there.

All right, boys, let's swing it.

Now that you've got me going

what you gonna do?

Is it up to me or is it up to you?

What kind a game is this we've begun?

Was it done just for fun?

Don't forget since we've met

There's no reason for vain regret. Oh

Is this to be a case of "fall

and glad I fell, kiss and never tell

"Folly and farewell?"

Which is going to be "might have been

"Lose or win? Let's begin"

I'm here to tell you, let's begin

Now that you've got me going

what you gonna do?

Is it up to me, or is it up to you?

What kind of game is this we've begun

Was it done just for fun?

- No

- Realize that I'm wise

And please stop rolling

those big blue eyes

Is this to be a case of "Fall and glad I fell

"Kiss and never tell, folly and farewell?"

Which is going to be

"might have been"let's begin

Let's begin

- I think I saw...

- Huck, it looks like you're all set.

- You remember the girl I told you about?

- She likes the band.

Well, I was out there dancing.

I looked up and I saw...

Quiet, quiet, quiet!

- You're going in to meet a Polish countess.

- I don't want to meet any countess.

- But she can give the band a job.

- I don't care what she can...

- Who, who can? She can?

- Yeah!

- Well, that's different.

- No cracks, now.

I think they're very good.

Aunt Minnie,

this is my friend Huck Haines.

My nephew has told me about you.

Countess, may I present

Monsieur Huck Haines?

Countess?

- Well, if it isn't...

- Huck is for Huckleberry, n'est-ce pas?

Yes,

and a couple of n'est-ce pas.

Mr. Haines is the piccolo player

I was telling you about.

Ah! Piccolo player. How charmant.

No, no, no, madame. Pas de piccolo.

I play what you call a filthy piano.

May I present myself,

Le Marquis de Indiana.

Ah, Indiana,

a province in the south of Greece, eh?

No, no, no, Madame la Comtesse.

Just west of Pittsburgh, babe.

Hey, ix-nay acking-cray.

These Americans are

what you call fresh guys.

No, no, no. Refreshing.

Oh, mais oui. Refreshing.

Pardon, monsieur.

It is nothing, toots.

I should like to talk to this refreshing,

filthy piano, alone.

Oh, certainly, certainly.

Is he a lunatic?

Oh, no, that's merely his way

of making her feel at home.

Oh!

Now, listen here, Huck Haines...

No, no, no, no. What a charming surprise.

This little tete-a-tete with you, alone.

Huck, please.

What's the racket, Liz?

Did you marry the title or just lift it?

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Jerome Kern

Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in over 100 stage works, including such classics as "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "A Fine Romance", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "The Song Is You", "All the Things You Are", "The Way You Look Tonight", "Long Ago (and Far Away)" and "Who?". He collaborated with many of the leading librettists and lyricists of his era, including George Grossmith Jr., Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Dorothy Fields, Johnny Mercer, Ira Gershwin and E. Y. Harburg. A native New Yorker, Kern created dozens of Broadway musicals and Hollywood films in a career that lasted for more than four decades. His musical innovations, such as 4/4 dance rhythms and the employment of syncopation and jazz progressions, built on, rather than rejected, earlier musical theatre tradition. He and his collaborators also employed his melodies to further the action or develop characterization to a greater extent than in the other musicals of his day, creating the model for later musicals. Although dozens of Kern's musicals and musical films were hits, only Show Boat is now regularly revived. Songs from his other shows, however, are still frequently performed and adapted. Many of Kern's songs have been adapted by jazz musicians to become standard tunes. more…

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