罗贝尔塔

JohnKent(RandolphScott),aformerstarfootballplayeratHarvard,goestoPariswithhisfriendHuckHaines(FredAstaire)andthelattersdanceband,theWabashIndianians.AlexanderVoyda(LuisAlberni)hasbookedtheband,butrefusestoletthemplaywhenhefindsthemusiciansarenottheIndiansheexpected,butmerelyfromIndiana(HuckHainesandhisIndianiansBand).JohnturnstotheonlypersonheknowsinParisforhelp,hisAuntMinnie(HelenWestley),whoownsthefashionableRobertagownshop.Whilethere,hemeetsherchiefassistant(andsecretlytheheaddesigner),Stephanie(IreneDunne).Johnisquicklysmittenwithher.Meanwhile,Huckunexpectedlystumblesuponsomeoneheknowsverywell.CountessScharwenka,atemperamentalcustomeratRobertas,turnsouttobehishometownsweetheartLizzieGatz(GingerRogers).ShegetsHucksbandanengagementatthenightclubwheresheisafeaturedentertainer.TwothingstroubleJohn.OneisLadislaw(VictorVarconi),thehandsomeRussiandeposedprinceanddoormanwhoseemstoointerestedinStephanie.TheotheristhememoryofSophie(ClaireDodd),thesnobbish,conceitedgirlfriendheleftbehindafteraquarreloverhislackofsophisticationandpolish.WhenAuntMinniediesunexpectedlywithoutleavingawill,Johninheritstheshop.KnowingnothingaboutwomensfashionandthathisauntintendedforStephanietoinheritthebusiness,hepersuadesStephanietoremainashispartner.Correspondentsflocktohearwhatafootballplayerhastosayaboutfemininefashions.Huckgivestheanswers,makingalotofweirdstatementsabouttheinnovationsJohnisplanningtointroduce.SophiearrivesinParis,attractedbyJohnsgoodfortune.Sheenterstheshop,lookingforadress,butisdissatisfiedwitheverythingStephanieshowsher.HuckpersuadeshertochooseagownthatJohnhadordereddiscardedastoovulgar.WhenJohnseesherinit,theyquarrelforthefinaltime.JohnreproachesStephanieforsellingSophiethegown.Terriblyhurt,Stephaniequitstheshop.WithRobertasputtingonafashionshowinaweek,Hucktakesoverthedesignwork,withpredictablybadresults.WhenStephanieseeshisawfulcreations,sheispersuadedtoreturntosaveRobertasreputation.Theshowisatriumph,helpedbytheentertainingofHuck,CountessScharwenka,andtheband.(Apre-stardomLucilleBall,withplatinumblondhair,appearsuncreditedinherfirstRKOfilm[4]asamodelwearinganelaboratefeathercape,afterthevocalbyDunne,inthefashionshow.[5])TheclosingsensationisagownmodeledbyStephanieherself.Attheshow,JohnoverhearsthatsheandLadislawareleavingParisandmistakenlyassumesthattheyhavemarried.Later,hecongratulatesherforbecomingaprincess.WhensheinformshimthatLadislawismerelyhercousinandthatthetitlehasbeenherssincebirth,theloversarereunited.HuckandLizzie,whodecidetogetmarried,doafinaltapdancesequel.