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.
Acting
Rogers' comic Russian accent is DELICIOUS; Dunne anchors with elegance.
Costume
Bernard Newman gowns that made 1935 audiences gasp—still stunning.
Score
'Smoke Gets in Your Eyes' and 'Lovely to Look At'—standards for a reason.
Director
William A. Seiter
Irene Dunne
Stephanie
Fred Astaire
Huck Haines
Ginger Rogers
Scharwenka
Randolph Scott
John Kent
Helen Westley
Roberta
Claire Dodd
Sophie
Victor Varconi
Ladislaw
Luis Alberni
Voyda
Ferdinand Munier
Lord Delves
Torben Meyer
Albert
Bodil Rosing
Fernande
Lucille Ball
Fashion Model (uncredited)
Candy Candido
Candy (uncredited)
William Frawley
Bartender (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the only time Astaire and Rogers were fourth-billed; the studio still didn't trust their star power. Joke's on them.
The 'Russian' Scharwenka character plays into 1930s Parisian obsession with White Russian émigrés—glamorous exiles who became nightclub fixtures.
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