 This is one of only two Astaire/Rogers films (along with  _Gay Divorcee, The (1934)_ (qv)), which is based on a Broadway  musical. The Broadway stage version of "The Gay Divorcee" (titled  "Gay Divorce") starred Fred Astaire (qv) in the same role he  played on film, however, while the stage version of "Roberta"  starred neither Astaire nor Ginger Rogers (qv).