Lady for a Day
Lady for a Day is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Frank Capra. The screenplay by Robert Riskin is based on the 1929 short story "Madame La Gimp" by Damon Runyon. It was the first film for which Capra received an Academy Award nomination for Best Director and the first Columbia Pictures release to be nominated for Best Picture. Capra also directed its 1961 remake, Pocketful of Miracles.
Plot
The story focuses on Apple Annie (May Robson), an aging and wretched fruit seller in New York City, whose daughter Louise (Jean Parker) has been raised in a Spanish convent since she was an infant. Louise has been led to believe her mother is a society matron named Mrs. E. Worthington Manville who lives at the Hotel Marberry. Annie discovers her charade is in danger of being uncovered when she learns Louise is sailing to New York with her fiancé Carlos (Barry Norton) and his father, Count Romero (Walter Connolly).
Cast
- Barry Norton
- Charles McAvoy
- Charles Sullivan
- Edward LeSaint
- Emma Tansey
- Ernie Adams
- Florence Wix
- Forrester Harvey
- George Cooper
- Glenda Farrell
- Guy Kibbee
- Halliwell Hobbes
- Harry C. Bradley
- Harry Tenbrook
- Hobart Bosworth
- Irving Bacon
- Jay Eaton
- Jean Parker
- Joe Bordeaux
- Leo White
- Marc Lawrence
- May Robson
- Nat Pendleton
- Ned Sparks
- Raymond Brown
- Robert Emmett O'Connor
- Samuel S. Hinds
- Sidney D'Albrook
- Tom London
- Walter Connolly
- Ward Bond
- Warren William
- William Worthington
More details
| author | Robert Riskin |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Frank Capra |
| editor | Gene Havlick |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | belong change of heart convent gamble kidnap learning the truth local newspaper nightclub owner plan police department sail society matron spain spanish wretched |
| musicBy | Howard Jackson |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay |
| producer | Harry Cohn |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures |
| publisher | Columbia Pictures |