Lady for a Day

Lady for a Day

96 mins | Drama, Comedy | Sept. 13, 1933

Never-wed, poor, rough around the edges Apple Annie has always written to her daughter, Louise, in Spain that she is married and a member of New York's high society. Upon receiving unexpected word from Louise (who hasn't seen Annie since infancy) that she is en route to America with her new fiancé and his father, a count, so the three of them can meet her, Annie panics, despairing that her beloved daughter will be destroyed by the deception.

Lady for a Day

96 mins | Drama, Comedy | Sept. 13, 1933

Lady for a Day
Never-wed, poor, rough around the edges Apple Annie has always written to her daughter, Louise, in Spain that she is married and a member of New York's high society. Upon receiving unexpected word from Louise (who hasn't seen Annie since infancy) that she is en route to America with her new fiancé and his father, a count, so the three of them can meet her, Annie panics, despairing that her beloved daughter will be destroyed by the deception.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title Lady for a Day
Directors Frank Capra
Writers Damon Runyon, Robert Riskin

Cast

Warren William

as Dave the Dude

May Robson

as Apple Annie

Guy Kibbee

as Judge Henry G. Blake

Glenda Farrell

as Missouri Martin

Ned Sparks

as Happy McGuire

Walter Connolly

as Count Romero

Jean Parker

as Louise

Nat Pendleton

as Shakespeare

Barry Norton

as Carlos

Halliwell Hobbes

as Butler

Hobart Bosworth

as Governor

Robert Emmett O'Connor

as Inspector MacCreary

Irving Bacon

as Pool Hall Dupe (uncredited)

Ward Bond

as Mounted Policeman (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley

as Hotel Mail Clerk Lloyd (uncredited)

Wallis Clark

as Commissioner (uncredited)

George Cooper

as Cheesecake (uncredited)

Jay Eaton

as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Julia Griffith

as Dowager in Mayor's Entourage (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

as Detective (uncredited)

Forrester Harvey

as Hotel Employee Oscar (uncredited)

Samuel S. Hinds

as Mayor (uncredited)

Frank Holliday

as Second Detective (uncredited)

Lew Kelly

as Reception Guest Harry the Horse (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee

as Man in Mayor's Office (uncredited)

Marc Lawrence

as Nick, a Mug at Reception (uncredited)

Edward LeSaint

as Police Capt. Moore (uncredited)

Tom London

as Reception Guest (uncredited)

Charles McAvoy

as Detective (uncredited)

Miki Morita

as Dave the Dude's Butler (uncredited)

Harry Tenbrook

as Reception Guest (uncredited)

Leo White

as Pierre (uncredited)