Home
Showtimes & Tickets
Top Box Office
Trailers & More
In Theaters
Coming Soon
New on DVD
Critics' Reviews
Photos
News
Blog
Superfans
Overview
Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Critics' Reviews
User Reviews
Trailers &
Clips
Photos
News
Similar Movies
Showtimes &
Tickets
Awards &
Nominations
On DVD

Lady for a Day

:

Overview
Lady for a Day
Critics' Rating:
read review
Avg. User Rating:
0 ratings
Your Rating:
write a review
NR,1hr 36min
Genre:
Comedy
Release:
1933
Director:
Frank Capra
Distributor:
Image Entertainment
Starring:
Warren William, May Robson, Guy Kibbee  ...more
Synopsis: May Robson plays Apple Annie, a slatternly Broadway apple peddler. Annie has a curious setup whereby she is able to finagle other street merchants and beggars to pony up part of their weekly earnings to her--yet she never seems to spend any of the money on herself. This is because Annie has a daughter named Louise (Jean Parker), who has been supported in luxury all her life by her mother. Louise has no idea who Annie really is; so far as she knows, her mother is Mrs. E. Worthington Manville, a Manhattan ... Full Synopsis
Critics' Reviews
View Full Reviews
Richard Gilliam, AMG Review
Lady for a Day is a top-grade example of the sort of optimistic, rags-to-riches entertainment popular during the Depression of the 1930s. As in many Depression-era comedies, European aristocracy is the main target of barbs. Director Frank Capra is too patriotic to take many pot-shots at the American rich, though his vindication of the common man seemed to be just what the public wanted. The acting ... Full Review
Featured Cast
View More Cast & Crew
Warren William
Dave the Dude
May Robson
Apple Annie
Guy Kibbee
Judge Blake
Glenda Farrell
Missouri Martin
Similar Movies
View All (5)
advertisement


Privacy
Legal
Advertise
RSS
Site map
Feedback
Help
|
© 2009 Microsoft