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Lady for a Day is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Frank Capra and starring May Robson. The screenplay by Robert Riskin is based on the 1929 short story "Madame La Gimp" by Damon Runyon.
Lady for a Day: Directed by Frank Capra. With Warren William, May Robson, Guy Kibbee, Glenda Farrell. A gangster tries to make Apple Annie, the Times Square apple seller, a lady for a day.
Mar 30, 2022 · Lady For A Day. by. Frank Capra. Publication date. 1933. Usage. Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International. Topics.
Watchlist. Page 1 of 2, 6 total items. Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. An aging New York City fruit seller named Apple Annie (May Robson) attempts to maintain an outrageous charade.
- (13)
- Comedy, Drama
A gangster tries to make Apple Annie, the Times Square apple seller, a lady for a day. Apple Annie is an indigent woman who has always written to her daughter in Spain that she is a member of New York's high society.
Unknown to anyone, Annie has a daughter, Louise, who is in a Spanish convent. With the aid of Oscar, the doorman at the Hotel Marberry, Annie has been sending letters to Louise on the hotel's stationery, thereby leading the girl to believe her mother is a high society matron named Mrs. E. Worthington Manville.
Overview. 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.
