Lady for a Day

Sep 13, 1933

1h 36m

★ 7.1

Takes its place among the greatest pictures ever made!

Overview

Apple Annie is an aging New York City fruit seller whose daughter Louise has been raised in a Spanish convent since she was an infant. As she grows up, Louise is led to believe that her mother is a society matron called Mrs. E. Worthington Manville. Annie worries that her lie is in danger of being uncovered when she learns that Louise is sailing to New York with her new fiancé and his nobleman father.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Dave the Dude

Warren William

Apple Annie

May Robson

Judge Henry G. Blake

Guy Kibbee

Missouri Martin

Glenda Farrell

Happy McGuire

Ned Sparks

Count Romero

Walter Connolly

Louise

Jean Parker

Shakespeare

Nat Pendleton

Carlos

Barry Norton

Butler

Halliwell Hobbes

Governor

Hobart Bosworth

Inspector MacCreary

Robert Emmett O'Connor

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