LADY FOR A DAY
"LADY FOR A DAY" (1933)
I just adore this movie! I first saw it over 50 years ago, at the age of 10, and it was probably my first "feel good movie." Everything about it is charming and it was like a modern-day fairytale to me. It is an 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" with Bette Davis.) Will Rogers presented the Academy Award for "Best Director", and when he opened the envelope, he simply announced, "Come up and get it, Frank!" Capra, certain he was the winner, ran to the podium to collect his Oscar, only to discover Rogers had meant Frank Lloyd, who won for Cavalcade, instead. Possibly to downplay Capra's gaffe, Rogers then called third nominee George Cukor to join the two Franks on stage. It is such a great little movie and I find it very entertaining!
SYNOPSIS: "An aging New York City fruit seller named Apple Annie (May Robson) attempts to maintain an outrageous charade. Long separated from her daughter, Louise (Jean Parker), who has been raised in a Spanish convent, Annie has hidden her modest position in life by claiming in her letters to be an aristocrat. When Louise finally comes to visit, Annie enlists the help of local gangster Dave the Dude (Warren William) to pose as a Manhattan socialite, leading to antics aplenty."
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