Lady for a Day

Directed by Frank Capra

Written by Damon Runyon, Robert Riskin

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.

Cast

Warren William

Dave the Dude

May Robson

Apple Annie

Guy Kibbee

Judge Henry G. Blake

Glenda Farrell

Missouri Martin

Ned Sparks

Happy McGuire

Walter Connolly

Count Romero

Jean Parker

Louise

Nat Pendleton

Shakespeare

Barry Norton

Carlos

Halliwell Hobbes

Butler

Hobart Bosworth

Governor

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Inspector MacCreary