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Lady for a Day

Lady for a Day

7,1 /10 (97 Votes)
1933 EN 96 min

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.

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Release date

13/09/1933

Votes

97

Popularity

2.0

Takes its place among the greatest pictures ever made!

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Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

96 min

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2022-06-13

⭐ 7

This has shades of "My Fair Lady" about it - and Frank Capra has done quite well with a cast of lesser known actors to create quite an enjoyable comedy drama. May Robson steals the show as "Apple Annie", a lady who makes her living selling these fruit on Times Square. She is well known and well liked by her pals and all is going along nicely until her daughter writes to announce that she will be arriving from Spain with her new fiancée and his father - both are (minor) Spanish aristocracy who have been led to believe, as has her daughter, that "Annie" is rather closer to the top of New York so…

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