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Takes its place among the greatest pictures ever made! - Lady for a Day
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Title: Lady for a Day

Release Date: 13 Sep 1933

Runtime: 1h 36m

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Director: Columbia Pictures

Production Companies: Columbia Pictures

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. Upon receiving unexpected word from Louise (who hasn't seen Annie since infancy) that she is en route to America with her new fiancé and his father, a count, so the three of them can meet her, Annie panics, despairing that her beloved daughter will be destroyed by the deception.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.1 (84 votes)

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
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