Lady for a Day (Original title)Beggars' Holiday (Working title)
Date: 1933 (Copyright)Country: USADirected by: Frank Capra
Synopsis: An old New York street apple seller is helped by a gangster friend to appear a "lady for a day" when her daughter, who doesn't know how the mother earns her living, comes to visit with her titled fiance.
Genre: Comedy
Releases
Date: 13 September 1933Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 96 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Columbia Pictures Corporation
Date: October 1933Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoRuntime: 83 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Columbia Pictures
Title: "Spent for us": Capra's technologies of mastery in LADY...Author: KUBEK, Elizabeth Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Examines maternal love in Frank Capra's LADY FOR A DAY. Article title ends "...FOR A DAY".
In: Sight and Sound v2 n4 August 1992 Page: 69
Title: [Sight and Sound - v2 n4 August 1992: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Video note
In: La Revue du Cinéma/Image et Son n473 Jul/Aug 1991 Page: 59
Title: [ La Revue du Cinéma/Image et Son - n473 Jul/Aug 1991: no known title]Author: ALION, Yves Article type: CreditsLanguage: French
In: Positif n368 October 1991 Pages: 96-99
Title: King of Comedy.Author: GIANDRAT-GUIGUES, Suzanne Article type: ArticleLanguage: French
Description: Article looking at and comparing Capra's two films LADY FOR A DAY and POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES.
In: Positif n133 December 1971 Pages: 20-21
Title: [Positif - n133 December 1971: no known title]Language: French
In: The Picturegoer v3 n147 17 Mar 1934 Page: 26
Title: [The Picturegoer - v3 n147 17 Mar 1934: no known title]Language: English
Description: Rev. Cast.
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v1 n1 February 1934 Page: 9
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v1 n1 February 1934: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1379 21 Sep 1933
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1379 21 Sep 1933: no known title]Language: English
In: Hollywood Spectator n4 22 Jul 1933 Pages: 4-5
Title: [Hollywood Spectator - n4 22 Jul 1933: no known title]Language: English
In: Page: 56
Title: [ - : no known title]
In: Page: Capra 17
Title: [ - : no known title]
Author: NOBLE, Lorraine Pages: 392p
Description: Also in The History of the Cinema 1895-1940 microfiche. Contents: Lady for a day; It happened one night; Little women; The story of Louis Pasteur. IT HAPPENNED ONE NIGHT pp. 124-212
Date: 1933 (Copyright)Country: USADirected by: Frank Capra
Synopsis: An old New York street apple seller is helped by a gangster friend to appear a "lady for a day" when her daughter, who doesn't know how the mother earns her living, comes to visit with her titled fiance.
Genre: Comedy
Releases
Date: 13 September 1933Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 96 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Columbia Pictures Corporation
Date: October 1933Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoRuntime: 83 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Columbia Pictures
Credits
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©: Columbia Pictures Corporation, a Columbia production: Columbia Pictures Corporation, President, Columbia Pictures Corporation: Harry Cohn, Assistant Director: C.C. Coleman Jr, Screen Play and Dialogue: Robert Riskin, From the story ['Madame La Gimp'] by: Damon Runyon, Photography: Joseph Walker, Camera Operator: André Barlatier, Assistant Camera: George Kelly, Michael Walsh, Chief Electrician: George Hager, Grip: James Lloyd, Stills Photography: William Fraker, Film Editor: Gene Havlick, Editorial Assistant: Charles Nelson, Art Director: Stephen Goossón, Properties: George Rhein, Costumes: Robert Kalloch, Musical Director: Bakaleinikoff, Sound: Edward Bernds, Assistant Recording Engineer: Bruce Libbitt, Sound System: Western Electric Noiseless Recording, General Press Agent: George Brown
Cast
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Warren William (Dave the Dude), May Robson (Apple Annie/Mrs.E. Worthington-Manville), Guy Kibbee (Judge Henry D. Blake), Glenda Farrell (Missouri Martin), Ned Sparks (Happy McGuire), Walter Connolly (Count Romero), Jean Parker (Louise), Nat Pendleton (Shakespeare), Barry Norton (Carlos Romero), Hobart Bosworth (governor), Robert Emmett O'Connor (Inspector MacCreary), Wallis Clark ([commissioner]), Halliwell Hobbes ([John, the butler]), Irving Bacon ([pool hall dupe]), Samuel S. Hinds ([mayor]), Ward Bond ([mounted policeman]), Blind Dad Mills ([blind man]), Leo White ([couturier])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
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In: Journal of Film and Video v50 n2 Summer 1998 Pages: 40-57Title: "Spent for us": Capra's technologies of mastery in LADY...Author: KUBEK, Elizabeth Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Examines maternal love in Frank Capra's LADY FOR A DAY. Article title ends "...FOR A DAY".
In: Sight and Sound v2 n4 August 1992 Page: 69
Title: [Sight and Sound - v2 n4 August 1992: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Video note
In: La Revue du Cinéma/Image et Son n473 Jul/Aug 1991 Page: 59
Title: [ La Revue du Cinéma/Image et Son - n473 Jul/Aug 1991: no known title]Author: ALION, Yves Article type: CreditsLanguage: French
In: Positif n368 October 1991 Pages: 96-99
Title: King of Comedy.Author: GIANDRAT-GUIGUES, Suzanne Article type: ArticleLanguage: French
Description: Article looking at and comparing Capra's two films LADY FOR A DAY and POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES.
In: Positif n133 December 1971 Pages: 20-21
Title: [Positif - n133 December 1971: no known title]Language: French
In: The Picturegoer v3 n147 17 Mar 1934 Page: 26
Title: [The Picturegoer - v3 n147 17 Mar 1934: no known title]Language: English
Description: Rev. Cast.
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v1 n1 February 1934 Page: 9
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v1 n1 February 1934: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1379 21 Sep 1933
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1379 21 Sep 1933: no known title]Language: English
In: Hollywood Spectator n4 22 Jul 1933 Pages: 4-5
Title: [Hollywood Spectator - n4 22 Jul 1933: no known title]Language: English
In: Page: 56
Title: [ - : no known title]
In: Page: Capra 17
Title: [ - : no known title]
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(1)
Title: Four star scripts: actual shooting scripts and how they are writtenAuthor: NOBLE, Lorraine Pages: 392p
Description: Also in The History of the Cinema 1895-1940 microfiche. Contents: Lady for a day; It happened one night; Little women; The story of Louis Pasteur. IT HAPPENNED ONE NIGHT pp. 124-212