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Lady for a Day(1933)
Status: Released
Date: 1933-09-13
71%
94 Votes
Time: 1h 36m
Takes its place among the greatest pictures ever made!
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Lady for a Day
Top 10 Billed 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
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