Lady for a Day (1933)

Takes its place among the greatest pictures ever made!

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 (32)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

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

Irving Bacon

Pool Hall Dupe (uncredited)

Ward Bond

Mounted Policeman (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley

Hotel Mail Clerk Lloyd (uncredited)

Wallis Clark

Commissioner (uncredited)

George Cooper

Cheesecake (uncredited)

Jay Eaton

Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

J

Julia Griffith

Dowager in Mayor's Entourage (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

Detective (uncredited)

F

Forrester Harvey

Hotel Employee Oscar (uncredited)

Samuel S. Hinds

Mayor (uncredited)

F

Frank Holliday

Second Detective (uncredited)

Lew Kelly

Reception Guest Harry the Horse (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee

Man in Mayor's Office (uncredited)

Marc Lawrence

Nick, a Mug at Reception (uncredited)

Edward LeSaint

Police Capt. Moore (uncredited)

Tom London

Reception Guest (uncredited)

Charles McAvoy

Detective (uncredited)

Miki Morita

Dave the Dude's Butler (uncredited)

Harry Tenbrook

Reception Guest (uncredited)

Leo White

Pierre (uncredited)

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