- Actors: Warren William, May Robson, Guy Kibbee, Glenda Farrell, Ned Sparks
- Directors: Frank Capra
- Writers: Damon Runyon, Robert Riskin
- Producers: Harry Cohn
- Language English, Spanish
- Classification: U
- Studio: 2entertain
- VHS Release Date: 18 Sep 2000
- Run Time: 96 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004CMC4
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 9,146 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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From the Back Cover
Society matron Mrs E.Worthington Manville (May Robson) is throwing a party in honour of Count Romero (Walter Connolly), whose son is engaged to her beautiful daughter, Louise. But what the Count doesn't know is that Mrs Manville is really "Apple Annie", a fruit peddler without a penny to her name! So, in order to continue the charade, Annie calls upon her best friend, "Dave the Dude" (Warren William), a bigshot gambler with a heart of gold who'll do anything for a pal. Even if it means an incident if the Count ever learns that his new-found society friends are the biggest bunch of mugs on Broadway!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Along with It's a Wonderful Life, this is my favourite Capra movie. Although made back in the 30s, it is still hilarious, featuring marvellous performances, especially by May Robson as Apple Annie and Warren Willam as Dave the Dude. The plot is taken from a Damon Runyan story and is rather corny (gangsters decide to help an elderly apple seller become a lady for a day to impress her daughter and her fiance), but great fun. Look out for the bra-less dancing sequence and the gay Frenchman joke (not something I expeceted to see in a Capra film). The cinematography is brilliant. I saw this in a cinema in Paris and the scenes at night filmed by a fountain are beautiful. If you are rather sentimental, this will make you cry as well as laugh. Sadly, I will not be able to buy this DVD, as it is in N. American format, but if I could I would pay a fortune for it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
Watched it on tv in Portugal when I was 15 years old and love it,when it is relised on dvd region 2,I will buy it.
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45 of 49 people found the following review helpful
stay away
6 Nov 2001
Format:DVD
This wonderful film is a total disaster in its DVD format. Frank Capra Junior calls it a restored print which is a joke. The film is often dark, details are hard to see and there are sprocket holes, white spots and all kinds of detractions in the film. How could Image and Capra release this mess on DVD! This outstanding film deserves much better than is offered.
27 of 29 people found the following review helpful
The rating is for the DVD
17 Dec 2003
Format:DVD
I should have listened to the other person who mentioned scratches on the movie. However, while he found them only slightly distracting...I found them to be so disruptive that I lost track of the movie. This print was transferred from a copy that had severe sprocket tooth scratches. These scratches lasted for almost 20 minutes.
While my rating of the movie itself would be 3-4 stars, I cannot recommend...even to fans of the movie...to buy this copy. I wouldn't even be happy if I had bought it for under 10 bucks....but at this steep price, I advise against it.
18 of 21 people found the following review helpful
A Good Capra DVD
8 Nov 2001
Format:DVD
Lady for a Day is a fine Capra film. The story concerns a street vendor Apple Annie (May Robson) who has deceived her daughter that she is a High Society lady. The daughter, who has been living in Spain, decides to visit and what's more brings along her prospective fiancé plus his father, a Spanish count. So as not to scupper her daughter's marriage, Annie must enlist the help of her underworld friends to continue the deception. The film is at times very funny with a tone which looks ahead to the Screwball comedies of the later thirties. It is also often rather moving, with May Robson's terrific performance eliciting a great deal of sympathy. The rest of the cast is equally fine. Warren William as Dave the Dude is that most unusual of characters a gangster with a heart of gold. Guy Kibbee, familiar from so many thirties films, is always fun to watch. This time he plays a pool shark who agrees to pretend he is Apple Annie husband. Jean Parker, as Apple Annie's daughter Louise, will be familiar to anyone who has seen the 1933 version of Little Women in which she plays Beth. Her role in Lady for a Day could hardly match that role, but she still performs well with her memorably unusual voice. She also looks absolutely stunning. It's even possible to glimpse a young Ward Bond, as a policeman on a horse, obtaining an apple from Annie.
The print used for the Image DVD is not perfect. The main problem is that towards the end of the film, the right hand edge of the picture has been damaged so that white marks appear on the print. This only affects a small portion of the picture, but it is a little bit distracting. For the most part however, the print is clear and sharp. Even when there is some damage, the rest of the picture is fine. I have seen any number of thirties and forties films which have survived in worse condition than Lady for a Day. Moreover the sound quality on this DVD is above average for a film from this period. The wonderful dialogue is easily audible and the soundtrack has very little background noise. As an extra the DVD includes a commentary by Frank Capra Junior. This is a DVD which Capra fans should enjoy.
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