Lady for a Day
Sep 13 1933
•2h 36m
•Comedy, Drama
Apple Annie is an aging fruit seller in New York City, whose daughter Louise has been raised in a Spanish convent since she was an infant. As she grows up, Annie leads her daughter to believe that she is a society matron called Mrs. E. Worthington Manville. Annie worries that her charade is in danger of being uncovered when she learns that Louise is sailing to New York with her new fiancé and his nobleman father.
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Warren William
Dave the Dude
May Robson
Apple Annie
Guy Kibbee
Judge Henry G. Blake
Glenda Farrell
Missouri Martin
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