Lady for a Day (1933)

Regista:

Frank Capra

Writers:

Damon Runyon (story)
Robert Riskin (screenplay)

Data di uscita:

13 settembre 1933 (USA)

Genere:

Comedy

Slogan:

Takes its place among the greatest pictures ever made!

Plot:

A gangster tries to make Aple Annie, the Times Square apple seller a lady for a day

Plot Keywords:

Wedding | Apple | Mother | Comedy Of Manners | Affection

Premi:

Nominated for 4 Oscars.

Recensioni degli utenti:

Solid performances, solid script, some beautiful touches

Cast

Warren William	...	Dave the Dude
May Robson	...	Apple Annie
Guy Kibbee	...	Judge Henry G. Blake
Glenda Farrell	...	Missouri Martin
Ned Sparks	...	Happy
Walter Connolly	...	Count Romero
Jean Parker	...	Louise
Nat Pendleton	...	Shakespeare
Barry Norton	...	Carlos
Halliwell Hobbes	...	Butler
Hobart Bosworth	...	Governor
Robert Emmett O'Connor	...	Inspector
resto del cast in ordine alfabetico:
Irving Bacon	...	Pool Hall Dupe (uncredited)
Ward Bond	...	Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley	...	Bit (uncredited)
Wallis Clark	...	Commissioner (uncredited)
George Cooper	...	Bit (uncredited)
Forrester Harvey	...	Bit (uncredited)
Samuel S. Hinds	...	Mayor (uncredited)
Tiny Jones	...	Bit (uncredited)
Lew Kelly	...	Bit (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee	...	Bit (uncredited)
Bob Kortman	...	Bit (uncredited)
Marc Lawrence	...	Bit (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint	...	Bit (uncredited)
Dad Mills	...	Blind Man (uncredited)
Miki Morita	...	Bit (uncredited)
Harry Semels	...	Bit (uncredited)
Shorty	...	Legless Man (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan	...	Bit (uncredited)
Leo White	...	Pierre (uncredited)

Regia di
Frank Capra

Scritto da
Damon Runyon		(story "Madame la Gimp")
Robert Riskin		(screenplay)

Prodotto da
Harry Cohn	....	executive producer

Musiche originali di
Howard Jackson		(uncredited)

Fotografia di
Joseph Walker

Montaggio di
Gene Havlick

Architetto-scenografo
Stephen Goosson		(uncredited)

Costumi di
Robert Kalloch		(uncredited)

Aiuto regista
Charles C. Coleman	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Sonoro
Edward Bernds	....	sound engineer (uncredited)

Music Department
Mischa Bakaleinikoff	....	musical director (as Bakaleinikoff)

Altro personale
Lester Cowan	....	assistant: Mr. Cohn (uncredited)
Stanley Kramer	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1933-1960)
• Kamera Film (1933) (Norway) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures Corporation (1933) (UK) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures Corporation (1933) (Ireland) (theatrical)
• Columbia Films (1933) (France) (theatrical)
• Columbia Films (1933) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures Near East (1933) (Egypt) (theatrical)
• Ese Films Columbia Films S.A. (1933) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Consorzio Cinematografico (1933) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures of Argentina (1933) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures do Brasil (1933) (Brazil) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures de Cuba (1933) (Cuba) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures of Peru (1933) (Peru) (theatrical)
• Christiaan van der Ree (1933) (Venezuela) (theatrical)
• Medal Fim Exchange (1933) (Puerto Rico) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures of Panama (1933) (Panama) (theatrical)
• Columbia Films of China (1933) (China) (theatrical)
• Columbia Films of India (1933) (India) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures of Philippines (1933) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Columbia Films of Netherlands Indies (1933) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Columbia Films of Malaya (1933) (Malaysia) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures Proprietary (1933) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures Proprietary (1933) (New Zealand) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures (1938) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Criterion Collection, The (2000) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Image Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Image Entertainment (2001) (USA) (VHS)
• International Entertainment Enterprises (2001) (worldwide) (VHS)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (2001) (USA) (VHS)
• DNA (2006) (Italy) (DVD) (VHS)

Alias:

Beggar's Holiday (USA) (working title)
Madame la Gimp (USA) (working title)
Signora per un giorno (Italy) [it]

Durata:

96 min

Nazionalità:

USA

Lingua:

Inglese | Spagnolo

Colore:

Bianco e nero

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sonoro:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Divieti:

Argentina:Atp

Luoghi delle riprese:

Columbia/Sunset Gower Studios - 1438 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Curiosità:

Radio City Music Hall booked the film's premiere without seeing it, because Capra's The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933) had been the theater's first film and they considered the director to be good luck.

Errori:

Continuity: The position of the pool/billiard balls changes between shots in both the pool hall scene and the billiard room scene (obviously to set up the trick shots that follow).

Citazioni:

Dave the Dude - 'Dave Manville': If we have to dig up a husband for Annie, let's to it and get over it.
Happy McGuire: Now you got to dig up a husband for...
[shouting]
Happy McGuire: Where you gonna get a husband just like that?
Dave the Dude - 'Dave Manville': How about you, Happy?
Happy McGuire: Me?
Missouri Martin: Oh, that's a swell idea. I think you'd be just precious.
Happy McGuire: That's a wonderful idea but there's one thing that stands on the way. I got a wife that is very fussy. She don't like me to go around and marrying people!

Movie Connections:

Versione di Ji ji (1989)

Solid performances, solid script, some beautiful touches

Others have said it all! However, check out the beautiful love scene photographed through a glass fountain. Absolutely GORGEOUS! Solid performances from the stars right down to the supporting actors. I think we hardly ever see great supporting actors like these any more.

Frank Capra wrote about this movie in his autobiography, apparently one of his first hits, using the recipe of lesser-known actors, a great scriptwriter, and a low budget. He relies heavily on the great supporting actors available to him and gave them all a Runyon-esquire quality which never fails to please. They are all just great! Check this movie out! It gets better every time I see it!