Lady for a Day

Lady for a Day
Movie poster
Directed byFrank Capra
Written byRobert Riskin
Based onMadame La Gimp
1929 story in Hearst's International-Cosmopolitan
by Damon Runyon
Produced byHarry Cohn
StarringMay Robson
Warren William
Guy Kibbee
Glenda Farrell
CinematographyJoseph Walker
Edited byGene Havlick
Music byHoward Jackson
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Columbia Pictures
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • September 13, 1933 (1933-09-13)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$300,000

Lady for a Day is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Frank Capra. The screenplay by Robert Riskin is based on the 1929 short story "Madame La Gimp" by Damon Runyon. It was the first film for which Capra received an Academy Award nomination for Best Director and the first Columbia Pictures release to be nominated for Best Picture. Capra also directed its 1961 remake, Pocketful of Miracles.


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