FAME READS / SCREEN NOTES
Lady for a Day
Scores
- Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer100%as of 2024-09-16
- Rotten Tomatoes average7.6/10as of 2021-10-05
What it is
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.
At a glance
- Genres
- Comedy / Drama
- Original language
- English
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