Actor Lester Blaine has all but landed the lead in Myra Hudson's new play when Myra vetoes him because, to her, he doesn't look like a romantic leading man. On a train from New York to San Francisco, Blaine sets out to prove Myra wrong...by romancing her. Is he sincere, or does he have a dark ulterior motive?

Lady for a Day

1933

English

7.4

♡ 3

100%

parent child relationship

superstition

transformation

Frank Capra Director

Sidney D'Albrook as Louis the Lug - Reception Guest

Forrester Harvey as Oscar - Hotel Employee with Letter

Irving Bacon as Pool Hall Dupe

Tom London as Reception Guest

Apple Annie is an aging New York City fruit seller whose daughter Louise has been raised in a Spanish convent since she was an infant. As she grows up, Louise is led to believe that her mother is a society matron called Mrs. E. Worthington Manville. Annie worries that her lie is in danger of being uncovered when she learns that Louise is sailing to New York with her new fiancé and his nobleman father.