---
title: 'Lady for a Day (1933)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Frank Capra'
released: '1933-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 92
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/lady-for-a-day-1933'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024240/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Lady for a Day (1933)

1933 · 92 min · Drama, Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Frank Capra](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-capra)
- **Screenplay:** [Robert Riskin](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-riskin)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Howard Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-jackson)
- **Producer:** [Stanley Kramer](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-kramer), [Harry Cohn](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-cohn)
- **Director of Photography:** [Joseph Walker](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-walker)
- **Editor:** [Gene Havlick](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-havlick)

## Cast

- [Sidney D'Albrook](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-d-albrook)
- [Samuel S. Hinds](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-s-hinds)
- [Robert Emmett O'Connor](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-emmett-o-connor)
- [Harry Tenbrook](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-tenbrook)
- [Leo White](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-white)
- [Marc Lawrence](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-lawrence)
- [Guy Kibbee](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-kibbee)
- [William Worthington](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-worthington)
- [Ward Bond](https://cinepixo.com/people/ward-bond)
- [Barry Norton](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-norton)
- [Joe Bordeaux](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-bordeaux)
- [Emma Tansey](https://cinepixo.com/people/emma-tansey)
- [Forrester Harvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/forrester-harvey)
- [Florence Wix](https://cinepixo.com/people/florence-wix)
- [Nat Pendleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/nat-pendleton)

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