Lady for a Day Page #2

Synopsis: Apple Annie is an indigent woman who has always written to her daughter in Spain that she is a member of New York's high society. With her daughter suddenly en route to America with her new fiancé and his father, a member of Spain's aristocracy, Annie must continue her pretense of wealth or the count will not give his blessing. She gets unexpected help from Dave the Dude, a well-known figure in underground circles who considers Annie his good luck charm, and who obtains for her a luxury apartment to entertain the visitors - but this uncharacteristic act of kindness from a man with a disreputable reputation arouses suspicions, leading to complications which further cause things to not always go quite as planned.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Frank Capra
Production: Columbia Pictures
 
IMDB:
7.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
TV-G
Year:
1933
96 min
284 Views


You haven't lost your job?

You shouldn't fool me like this.

They can't fire you!

They can't, eh?

Well, they did.

They caught me putting

your letter in my pocket.

Where's my letter?

What am l going to tell the wife?

That's what l want to know.

- Where's my letter?

- How do l know? They took it.

Annie, where you going?

They won't let you in that way.

Hey! Hey!

You must be

in the wrong place, madam.

- Peasants aren't allowed in here.

- There's a strict rule about...

Let me go, let me go!

I beg your pardon.

Oh, my goodness.

There's some mail here

for me, a letter.

Mail?

Are you stopping here, Madam?

No, but there's a letter.

It came this morning for me.

It's from Barcelona, Spain.

It's very important.

Well, what is your name, please?

Mrs. E. Worthington Manville.

- Mrs. E. Worthington Manville?

- Yes.

Mrs. E. Worthington Manville.

I'm the manager.

Anything l can do for you?

Yes, if you please.

There's a letter here for me

and l'd like to get it.

Letter?

Addressed to the hotel?

Yes...

l told that other man

all about it.

- You're not a guest of the hotel?

- No, anybody can see that!

Please, no need for shouting.

Then why don't you

give me my letter?

What's the use of

asking me foolish questions?

I'm afraid l have to ask you

to leave the hotel.

Well, l won't go

till l get my letter!

I'll be compelled to

call the police.

Well, call the police.

Call anybody you like.

I'm not a criminal.

I haven't done anything wrong.

Mister, please.

I don't want trouble for the hotel.

All l want is my letter.

It's from my daughter, see?

It came all the way from Spain.

Just a moment.

- Iloyd.

- Yes, sir?

Do you remember

a letter addressed to Mrs...?

E. Worthington Manville

Yes, it came in this morning.

There, you see?

I told you it was here.

Let her have it.

God bless you kindly, sir.

God bless you.

Why are you standing there?

Go get it.

I sent it back.

You sent it back?

Sir, there's no one registered

here under that name,

so l sent it back marked

"party not known here".

But you can't. She'll find out

that l'm not living here.

- Don't you see?

- Please, please.

Has the mail left yet?

Yes, the boy took it out

a few minutes ago.

It's probably...

There he is now.

- Hey, boy, boy!

- Please.

Don't put any more in there!

Don't put any more...

You can't do this here.

She's quite crazy.

There it is.

I knew it was here.

I'd know it any place.

Leave this hotel at once.

Yes, sir.

Thank you, sir.

She's fainted.

It's an old lady.

Come on, grandma.

You all right now, mother?

I'm...

Where's my letter?

Where's my letter?

- Here.

- There you are.

- Do you feel alright?

- Now leave me alone.

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes

Robert Riskin

Robert Riskin (March 30, 1897 – September 20, 1955) was an American Academy Award-winning screenwriter and playwright, best known for his collaborations with director-producer Frank Capra. more…

All Robert Riskin scripts | Robert Riskin Scripts

0 fans

Submitted on August 05, 2018

Discuss this script with the community:

0 Comments

    Translation

    Translate and read this script in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this screenplay to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "Lady for a Day" Scripts.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 25 Apr. 2024. <https://www.scripts.com/script/lady_for_a_day_12148>.

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest writers community and scripts collection on the web!

    Watch the movie trailer

    Lady for a Day

    Browse Scripts.com

    The Studio:

    ScreenWriting Tool

    Write your screenplay and focus on the story with many helpful features.