Lady for a Day (1933)

In the bustling heart of New York City, Apple Annie, a humble apple peddler, has been spinning a grand tale of a life she doesn't live. To her daughter Louise, tucked away in a Spanish convent, Annie isn't a street vendor but an elegant woman of the upper echelons, bearing the moniker E. Worthington Manville. A carefully constructed web of words has kept Louise oblivious to her mother's reality, until fate intervenes. Louise, engaged to a Spanish aristocrat and accompanied by his father, a count, decides to sail to the Big Apple to meet her seemingly affluent mother. Fearful of losing her daughter's admiration and jeopardizing the impending marriage, Annie is thrust into a predicament. The distinct possibility of her ruse unraveling threatens to shatter the world she has so meticulously crafted in her letters. Enter Dave the Dude, an enigmatic figure of the city's underground, who believes Annie's apples are his lucky charm. In an unexpected display of altruism, Dave steps in to aid Annie in her desperate charade. He secures a luxury apartment for Annie, planning to transform the simple peddler into the high-society lady her daughter expects to meet. However, this unexpected act of kindness from a man with a disreputable reputation stirs the waters of suspicion, adding an intriguing layer of complexity to their predicament. As they navigate this labyrinth of deception, the protagonists find that life does not always play along with their well-laid plans. The question that looms over this captivating tale is whether they can maintain the facade long enough to secure the count's blessing. In this intricate web of lies and love, will the truth ultimately prevail, or will illusion seize the day?

Lady for a Day is a comedy movie featuring Warren William.

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