Glenn Ford and Bette Davis are both good and Peter Falk was nominated for best supporting actor. Well, when Dave the Dude starts out on any proposition, he is a wonder for fast working. Along about midnight, Dave the Dude has to go out into the kitchen and settle a battle there over a crap game, but otherwise everything is very peaceful. The story focuses on Apple Annie (May Robson), an aging and wretched fruit seller in New York City, whose daughter Louise (Jean Parker) has been raised in a Spanish convent since she was an infant. [2], Budgeted at $2.9 million, the film began principal photography on April 20, 1961. On the night of the reception, the police certain Dave is responsible for the missing reporters surround Missouri's club, where the gang has assembled for a final rehearsal. By and by I figure on taking the wind, and I look for Mr. and Mrs. Conde to tell them good night, but Mr. Conde and Miss Missouri Martin are still dancing, and Miss Missouri Martin is pouring conversation into Mr. Condes ear by the bucketful, and while Mr. Conde does not savvy a word she says, this makes no difference to Miss Missouri Martin. Still, I hear the old judge does himself proud, with his kissing Madame La Gimps baby plenty, and duking the proud old Spanish nobleman, and his wife, and son, and giving Madame La Gimps sister a good strong hug that squeezes her tongue out. A 'Pocketful of Miracles' is more of a fairy tale comedy. "[4], Channel 4 calls it "wonderfully improbable and charming" and, although "not a bona fide Capra classic," it is "cracking fun all the same."[5]. The last 3 movies with great user reviews have let me down. In fact, she looks first-rate, especially as she is off gin and says she is off it for good. Starring May Robson, Warren William, Guy Kibbee, Glenda Farrell, Ned Sparks, Jean Parker, Barry Norton . It will save a lot of explaining around the Marberry if I am there.. ISCOD recherche . He says he has to take a trip out to Pittsburgh to buy four or five coal mines, but will be back the next day. The morning they go to meet the boat is the first time Judge Henry G. Blake gets a load of his ever-loving wife, Madame La Gimp, and by this time Miss Billy Perry and Miss Missouri Martin give Madame La Gimp such a going-over that she is by no means the worst looker in the world. Madame La Gimp - RuLit - 4. This may--or may not--explain Pat O'Brien's absence from the remaining episodes of The Damon Runyon Theatre--or whether any were recorded beyond Princess O'Hara. Noun. Remaking his 1933 feature, Lady for a Day (which I now need to see! Then I hear, Mister Al Jolson, and in comes nobody but Tony Bertazzola, from the Chicken Club, who looks about as much like Al as I do like O. O. McIntyre, which is not at all. Anybody looking at Madame La Gimp will bet you all the coffee in Java that she never lives in a cellar over on Tenth Avenue, and drinks plenty of gin in her day. The screenplay, from a story, "Madame La Gimp" by Damon Runyon, is a beguiling mix of hard-boiled comedy and never-too-gooey sentiment. Where is the babys papa? I ask Dave the Dude. Mister O. O. McIntyre, the big writer! Rodney B. Emerson says, and the next thing I know I am shaking hands with Mr. and Mrs. Conde, and their son, and with Madame La Gimp and her baby, and Madame La Gimps sister, and finally with Judge Henry G. Blake, who has on a swallowtail coat, and does not give me much of a tumble. Especially, Dave says, the baby grand piano that is removed from Apartment 9-D.. That's why studios have a Continuity Department. Well, when I step in I see the judge miss a shot anybody can make blindfolded, but as soon as I give him the office I wish to speak to him, the judge hauls off and belts in every ball on the table, bingity-bing, the last shot being a bank that will make Al de Oro stop and think, because when it comes to pool, the old judge is just naturally a curly wolf. Dave's girlfriend Queenie insists he help Annie continue her charade. Bette Davis herself confessed to have found enormous difficulty at being faithful to Apple Annie in those gorgeous gowns post-makeover, but this is, was and always will be a fairy tale and as such it succeeds beautifully. Based on the story "Madame la Gimp" by Damon Runyon. But it seems to me all this is most disrespectful to our leading citizens, especially when Rodney B. Emerson calls, The Honorable Police Commissioner, Mister Grover A. Whalen, and in pops Wild William Wilkins, who is a very hot man at this time, being wanted in several spots for different raps. Do you know who I am?, I remember you, Madame La Gimp says. For fifteen years, or maybe sixteen, I see Madame La Gimp up and down Broadway, or sliding along through the Forties, sometimes selling newspapers, and sometimes selling flowers, and in all these years I seldom see her but what she seems to have about half a heat on from drinking gin. Davis and Ford are okay but represent a change in the times I'd say. Queenie has the bedraggled Annie made up to look like a sophisticated socialite, while Dave borrows an out-of-town friend's luxurious penthouse suite, complete with Hudgins the butler (Edward Everett Horton) - and arranges for cultured pool hustler "Judge" Henry G. Blake (Thomas Mitchell) to pose as Annie's husband. Furthermore, he is in his Sixteen Hundred Club uniform, except he has a clean shave. Dave counters by demanding $100,000 "as a token of your good faith.". Instead, trusting Annie's claim, he decides to make Queenie a nightclub star. He is a short, fat guy, with a round, red face, and a big laugh, and the kind of a guy Dave the Dude can call up at his home in Newport and explain the situation and ask for the loan of the apartment, which Dave does. But fate in the form of a sympathetic mayor and governor and their entourages unexpectedly steps in and allows Annie to maintain her charade and keep Louise from learning the truth before she sails back to Spain with her husband-to-be. "[3], Variety said the film "asks the spectator to believe in the improbable. "[2], Other reviewers were more guarded. Because of Ford's involvement with the financing of the film, Capra refused to intervene in any of the disagreements between the two stars, but he suffered blinding and frequently incapacitating headaches as a result of the stress. "[2], Exhibitors protested Bette Davis's star billing as they worried it would hurt the boxoffice, and the receipts did fall short of expectations. Pocketful of Miracles is Frank Capra's Technicolor re-make of his brilliant 1933 film, Lady for a Day. Among Annie's patrons are Dave the Dude (Warren William), a gambling gangster who believes her apples bring him good luck, and his henchman Happy McGuire (Ned Sparks). Glenn Ford shows his talent for comedy. Ford hears about this & so the machinations commence to make Margaret's visit a smooth one. But if i can be permitted a bit of Trivial Observation: I had to watch the next to last scene (the police-escorted motorcade) again because i could not believe it on the first viewing. Apple Annie (Bete Davis) is an alcoholic beggar who sells apples and controls the beggary in Broadway area. Dave has an important meeting with a very powerful underworld boss from Chicago, Steve Darcey, aka "Mr. Big" (Sheldon Leonard). Capra also directed its 1961 remake, Pocketful of Miracles. This one has more well-known stars, Bette Davis and Glenn Ford, but isn't as good. Well, Dave says, Madame La Gimp tells me the thing that makes the biggest hit of all with the proud old Spanish nobleman is that she keeps her baby in Spain all these years because she wishes her raised up a true Spanish baby in every respect until she is old enough to know what time it is. Anyway, Judge Henry G. Blake says, being aristocratic will come natural to him. His girlfriend, nightclub owner Missouri Martin (Glenda Farrell), helps transform Annie from a dowdy street peddler to an elegant dowager. They tell me Judge Blake once has plenty of dough, and is quite a guy on Wall Street, and a high shot along Broadway, but he misses a few guesses at the market, and winds up without much dough, as guys generally do who miss guesses at the market. [9], The film was nominated for the American Film Institute's 2006 list AFI's 100 Years100 Cheers.[13]. Edit Translation. My vote is nine. It seems that she once has a baby which she calls by the name of Eulalie, being it is a girl baby, and she ships this baby off to her sister in a little town in Spain to raise up, because Madame La Gimp figures a baby is not apt to get much raising-up off of her as long as she is on Broadway. Cohn insisted Capra find a collaborator, but he thought the draft submitted by Harry Tugend was no better, and he dropped the project. Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lady_for_a_Day&oldid=1137365885, Articles lacking reliable references from November 2019, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2012, Rotten Tomatoes template using name parameter, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 4 February 2023, at 07:02. Anyway, you cannot say Judge Henry G. Blake is a bum, especially as he wears good clothes, with a wing collar, and a derby hat, and most people consider him a very nice old man. The tale is sardonically narrated by one of Dude's henchmen. Taking place during the Prohibition Era in New York, we meet an apple seller, Davis, who makes ends meet selling the fruit on streets & who it turns out has a special relationship w/a mobster in town, Ford, who whenever a big deal or decision comes his way entrusts Davis to give him an apple (as a good luck token) which for the most part has worked in his favor but when the big boss is making moves to take over his territory, Ford does all he can to have all his luck ducks in a row. Dave the Dude Conway (Glenn Ford) is a prominent gangster, who believes that Annie's apples are magic and brings `good luck' to him. While not stinting a full measure of credit to director Frank Capra, it seems as if the spotlight of recognition ought to play rather strongly on scriptwriter Robert Riskin. Now and then he makes a trip across the ocean with such as Little Manuel, and other guys who ride the tubs, and sits in with them on games of bridge, and one thing and another, when they need him. Although I prefer the original 1933 film, this 1961 remake adequately exudes its own amount of charm. Darcey is debating whether to allow Dave to control the New York territory in exchange for $50,000 "as a token of good faith." "[3] Despite her effort to avoid an unpleasant situation, Davis was given the room Lange had wanted, and from then on Ford began treating her like a supporting player. Frank Capra had directed Lady for a Day in 1933 and for years had wanted to film a remake, but executives at Columbia Pictures, which owned the screen rights, felt the original story was too old-fashioned. Personally, I consider Madame La Gimp nothing but an old pest, but kindhearted guys like Dave the Dude always stake her to a few pieces of silver when she comes shuffling along putting on the moan about her tough luck. | As most fans of the program would attest, John Brown's 'Broadway' was as good as it gets in Radio. Plot The story focuses on Apple Annie (May Robson), an aging and wretched fruit . Capra explained why he retired: "Because I did it all. For a period of time the only existing copy was a 35mm print owned by Capra, until he made a duplicate negative from it and donated a newly minted print to the Library of Congress. and nostalgia. Now, Dave says, it seems that Madame La Gimps baby, being now eighteen years old, is engaged to marry the son of a very proud old Spanish nobleman who lives in this little town in Spain, and it also seems that the very proud old Spanish nobleman, and his ever-loving wife, and the son, and Madame La Gimps sister, are all with the baby. Existing in a Damon Runyon universe this charmer has only the most ephemeral touch in common with the real world but is that necessarily what you watch a Frank Capra movie for? | Beautiful Hope Lange plays Dude's girl Queenie Martin and the film debut of a very young Ann-Margret playing Apple Annie's charming daughter Louise. None of the bunch talk any English, so Miss Billy Perry and Judge Henry G. Blake are pretty much outsiders on the way uptown. She is an old , ugly and poor woman on his own resources , she splits luck to a mobster (well played by Glenn Ford who helped finance the movie through his production company) giving him apples . a family film who represents gate to another time. The Damon Runyon Theatre Hour. With "Pockeful Of Miracles" Frank Capra remakes his own "Lady For A Day" with Capraseque results - that means a mix bag with mostly delightful stuff in it - The major problem here is Glenn Ford, not as an actor but as a producer. The director claimed to prefer the remake to the original, although most critics and, in later years film historians and movie buffs, disagreed with his assessment. Best Art Direction As for Madame La Gimps baby, she is as pretty as they come, and many guys are sorry they do not get Judge Henry G. Blakes job as stepfather, because he is able to take a kiss at Madame La Gimps baby on what seems to be very small excuse. that is its best virtue. Mr. Big agrees to the Dude's terms, but the Dude decides to marry Queenie and settle down. Lady for a Day ( Brasil: Dama por Um Dia / Portugal: Milionria por Um Dia) um filme estado-unidense de 1933 do gnero comdia dramtica, dirigido por Frank Capra. Special fetures: Frank Capra, Jr. commentary soundtrack; Frank Capra, Jr. introduction; restoration, before and after; stills gallery. It went into general release on September 13 and within a very short time earned $600,000, twice its budget and a substantial sum for the period. Miss Missouri Martin is no sucker, even if she is kind-hearted. Davis has been picking up mail from her studying abroad daughter, played by Ann Margaret (in her film debut), from a swanky hotel (she's using the hotel's address as a means to put on airs she lives there when the reality is she lives on skid row) but when the management informs her she cannot do this anymore, she is bereft the truth will come out. And, of course, Nicely-Nicely Jones: "What he does for a livelihood is the best . Annie assures the Dude that his latest purchase is especially lucky. Capra was definitely one of the best known 'romantic' directors of his time. 1934, Damon Runyon, Madame La Gimp [1] She walks with a gimp in one leg, which is why she is called Madame La Gimp. Filming was completed in late June 1961, and Capra painfully struggled to get through the post-production period. This Rodney B. Emerson is quite a guy along Broadway, and a great hand for spending dough and looking for laughs, and he is very popular with the mob. The Damon Runyon Theatre was another of Alan Ladd's Mayfair Transcription Company productions. What Judge Henry G. Blake does for a living at this time nobody knows, because he does nothing much whatever, and yet he seems to be a producer in a small way at all times. Lady for a Day is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Frank Capra. Ford was paid $350,000 up front, but Capra received only $200,000. He was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City that grew out of the Prohibition era. Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay . It seems Madame La Gimp gives her baby the idea that such is the case in her letters to her. Anyway, it seems that between them Miss Billy Perry and Miss Missouri Martin get Madame La Gimp dolled up in a lot of new clothes, and run her through one of these beauty joints until she comes out very much changed indeed. She has her gray hair piled up high on her head, with a big Spanish comb in it, and she reminds me of a picture I see somewhere, but I do not remember just where. May Robson and Warren William just did a better job with the material than Bette Davis and Glenn Ford. Madame La Gimp is in a low-neck black dress and is wearing a lot of Miss Missouri Martins diamonds, such as rings and bracelets, which Miss Missouri Martin insists on hanging on her, although I hear afterwards that Miss Missouri Martin has Johnny Brannigan, the plain-clothes copper, watching these diamonds. "[1], Riskin had written his screenplay specifically for Robert Montgomery, but MGM refused to loan him to Columbia. About this Item Title MADAME LA GIMP Other Title LADY FOR A DAY LADY OF TIMES SQUARE Alternate Title LADY FOR A DAY LADY OF TIMES SQUARE Genre unproduced show Notes - ("Lady of Times Square," "Lady for a Day") 2006 recording by Charles Strouse (composer), piano & vocal. To look at Judge Henry G. Blake, with his gray hair, and his nose glasses, and his stomach, you will think he is very important people indeed. Pocketful of Miracles is a 1961 American Technicolor comedy film starring Bette Davis and Glenn Ford, and directed by Frank Capra, filmed in Panavision. Can you imagine a couple of young saps wishing to wait until they go plumb around the world before getting married?. The screenplay by Robert Riskin is based on the short story "Madame La Gimp" by Damon Runyon. We get the license for them yesterday afternoon. miracles, love, humor, two great actors in the lead roles, few drops of Dickens, few crumbs of Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw, old fashion atmosphere, the dramatic scenes, the hope and the joy, grains of tension , the social problems, the changes and the miracles, of course.and, as result, a great job by an extraordinary seducer from Hollywood. Warmth, schmaltz, heart, whatever it is, this motion picture's got it - that certain something that turns the screen hilariously and miraculously wonderful! A group of Annie's friends from the streets are watching from a distance. The whole cast is swell actually with many standouts, Peter Falk is a riot as Joy Boy and received an Oscar nomination for it. Possibly to downplay Capra's gaffe, Rogers then called third nominee George Cukor to join the two Franks on stage. Well, this baby is on her way here. But I have no idea you recognize me after all these years., Twenty of them now, Judge Henry G. Blake says. Also the original movie was made during the period it was set in, which gave it a feeling of authenticity this one doesn't have. So I go out looking for Judge Henry G. Blake to be Madame La Gimps husband, although I am not so sure Judge Henry G. Blake will care to be anybodys husband, and especially Madame La Gimps after he gets a load of her, for Judge Henry G. Blake is kind of a classy old guy. In fact, Mr. and Mrs. Conde seem somewhat bored, although Mr. Conde cheers up no little and looks interested when a lot of dolls drift in. Capra's first choices for Apple Annie and Henry D. Blake, Marie Dressler and W.C. Fields, could not be cast for the same reason. Bette Davis is annoying to look at she has a few snarky lines in the film . Toggle navigation. One night I am passing the corner of Fiftieth Street and Broadway, and what do I see but Dave the Dude standing in a doorway talking to a busted-down old Spanish doll by the name of Madame La Gimp. There's magic in the fantastic names he gave his Broadway characters -- Madame La Gimp, Harry the Horse, Sam the Gonoph. Bette Davis turns in a good portrayal of Apple Annie as does Glenn Ford playing gangster, Dave the Dude. They tell me the meeting at the dock between Madame La Gimp and her baby is very affecting indeed, and when the proud old Spanish nobleman and his wife, and their son, and Madame La Gimps sister, all go into action, too, there are enough tears around there to float all the battleships we once sink for Spain. | Because the film never earned back its cost, he lost an additional $50,000 in deferred salary. ", "The World's A Bright And Shiny Apple That's Mine, All Mine. But I judge the proud old Spanish nobleman is none too bright, at that, Dave says, because Madame La Gimp tells me he always lives in his little town which does not even have running water in the bathrooms. This is whenever a low- to middle-class girl gets to put on some fancy clothes and pretends to be a member of the upper class for a short time maybe even a princess. Personally, I consider Madame La Gimp nothing but an old pest, but kind-hearted guys like Dave the Dude always stake her to a few pieces of silver when she comes shuffling along putting on the moan about her tough luck. and Pocketful of Miracles is a real puzzle of fairy tales. The remake is just LOUDER and brash--like it is a "dumbed-down" version of the original. A collection of wonderful character actors: Thomas Mitchell, Ellen Corby and in particular Edward Everett Horton makes the whole thing a smashing pleasure. By this time anybody can see that the judge is commencing to believe that all this is on the level and that he is really entertaining celebrities in his own home. Get help and learn more about the design. "[2] Variety thought the plot "alternates uneasily between wit and sentiment" and added, "The picture seems too long, considering that there's never any doubt as to the outcome, and it's also too lethargic, but there are sporadic compensations of line and situation that reward the patience. That original 1933 film was also directed by Capraone of two films that he originally directed and later remade, the other being Broadway Bill (1934) and its remake Riding High (1950). Runyon's short stories are almost always told in the first person by a narrator who is never named, and whose role is unclear; he knows many gangsters and has no job. It's a great movie to watch with kids, or for cinema addicts looking for a rest. It seems the judge is playing the guy from Providence for five cents a ball, and the judge is about thirteen balls behind when I step into the joint, because naturally at five cents a ball the judge wishes the guy from Providence to win, so as to encourage him to play for maybe twenty-five cents a ball, the judge being very cute this way. Meanwhile, Annie has an illegitimate daughter named Louise (Ann-Margret), whom she sent to Europe as a baby. Louise, now grown up, is bringing her Spanish fianc Carlos (Peter Mann) and his father, Count Alfonso Romero (Arthur O'Connell), to meet her. How can I forget you? She is sitting in a darkish corner off by herself and I really do not see Judge Henry G. Blake leaning over her until I am almost on top of them, so I cannot help hearing what the judge is saying. "[8] Least impressed was Elaine Rothschild of Films in Review: "This unbelievable and unfunny comedy proves only that director Frank Capra has learned nothing and forgotten nothing in the 28 years that intervened between the two pictures. Madame La Gimp - RuLit - 1 The screenplay by Robert Riskin is based on the short story 'Madame La Gimp' by Damon Runyon. There's magic in the hearts of gold he found under rough-tough . Supporting players Peter Falk, Jack Elam, Ellen Corby and Ann-Margret in her film debut add some sparkle to the heavy-handed proceedings, but Ford is smug and tiresome as Dave the Dude, Hope Lange colorless as floozy singer Queenie. A remake of Capra's own lady for a lady, made in 33. [1], The "Apple Annie" story transformed into Capra's Lady For A Day (and Pocketful of Miracles) has long been considered a natural source for a stage musical and a number of prominent writers, including Jerry Herman, David Shire and Richard Maltby Jr; the team of John Kander and Fred Ebb have all worked on unfinished and unrealized adaptations. One of the street people says that she can remember when Annie always looked like that. (We never know the details of Annie's history, but her upper-crust origins are clear.) Il testo di Riccardo Mana riscrive la novella di Damon Runyon Madame La Gimp ("gimp" in inglese significa zoppa e la Laurito entra davvero nel personaggio quando, ironia della sorte, durante la stagione scorsa si rompe il perone al terzo giorno di prove), da cui venne Frank Capra trasse ben due film: "Signora per un giorno" (1933) e . The screenplay by Robert Riskin is based on the 1929 short story "Madame La Gimp" by Damon Runyon. When the Dude keeps postponing finalizing the deal with Mr. Big to help Annie, Joy Boy becomes increasingly exasperated and frightened. "Pocketful of Miracles" received three Oscar nominations. Dave manages to engineer a lavish reception, with New York's mayor and governor as guests, the night before Louise and her impressed future husband and father-in-law sail back to Europe, none the wiser about her mother's real identity. [citation needed], Mordaunt Hall of The New York Times called it "a merry tale with touches of sentiment, a picture which evoked laughter and tears from an audience at the first showing." Madame La Gimps sister is not such a doll as I will wish to have sawed off on me, and is up in the paints as regards to age, but she is also very quiet. "Lady By Choice" is the sequel. I am greatly mortified by such happenings at my social affairs, and everything must be returned at once. Veteran movie-maker Frank Capra once dubbed Damon Runyon "Creator of the American Fairy Tale" -- the man who mixed magic with real-life on the Great White Way. Bette Davis was one of the major supporters of Glenn Ford at the beginning of his career - A Stolen Life, did for his career what "Thelma and Louise" did for Brad Pitt's and one should remember that Davis sort of "imposed" Ford for that role. Well, it seems to me that everything is going perfect so far, and that it is good judgment to let it lay as it is, but nothing will do Dave the Dude but to have a reception the following night. | Damon Runyon's short story Madame La Gimp was published in the October 1929 issue of Cosmopolitan. Pocketful of Miracles is a 1961 American comedy film starring Glenn Ford and Bette Davis, produced and directed by Frank Capra, filmed in Panavision. Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures, Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, List of films featuring the deaf and hard of hearing, "The 34th Academy Awards (1962) Nominees and Winners", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pocketful_of_Miracles&oldid=1141907206, Films featuring a Best Musical or Comedy Actor Golden Globe winning performance, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, $5 million ($45.3million in 2021 dollars), This page was last edited on 27 February 2023, at 13:41. Last Capra's film, it has the typical characteristics of his career. . Indeed, it is a fairy tale. Pocketful of Miracles is the basis for the 1989 Hong Kong film Miracles starring Jackie Chan and Anita Mui, which itself was later remade as the 2008 Hindi-language Indian film Singh Is Kinng starring Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif. Plus, overall, it looks like everyone just tried and emoted too much in the remake. Little Manuel is standing alongside Judge Henry G. Blake, and he explains in Spanish to Mr. and Mrs. Conde and the others that Willie K. Vanderbilt is a very large millionaire, and Mr. and Mrs. Conde seem much interested, anyway, though naturally Madame La Gimp and Judge Henry G. Blake are jerry to Big Nig, while Madame La Gimps baby and the young guy are interested in nobody but each other. Full Cast and Crew | Official Sites | Company Credits | Filming & Production | Technical Specs. Cast & Crew Read More Frank Capra Director Glenn Ford Dave the Dude Bette Davis Apple Annie, also known as Mrs. E. Worthington Manville Hope Lange His own musicals include: Rest In Peace directed-choreographed by Baayork Lee; A Midsummer Night, The Odd Ducklings, Apple Annie, a musical version of Damon Runyon's short story Madame La Gimp with lyricist/librettist Don Loftus and Lillian Lorraine, a musical about the Life of Lillian Lorraine, the Ziegfeld Follies Star and 11 children's . Go ahead." 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