Director: Frank Capra

Writer: Robert Riskin

From novel: Madame La Gimp by Damon Runyon

Musical Director: C. Bakaleinikoff

Keywords: Comedy

A poor elderly apple seller, Apple Annie, among whose regular customers are mobster Dave the Dude, pretends to be member of high society in letters to her daughter Louise, living in Spain. When Louise comes to visit, Dave and his gangster friends rally to her rescue. Received Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Adaptation. Remade as Pocketful of Miracles (1961), also by Frank Capra.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Walter Connolly	Actor	8-Apr-1887	28-May-1940	It Happened One Night
Glenda Farrell	Actor	30-Jun-1904	1-May-1971	Torchy Blane
Halliwell Hobbes	Actor	16-Nov-1877	20-Feb-1962	British-American character actor
Guy Kibbee	Actor	6-Mar-1882	24-May-1956	Captain January
Jean Parker	Actor	11-Aug-1915	30-Nov-2005	Little Women
Nat Pendleton	Actor	9-Aug-1895	12-Oct-1967	At the Circus
May Robson	Actor	19-Apr-1858	20-Oct-1942	Lady for a Day
Ned Sparks	Actor	19-Nov-1883	3-Apr-1957	Unsmiling character actor
Warren William	Actor	2-Dec-1894	24-Sep-1948	Imitation of Life

CAST

with
Warren William	...   Dave the Dude
May Robson	...   Apple Annie
Guy Kibbee	...   Judge Blake
Glenda Farrell	...   Missouri Martin
Ned Sparks	...   Happy
Walter Connolly	...   Count Romero
Jean Parker	...   Louise
Nat Pendleton	...   Shakespeare
Barry Norton	...   Carlos
Halliwell Hobbes	...   Butler
Hobart Bosworth	...   Governor
Robert Emmett O'Connor	...   Inspector

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