Takes its place among the greatest pictures ever made!
Apple Annie is an aging New York City fruit seller whose daughter Louise has been raised in a Spanish convent since she was an infant. As she grows up, Louise is led to believe that her mother is a society matron called Mrs. E. Worthington Manville. Annie worries that her lie is in danger of being uncovered when she learns that Louise is sailing to New York with her new fiancé and his nobleman father.
- 7.1
- 1933
- Released
- 1h 36m
Warren William
Dave the Dude
May Robson
Apple Annie
Guy Kibbee
Judge Henry G. Blake
Glenda Farrell
Missouri Martin
Ned Sparks
Happy McGuire
Walter Connolly
Count Romero
Jean Parker
Louise
Nat Pendleton
Shakespeare
Barry Norton
Carlos
Halliwell Hobbes
Butler
Hobart Bosworth
Governor
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Inspector MacCreary
Irving Bacon
Pool Hall Dupe (uncredited)
Ward Bond
Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley
Hotel Mail Clerk Lloyd (uncredited)
Wallis Clark
Commissioner (uncredited)
George Cooper
Cheesecake (uncredited)
Jay Eaton
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Julia Griffith
Dowager in Mayor's Entourage (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Detective (uncredited)
Forrester Harvey
Hotel Employee Oscar (uncredited)
Samuel S. Hinds
Mayor (uncredited)Frank Holliday
Second Detective (uncredited)
Lew Kelly
Reception Guest Harry the Horse (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
Man in Mayor's Office (uncredited)
Marc Lawrence
Nick, a Mug at Reception (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint
Police Capt. Moore (uncredited)
Tom London
Reception Guest (uncredited)
Charles McAvoy
Detective (uncredited)
Miki Morita
Dave the Dude's Butler (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Reception Guest (uncredited)
Leo White
Pierre (uncredited)
Released
en
- #judge
- #parent child relationship
- #superstition
- #transformation
- #letter
- #count
- #deception
- #makeover
- #old lady
- #pre-code
- #nightclub singer
- #pool shark
- #racketeer
- #engaged couple
- #mother daughter reunion
- #panhandle
- #social reception
- #elaborate ruse
- #apple vendor
Reviews
This has shades of "My Fair Lady" about it - and Frank Capra has done quite well with a cast of lesser known actors to create quite an enjoyable comedy drama. May Robson steals the show as "Apple Annie", a lady who makes her living selling these fruit on Times Square. She is well known and well liked by her pals and all is going along nicely until her daughter writes to announce that she will be a