The read
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
98 audience votes
Key crew
- Frank CapraDirector
- Robert RiskinScreenplay
- Howard JacksonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Warren WilliamDave the Dude
- May RobsonApple Annie
- Guy KibbeeJudge Henry G. Blake
- Glenda FarrellMissouri Martin
- Ned SparksHappy McGuire
- Walter ConnollyCount Romero
- Jean ParkerLouise
- Nat PendletonShakespeare
- Barry NortonCarlos
- Halliwell HobbesButler
- Hobart BosworthGovernor
- Robert Emmett O'ConnorInspector MacCreary
Stills
Themes
judgeparent child relationshipsuperstitiontransformationlettercountdeceptionmakeoverold ladypre-codenightclub singerpool shark