00:00Lady for a Day is an adaptation of a Damon Runyon short story.
00:04Runyon's stories regularly had colorful characters living their lives in Prohibition-era New York
00:10with names like Apple Annie, Dave the Dude, and Missouri Martin.
00:14In 1950, two of Runyon's short stories inspired the hit Broadway musical, Guys and Dolls.
00:20You know the memorable names there.
00:23Sky Masterson played in the 1955 screen version of Guys and Dolls by Marlon Brando.
00:28Nathan Detroit, that was Frank Sinatra, and Nicely, Nicely, played by Stubby K.
00:34The screenplay for Lady for a Day came from Robert Riskin,
00:37one of director Frank Capra's most frequent collaborators in the 1930s and 40s.
00:42This was one of the first films they made together,
00:44and it went on to earn both Riskin and Capra their first Academy Award nominations.
00:50A year later, they both won Oscars, Riskin for his screenplay,
00:54Capra for directing the 1934 Columbia classic It Happened One Night.
00:59Capra and Riskin also collaborated on classics like Mr. Deeds Goes to Town,
01:04You Can't Take It With You, and Meet John Doe.
01:07Capra, for his last feature film, went on to remake Lady for a Day without Riskin,
01:13almost three decades later, using the title Pocket Full of Miracles,
01:17released in 1961, starring Glenn Ford, Betty Davis, and Ann Margaret in her first feature film role.
01:24Coming up, Warren William co-stars with Linda Darnell and Tyrone Power in a romantic comedy from 1939.
01:31Daytime Wife is next on TCM.
01:36Next on TCM, Daytime Wife, then Beauty and the Boss, and later Employee's Entrance.
01:46TCM goes in the outdoor tonight.
