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FX: MUSIC ANNCR: Once again, The Damon Runyon Theater brings you another story by the master story teller, Damon Runyon, and this one the famous "Madame La Gimp." And to tell it to you, here is Broadway. 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. 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. I admire the transformation of Bette Davis, great work along with wardrobe and make up departments! 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. 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. [9], The film was nominated for the American Film Institute's 2006 list AFI's 100 Years100 Cheers.[13]. Capra also directed its 1961 remake, Pocketful of Miracles. Well, this baby is on her way here. Madam l mt hnh thc a ch lch s cho ph n. a film about values, hopes and mankind . Pocketful of Miracles is not merely out of whole cloth, but out of date, and watching it is a painful experience. Kirk Douglas, Dean Martin, and Jackie Gleason rejected the role. Dave has an important meeting with a very powerful underworld boss from Chicago, Steve Darcey, aka "Mr. Big" (Sheldon Leonard). Filming was completed in late June 1961, and Capra painfully struggled to get through the post-production period. 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. Go ahead." Here, Capra produced and directed the remake with an independent company set up for that purpose. 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. 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. Peter Falk makes the most of his role, his performance of Joy Boy is absolutely superb. But owing to the re-shoot and re-cutting of The Boy with Green Hair, the movie wasn't completed until September of 1948. 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. Capra was definitely one of the best known 'romantic' directors of his time. It seems that Herbert Bayard Swope, Vice-President Curtis, and Grover Whalen get a little game going, when the Reverend John Roach Straton steps up and cleans them in four passes, but it seems they soon discover that the Reverend John Roach Straton is using tops on them, which are very dishonest dice, and so they put the slug on the Reverend John Roach Straton and Dave the Dude has to split them out. Madame La Gimp - RuLit - 4. The same enchanting story only this time set during the Christmas season for delivering a miracle to the grey-haired Cinderella. Finally there is quite a commotion at the door, and Rodney B. Emerson announces, Mister Herbert Bayard Swope, in an extra loud voice which makes everybody look around, but it is nobody but the Pale Face Kid. Lady for a Day is based on Damon Runyon's 1929 short story Madame La Gimp. 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. 1932-33 was the last year that eligibility for Oscar nominees ran for films released from August thru July (actually December this time) - to allow the next ceremony to cover films for a single calendar year. and as oasis in middle of the challenges of every day. WCT on Air Presents: Madame La Gimp - YouTube Is your Mardi Gras celebration running flat? 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. Pocketful of Miracles is a 1961 American comedy film starring Glenn Ford and Bette Davis, produced and directed by Frank Capra, filmed in Panavision. Bette Davis turns in a great performance as "Apple Annie". This is not the feel good film that makes you cry at the end like Capra's other movie "it's a wonderful life" was. "[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]. 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. He also went to the Downtown Los Angeles neighborhood where he had sold newspapers as a boy and hired some of the street people who congregated there as extras who would add color to the film. The screenplay by Hal Kanter and Harry Tugend was based on Robert Riskin's screenplay for the 1933 film Lady for a Day, which was adapted from the 1929 Damon Runyon short story "Madame La Gimp". When the Dude keeps postponing finalizing the deal with Mr. Big to help Annie, Joy Boy becomes increasingly exasperated and frightened. The 64-year-old Capra bought the rights for $200,000 from Columbia to make it. Bette Davis shines as Apple Annie, though, and makes this escapist film worth watching even when its subject matter has not aged well and seems like a caricature of its earlier version. Davis' Annie is ghoulish and Ford's Dave is hard to like. Toggle navigation. I am wondering for two days, he says, if by any chance you remember me. Davis and Ford are okay but represent a change in the times I'd say. 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. Peter Falk was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. English; Espaol; Portugus . The film isn't without its share of drawbacks so let's get those out of the way. Between these shots, and the nice clothes, and the good cleaning-up Miss Billy Perry and Miss Missouri Martin give Madame La Gimp, she is really a pleasant sight to the judge. Many unfortunate little holes in that 'pocket of miracles' Trailers from Hell Presents: The Movies That Made Me: Leonard Maltin. How can I forget you? The entire cast is really top notch. 2 reviews Get A Copy Amazon Stores More Details. Given the common practice of cutting two to five transcribed recordings in one session, one might well imagine that O'Brien recorded as many as five Damon Runyon Theatre programs before his performances were cut short. a family film who represents gate to another time. Well, it is all your fault, Judge Henry G. Blake says. Lady for a Day was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture but lost to Cavalcade. The film is about a poor woman called "Apple Annie", who sent her daughter, Louise, abroad, and sends most of the money she makes (both by selling apples or hustling) to help her daughter grow up well off. 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. "Madame la Gimp" : State Fair: : State Fair Phil Stong: : : : "Night Bus" : : . Raffish characters like Hot Horse Herbie, Dream Street Rose, Harry the Horse, Little Isadore and Madame La Gimp. Apple Annie (Bete Davis) is an alcoholic beggar who sells apples and controls the beggary in Broadway area. Ford hears about this & so the machinations commence to make Margaret's visit a smooth one. In fact, Judge Blake hurls a couple of shots into himself to nerve himself for the ordeal, as he explains it, before he appears to go to the boat. Rt vui c gp bn, Madame LeBlanc "Lm n cn thn tha b, " anh ni. 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. In her letters to Louise, she masquerades as wealthy socialite Mrs. E. Worthington Manville, sending Louise money she gets from the Dude and various "godparents" (her fellow beggars and panhandlers). Well, pretty soon I hear Rodney B. Emerson bawling, Mister Willie K. Vanderbilt, and in comes nobody but Big Nig, and Rodney B. Emerson leads him over to the group and introduces him. Based on the story "Madame la Gimp" by Damon Runyon. B Moitessier. This Frank Capra directed film is actually Capra's second attempt with the movie. WORDS: Hal David. Furthermore, he is obliged to Dave the Dude, because Dave sells him good champagne when most guys are trying to hand him the old phonus bolonus, and naturally Rodney B. Emerson appreciates this kind treatment. I can see there is no sense in me horning in on Madame La Gimp and Judge Henry G. Blake while they are cutting up old touches in this manner, so I think I will just say good-bye to the young people and let it go at that, but while I am looking for Madame La Gimps baby, and her guy, I run into Dave the Dude. Anyway, this has nothing whatever to do with the proposition, which is that Madame La Gimps baby, Eulalie, is arriving here. Frank Capra's final feature film is a remake of his earlier movie Lady for a Day, one of my favorite movies from the '30s. By and by there is dancing going on, and a good time is being had by one and all, including Mr. and Mrs. Conde. Dave arranges for erudite pool hustler Henry D. Blake (Guy Kibbee) to pose as Annie's second husband, the dignified Judge Manville. Lady for a Day adalah sebuah film komedi-drama pre-Code Amerika 1933 garapan Frank Capra. Damon Runyon (Radio) 1948 (ep25) Madame La Gimp 45 views Aug 5, 2022 0 Dislike Share Nikola Tesla Wireless Radio 1.31K subscribers The Damon Runyon Theatre was another of Alan Ladd's Mayfair. It was the first film for which Capra received an Academy Award nomination for Best Director and the first Columbia Pictures release to be nominated for Best Picture. External Reviews OTRR Non-Maintained Set-- A collection of shows that has not gone through the OTRR . They are making a tour of the whole world, and will stop over here a couple of days just to see Madame La Gimp.. 20 'Madame La Gimp' 1961 1933 'Lady for a Day' , 1989 , 1930 , . "[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. In the mid-1950s, when Hal Wallis offered to buy it as a Paramount Pictures vehicle for Shirley Booth, Columbia head Harry Cohn decided to offer it to Capra instead, hoping he could lure Booth to his studio. To be sure, it doesn't fail by much. 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. 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. I also thought the ending was slightly rushed and I really wanted to see more of what happened to Apple Annie and the others. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. It seems Madame La Gimp does a little scrubbing business around a swell apartment hotel on Park Avenue that is called the Marberry, and she cops stationery there and writes her baby in Spain on this stationery, saying this is where she lives, and how rich and aristocratic her husband is. 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. 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. Damon Runyon was born as Alfred Damon Runyan to a family of newspapermen in Manhattan, Kansas. Interesting enough, this crowd pleaser works quite well. The remake is rather brash and a little dragging in places when compared to the original, nevertheless still an entertaining and fun film. a Capra's movie must be nice. And her baby, Eulalie, in a white dress is about as pretty a little doll as you will wish to see, and nobody can blame Judge Henry G. Blake for copping a kiss off of her now and then. May Robson, WarrenWilliam, Guy Kibbee, Glenda Farrell, Ned Sparks, Jean Parker, Walter Connolly; D: Frank Capra; W: Robert Riskin; C . 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 . because it is , in high measure, an useful support for rest. While his earlier version, LADY FOR A DAY, was more compact, this one runs 40 minutes too long, extends scenes that could have trimmed the fat off the plotting and still have had the film look great, and seems too fairy-tale even for 1961 when it was released. Show: Madame La Gimp Date: Mar 20 1949 FX: MUSIC UP AND UNDER ANNCR: The Damon Runyon Theater . May Robson was nominated Best Actress but lost to Katharine Hepburn in Morning Glory, and Robert Riskin lost the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay to Sarah Y. Mason and Victor Heerman for Little Women. O roteiro de Robert Riskin, baseado na histria de Damon Runyon Madame la Gimp . 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. The film proved to be the final project for both Capra and veteran actor Thomas Mitchell, while also marking the film debut of Ann-Margret. the same, with insignificant nuances. Remaking his 1933 feature, Lady for a Day (which I now need to see! The remake is just LOUDER and brash--like it is a "dumbed-down" version of the original. Synopsis : Added to the bland list of characters Batman and Robin encounter by as they cruise Gotham City during their late-night patrol is "Apple Alice" who has just recently appeared upon the scene with a fresh apple every night for the junior member of the dynamic duo. [1] The film's success prompted the making of the 1934 film Lady by Choice, directed by David Burton and starring Carole Lombard. Dave the Dude takes personal charge of Wild William and removes a rod from his pants pocket, because none of the guests are supposed to come rodded up, this being strictly a social matter. The old doll is in a tough spot. We get the license for them yesterday afternoon. Miss Missouri Martin does not believe in ever overlooking any publicity bets on the layout. I know I will get the apartment, so you go and bring me Judge Henry G. Blake for a rich and aristocratic husband, or anyway for a husband.. "[3], Variety said the film "asks the spectator to believe in the improbable. In Runyon's satirical story, Apple Annie is a Spanish ex-dancer who lost her career after breaking her leg. Is your Mardi Gras celebration running flat? There's magic in the hearts of gold he found under rough-tough . in this case, the name of director is the best definition for the movie. To New Yorkers of his generation, a "Damon Runyon character" evoked a distinctive social type from the . Anyway, Judge Henry G. Blake says, being aristocratic will come natural to him. Wait a minute, Dave says, getting impatient. [1] One week before filming began, Capra offered the role of Apple Annie to 75-year-old May Robson, most of whose career had been spent performing on stage. La fortuna un'arte.ma le mele di Madame possono davvero far miracoli ? 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. When three society reporters become suspicious about Mrs. E. Worthington Manville, of whom they can find no public records, they are kidnapped by members of Dave's gang, and their prolonged disappearance leads the local newspapers to accuse the police department of incompetence. Riskin's version deviated from the original Runyon story primarily in that it linked its central character and a number of plot developments to the millions of Americans who were suffering as a result of the Great Depression. So he hops right over from Newport, and joins in with Dave the Dude, and I wish to say Rodney B. Emerson will always be kindly remembered by one and all for his co-operation, and nobody will ever again try to hand him the phonus bolonus when he is buying champagne, even if he is not buying it off of Dave the Dude. Anyway, the judge takes the wind as soon as they reach the Marberry, because the judge is now getting a little tired of being a husband. You are still beautiful.. Glenn Ford and the late Hope Lange in a comedy with Bette Davis taking a supporting role. For a director who made some of the most memorable, high-quality films between 1933 and 1941 and has become legendary for his priceless, classic IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES is a little too unfocused and cute at times to merit being a great film. It's overlong and not among Capra's best but certainly something fans will want to see. You go and marry that chile con carne guy, and look what happens!. While I immensely enjoyed his 'It Happened One Night', his 'It's a Wonderful Life' (it has been said that this is Capra's best work) did not appeal to me. "Madame La Gimp". It is not like Judge Henry G. Blake to tie himself up to the plumbing business. Screenplay by Robert Riskin, based on the short story 'Madame La Gimp' by Damon Runyon. Well, Dave says, I do not ask Madame La Gimp this, because I do not consider it a fair question. This one has more well-known stars, Bette Davis and Glenn Ford, but isn't as good. Now this is a most surprising sight to me, because Madame La Gimp is not such an old doll as anybody will wish to listen to, especially Dave the Dude. OTRR Definitions: OTRR Maintained Set-- This set contains all known episodes in the best available audio condition with the most accurate dates and titles known to be in general circulation and based on current research at the time of release.Replaces OTRR Certified Accurate and OTRR Certified Complete. I wonder at the time why Johnny is there, but figure it is because he is a friend of Dave the Dudes. Did anyone else notice the rear projection in the back windows of the cars? He soon dances himself plumb out of wind, and then I notice he is hanging around Madame La Gimp a lot. You will not find them here, Dave says. 1934, Damon Runyon, Madame La Gimp [1] She walks with a gimp in one leg, which is why she is called Madame La Gimp. Deeds Goes to Town) cinematic swansong from 1961 which starred Bette Davis & Glenn Ford. It takes me several hours to find Judge Henry G. Blake, but finally I locate him in Derles billiards-room playing a game of pool with a guy from Providence, Rhode Island. 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. 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. So the party is on. 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. His modern version, which involved Korean War orphans and an apple farm in Oregon, was filled with Cold War rhetoric and retitled Ride the Pink Cloud. That should tell you something. So there is nothing more to the story, except that Dave the Dude is around a few days later with a big sheet of paper in his duke and very, very indignant. like many of movies by Capra, Pocketful of Miracles is a superb fairy tale. Even Miss Billy Perry and Judge Henry G. Blake do some first-class crying, although the chances are the judge is worked up to the crying more by the shots he takes for his courage than by the meeting. a film who reminds childhood's flavors and that could be the lead virtue of it. 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. Indeed, one wonders if Brown ever got out of character for the seven years that My Friend Irma aired over CBS. Plot The story focuses on Apple Annie (May Robson), an aging and wretched fruit . Glenn Ford shows his talent for comedy. Furthermore, he is in his Sixteen Hundred Club uniform, except he has a clean shave. The 1932/33 Academy Awards were presented on March 16, 1934 and covered a full 17 months period (August 1932 - December 1933). ", Bette Davis Stars as Ann Margaret's Misfit Mother. Damon Runyon is acknowledged as one of the great writers to come out of twentieth century America. In particular, Ford is more selfish and nasty when compared to the "nice" scoundrel played more gracefully by William. 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. A collection of wonderful character actors: Thomas Mitchell, Ellen Corby and in particular Edward Everett Horton makes the whole thing a smashing pleasure. Betty's role as "Apple Annie" is priceless.! Annie has been pretending she resides in a luxurious hotel (writing her letters on stolen hotel stationery) and has Louise's letters mailed there intercepted for her by an employee. Well, I know Dave the Dude to do many a daffy thing, but never a thing as daffy as this. A wreck of a woman expects her daughter to visit, but first some drastic changes are in order. Edit Translation. Lots of old familiar faces like Sheldon Leonard, Edward Everett Horton, Barton MacLane, and Jerome Cowan is another plus. Pocketful of Miracles is a 1961 American Technicolor comedy film starring Bette Davis and Glenn Ford, and directed by Frank Capra, filmed in Panavision. Elizabeth 'Queenie' Martin (Hope Lange) is his lover, and she wants to get married with him and move to Maryland, to have children. The original movie starred May Robson and Warren William, both largely forgotten today except among classic film fans. The title highly appealed to me and how can one say no to a film with Frank Capra and Bette Davis? On the plus side, Peter Falk and Hope Lange are good in supporting parts, Ann-Margret is fine in her screen debut, and reliable vet Thomas Mitchell enjoyable as ever in his final film. Scoprilo a teatro,. The screenplay by Robert Riskin is based on the short story 'Madame La Gimp' by Damon Runyon. gimp (plural gimps ) (informal) A person who is lame[ wikt] due to a crippling of the legs or feet. The charm of the previous film, made in a much different era for filmmaking, is gone. At times I felt the focus was too much on the Dude when it should have delved deeper into Apple Annie and her struggle. Chiss ?! Frank Capra's (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington/Mr. Lady for a Day is an Academy Award nominated film from 1933, directed by Frank Capra, based on the short story "Madame La Gimp" by Damon Runyon. 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. (Source: TMDb) ~~ The film is a variation of Frank Capra's Lady for a Day and Pocketful of Miracles, which in turn were adapted from "Madame La Gimp", a short story by Damon Runyon. The entrance of Davis after the make-over scored with the Nutcracker suite, it's one of my most cherished movie memories as are Davis's eyes as she witnesses the "miracle" in first person. Well, it is coming on Saturday and the boat from Spain is due, so Dave the Dude hires a big town car, and puts his own driver, Wop Sam, on it, as he does not wish any strange driver tipping off anybody that it is a hired car. Although she is Spanish, Madame La Gimp talks good English, and in fact she can cuss in English as good as anybody I ever hear, barring Dave the Dude. The picture drags on and on, and when the finale finally arrives it is flatly-handled. He reminded studio head Harry Cohn he was "spending three hundred thousand dollars on a picture in which the heroine is seventy years old," to which Cohn responded, "All I know is the thing's got a wallop. The screenplay by Robert Riskin is based on the 1929 short story "Madame La Gimp" by Damon Runyon. A pleasure from another era. Etymology 1 Attested since about 1660, perhaps from (etyl) gimp'' or (etyl) guimpe, and likely from (etyl) ''guimpre'', a variant of ''(guipure) , a kind of trimming.The regional sense of "gumption" is attested since about 1905, and may have developed due to the reinforced nature of gimp cord, or possibly the influence of the words (gumption) and (gumph). Dream Street Rose, 'the short, thick set, square looking old doll with a square looking pan,' who is an alcoholic set adrift in New York after a terrible tragedy, Madame La Gimp, the Spanish dancer fallen on hard times and who has lost her daughter back at home and Little Miss Marker, the bright little girl left to the bookie Sorrowful as a . If you're not made of stone and/or your levels of cynicism have not reached inhuman stages, you're going to enjoy this very much. Miss Missouri Martin is no sucker, even if she is kind-hearted. It was the first film for which Capra received an Academy Award nomination for Best Director and the first Columbia Pictures release to be nominated for Best Picture. Woefully sentimental comedy-drama directed by a sadly out-of-touch Frank Capra, here remaking his own 1934 picture "Lady For a Day" but not updating it much--"Pocketful of Miracles" plays just like 1934. 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. But what I am getting at is this, Dave says. The source for this movie is a Damon Runyon short story, "Madame La Gimp." I remember somebody telling me once that Madame La Gimp is quite a beauty in her day, and has her own servants, and all this and that, but I always hear the same thing about every bum on Broadway, male and female, including some I know are bums, in spades, right from taw, so I do not pay any attention to these stories. In fact, she is nothing but an old hay-bag, and generally somewhat ginned up. [2], In 1960, Capra bought the screen rights from Columbia for $225,000,[3] and the director made a deal with United Artists, where it was decided to film the story as a period piece set in the 1930s. Although I prefer the original 1933 film, this 1961 remake adequately exudes its own amount of charm. 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