Editing Lady for a Day (section)

==Critical reception==
[[Mordaunt Hall]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' called it "a merry tale with touches of sentiment, a picture which evoked laughter and tears from an audience at the first showing." He added, "Its plausibility may be open to argument, but its entertainment value is not to be denied. It has aspects of [[J.M. Barrie|Barrie]]'s ''[[The Old Lady Shows Her Medals]]'' and also more than a mere suggestion of [[George Bernard Shaw|Shaw]]'s ''[[Pygmalion (play)|Pygmalion]]'', set forth, as might be anticipated, in a more popular vein."<ref>Hall, Mourdant (September 8, 1933). [https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B0CE1D91430EF3ABC4053DFBF668388629EDE "Movie review—''Lady for a Day'' (1933): May Robson as a white-haired Cinderella in the new film at the Radio City Music Hall"], ''New York Times'', nytimes.com, accessed March 21, 2012.</ref>

''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' said the film "asks the spectator to believe in the improbable. It's [[Hans Christian Andersen]] stuff written by a hard-boiled journalist and transferred to the screen by trick-wise Hollywoodites. While not stinting a full measure of credit to director Frank Capra, it seems as if the spotlight of recognition ought to play rather strongly on scriptwriter Robert Riskin."<ref>[https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117792407.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0 "Film review—''Lady for a Day''"], ''Variety'', December 31, 1932, variety.com, accessed March 21, 2012.</ref>

[[Channel 4]] calls it "wonderfully improbable and charming" and, although "not a bona fide Capra classic," it is "cracking fun all the same."<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/film.jsp?id=105118&section=review Channel 4 review]</ref>