Pocketful of Miracles

Pocketful of Miracles is an American feature film from 1961, to join the Bette Davis, Glenn Ford, Hope Lange, and Peter Falk. The film of Frank Capra is a remake of Lady for a Day (Lady for a day, 1933), who also hails from Frank Capra. It was his last film. 1989 turned Jackie Chan Miracles with another version. The films are based on a story by Damon Runyon. Ann -Margret made ​​her film debut here.

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New York, towards the end of Prohibition: Apple Annie is an old beggar woman who sold apples on Broadway. One of their most important customers is David Lord, an underworld boss of the good variety, rock firmly believes that bringing him the apples from apple Annie happiness, which is why he opts for major decisions and meetings always a fresh worried and gives her accordingly good tip. In addition, Annie pulls from the other beggars on Broadway a part of their revenue as a fee. This can be done with the happy, because they know that Annie a young daughter, Louise, is that they send the money. Louise has lived long in Europe and knows her mother only on correspondence. This contact represents Annie forth across the elegant and expensive Marbery hotel in New York. Because her daughter has always concealed their real life circumstances and shown us her that she was a lady who lives constantly in the Marbery Annie. Through a friend at the hotel staff exchanges Annie 's letters and also gets him the stationery printed with the hotel.

But then, one day Annie into trouble when her Louise writes that it will arrive in the next few days by boat, to visit them, accompanied by her fiance and the future father-in people from high places. Annie's Beggar's friends have compassion for the desperate woman and ask the Lord David, Annie accommodate the Marbery so this her daughter the beautiful world can continue to play for through his connections. The Lord is the very inconvenient right now, because he wants to just conclude with the evil gangster syndicate boss Darcie, the illegal and unrecognized bored by David Arrangement in New York, a partnership, because by the end of Prohibition, the situation for the underworld has deteriorated. But he needed to Annie's luck apples, he finally agrees, albeit reluctantly, a.

With the help of his girlfriend Queenie David Annie creates so in a posh suite at the Marbery, leaves the old decrepit woman with the help of Queenie's hairdressers and beauticians transform into an elegant lady and turns a washed-up, but well versed in the genteel etiquette professional billiard player a suitable husband for them.

So they manage to fool the incoming overjoyed Louise and its appendix. But it should still give a reception with people in the high New York society in the evening in the suite. David finds himself again in a tight spot, drums all subordinates of the New York Half and underworld together, provides them with tuxedos and dresses and tried together with Queenie, they be instructed in elegant demeanor to continue the drama accordingly.

But before the motley crew can move up to the party in the hotel, grabs the police who watched David tightened again, more recently, and a crooked thing supposed to and it shall determine. Desperately, but ultimately successful attempts David, the chief of police to make clear the truth. This notifies the other, this time true dignitaries of the city, and so is Annie, who just because the festival guests fail so long pending, her daughter, to confess the truth, thus surprised that the real police chief, the real mayors and many other high personalities, for the thing is a lot of fun, cross the threshold and spend good friends for Annie.

Finally, Louise and future family are headed to the boat for departure. David Lord dispense to the delight Queenie to partner with Darcie and promises her a civil and honest future. Annie returns to her old life on Broadway.

Reviews

" A staged with turbulence, humor and verve amusing comedy in Hollywood fairytale style, wit, charm and sentimentality combines attractive audience. Grandiose: two solo efforts by Bette Davis. "

Awards

The film received three Academy Award nominations: Best Supporting Actor (Peter Falk ), Best Costumes color ( Edith Head and Walter Plunkett ), Best Song ( Pocketful of Miracles ). Glenn Ford won a Golden Globe Award as Best Actor ( Musical or Comedy ), Ann -Margret the prize as Best Young Actress.

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