A Pocketful of Miracles

Frank Capra’s final film, a remake of his 1933 Lady for a Day, is a pocketful of sentimental whimsy, about an apple seller (Davis), who is helped by a gangster (Glenn Ford) and his small-time hoodlums to pose as a high society lady when her long lost daughter returns from abroad. As Apple Annie, Bette Davis described her role as a “60-year-old Cinderella”, which she plays with force and finesse. - Irish Film Institute Legendary director Frank Capra, whose films include It Happened One Night (1934) and It's a Wonderful Life (1946), championed the dreams of the "little person." Pocketful of Miracles (1961) was the last feature film he ever made, but it is no exception to the pervading sense of optimism and sentiment that were his signature. - Turner Classic Movies