Queen for a Day Movie Review 1951

Three differing vignettes, based on a rather notorious radio and TV game show of the time, in which "deserving" (or sufficiently pathetic) working-class women were rewarded for their selflessness. Part one concerns a perfect suburban family whose son contracts polio. Part two has a teen spooking his immigrant parents by working as a carnival high diver to earn college cash. The finale is a Dorothy Parker farce about a homely but kindhearted nurse caring for the child of an unappreciative couple. So popular was this segment that the film was retitled after the main character. Overall, not bad considering the source.

Distribution

Available on VHS
Running time 107 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adapted from a Radio Show, Game Shows, Adapted from Television, TV Series, Comedy Anthologies

Cast

Phyllis Avery, Darren McGavin, Tristram Coffin, Adam Williams, Tracey Roberts, Jack Bailey, Jim Morgan, Fort Pearson

Director

Arthur Lubin

Producer

United Artists