"Once a Lady" is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Guthrie McClintic and starring Ruth Chatterton, Ivor Novello, and Jill Esmond. The film, produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures, is a remake of the Pola Negri silent film "Three Sinners" (1928). The film was British matinée idol Novello's final attempt to establish himself in Hollywood.