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 1928 Pola Negri silent film Three Sinners. The film was the final attempt by British matinée idol Novello to establish himself in Hollywood.