Kitty Foyle
The natural history of a woman
1940 | 108m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Sam Wood |
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| Writer: | Dalton Trumbo, Christopher Morley |
| Staring: |
| A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 27, 1940 |
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| Director: | Sam Wood |
| Writer: | Dalton Trumbo, Christopher Morley |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | philadelphia, pennsylvania, socialite |
| Production Companies | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Ginger Rogers | Kitty Foyle |
| Dennis Morgan | Wyn Strafford |
| James Craig | Mark |
| Eduardo Ciannelli | Giono |
| Ernest Cossart | Pop |
| Gladys Cooper | Mrs. Strafford |
| Odette Myrtil | Delphine Detaille |
| Mary Treen | Pat |
| K.T. Stevens | Molly |
| Walter Kingsford | Mr. Kenneth |
| Cecil Cunningham | Grandmother |
| Nella Walker | Aunt Jessica |
| Edward Fielding | Uncle Edgar |
| Kay Linaker | Wyn's Wife |
| Richard Nichols | Wyn's Boy |
| Florence Bates | Customer |
| Heather Angel | Wife in Prologue (uncredited) |
| Tyler Brooke | Husband in Prologue (uncredited) |
| Mary Gordon | Cleaning Lady (uncredited) |
| Fred Aldrich | Man at Premiere / Policeman (uncredited) |
| Polly Bailey | Tenement Woman (uncredited) |
| Brooks Benedict | American Speakeasy Patron (uncredited) |
| Joseph E. Bernard | Nightclub Waiter #1 (uncredited) |
| May Boley | Fainting Customer (uncredited) |
| Ralph Brooks | Speakeasy Patron (uncredited) |
| Helen Brown | Desk Clerk (uncredited) |
| Julie Carter | Second Girl in Elevator (uncredited) |
| Tom Coleman | Bus Passenger (uncredited) |
| Patricia Conway | Infant Baby (uncredited) |
| Gino Corrado | Speakeasy Waiter (uncredited) |
| Mary Currier | Clerk at Delphine's (uncredited) |
| Max Davidson | Flower Man (uncredited) |
| Mimi Doyle | Jane (uncredited) |
| Aaron Edwards | Policeman (uncredited) |
| William Elmer | Neway (uncredited) |
| Harold Entwistle | Harrison (uncredited) |
| Pat Flaherty | Police Sergeant (uncredited) |
| Renee Godfrey | Shopgirl in Elevator (uncredited) |
| Fay Helm | Prim Girl (uncredited) |
| Tom Herbert | Nightclub Waiter #2 (uncredited) |
| Charles Irwin | Drunk (uncredited) |
| Donald Kerr | First New York Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
| Mike Lally | Speakeasy Doorman (uncredited) |
| Max Linder | Chauffeur (uncredited) |
| Helen Lynd | Girl in Elevator (uncredited) |
| Bertram Marburgh | Speakeasy Patron (uncredited) |
| Edward McNamara | Tim (uncredited) |
| Tony Merlo | Speakeasy Waiter (uncredited) |
| Frank Milan | Parry (uncredited) |
| Charles Miller | Doctor (uncredited) |
| Anna Mills | Elevator Operator (uncredited) |
| Frank Mills | Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
| Louis Natheaux | Speakeasy Waiter (uncredited) |
| Hattie Noel | Myrtle (uncredited) |
| Rosa Palmese | Flower Woman (uncredited) |
| Hilda Plowright | Nurse (uncredited) |
| Charles Quigley | Bill (uncredited) |
| Tom Quinn | Speakeasy / Night Club Patron (uncredited) |
| Joey Ray | Orchestra Leader (uncredited) |
| Mel Ruick | Bandleader and Violinist (uncredited) |
| Walter Sande | Trumpeter (uncredited) |
| Larry Steers | Man at Premiere (uncredited) |
| Ray Teal | Clarinet Player (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Vaughan | Mary (uncredited) |
| Theodore von Eltz | Hotel Clerk (uncredited) |
| Doodles Weaver | Pianist (uncredited) |
| Joe Whitehead | Porter (uncredited) |
| Jan Wiley | Miss Bala (uncredited) |
| Patricia Maier | (uncredited) |
| Mary Benoit | (uncredited) |
| Jane Patten | (uncredited) |
| Bill Ramsay | (uncredited) |
| Gohr Van Vleck | (uncredited) |
| Gerda Mora | (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Sam Wood | Director |
| Van Nest Polglase | Art Direction |
| Vernon L. Walker | Special Effects |
| Dalton Trumbo | Screenplay |
| Renié | Costume Design |
| Christopher Morley | Novel |
| Darrell Silvera | Set Decoration |
| Robert De Grasse | Director of Photography |
| John L. Cass | Sound Recordist |
| Mark-Lee Kirk | Assistant Art Director |
| W. Argyle Nelson | Assistant Director |
| Henry Berman | Editor |
| Roy Webb | Original Music Composer |
| Donald Ogden Stewart | Additional Dialogue |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| David Hempstead | Producer |
| Harry E. Edington | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 2 |
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Ginger Rogers won a best actress Oscar for portrayal of Kitty Foyle from Irish working class roots. Told in flashbacks, the film starts with Wyn asking Kitty to run away with him to South America and live in sin as he is already married. We see the Kitty is torn between, wealthy and monied Wyn ( ... Dennis Morgan) or marry a safe and sturdy Doctor Eisen (James Craig) who woos her. Kitty enchanted by the dashing Wyn from Philadelphia aristocracy but his family disapproves of her. The film has a feminist bent as it recounts of the independence of women in 20th century America. It also with Dalton Trumbo as a screenwriter has political leanings which lends the film more interest.
This demonstrates clearly that Ginger Rogers was much more than just a dance partner, as she pretty much single-handedly holds this rather sweet melodrama together. She starts work as the secretary to Philadelphia gent "Wyn Stratford" (Dennis Morgan) and before long they fall in love... but what can ... come of it? He is from a wealthy society family, she a hard working gal of Irish-immigrant stock. Sam Wood takes us on a gentle ride as their on/off relationship thrives then falters as they try to reconcile what divides them with what drives them. Rogers plays the eponymous "Kitty" delicately and purposefully; feisty when she has to be, romantic and sensitive when called for too. Morgan is a good looking young man, and his performance as the fella just a bit too tied to the apron-strings (of the money, if not the family) is good too. For it's time, it also touches on a few subjects that might be considered risqué and it does not follow the traditional happy-ever-ending route that you might expect. To beat an Oscar nomination list including Fontaine, Hepburn & Bette Davis to the statuette speaks volumes...