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Kitty Foyle

Name: Kitty Foyle
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1940-12-27
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 6.6

★ 6,6 /10 (56 Votes)

1940 EN 108 min

Overview

A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.

Stream

Release date

27/12/1940

Votes

Popularity

2.3

The natural history of a woman

Genres

Drama Romance

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

108 min

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

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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)

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Polly Bailey

Tenement Woman (uncredited)

Brooks Benedict

American Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)

Joseph E. Bernard

Nightclub Waiter #1 (uncredited)

May Boley

Fainting Customer (uncredited)

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Ralph Brooks

Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)

Helen Brown

Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Julie Carter

Girl in Elevator #2 (uncredited)

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Tom Coleman

Bus Passenger (uncredited)

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Patricia Conway

Infant Baby (uncredited)

Gino Corrado

Speakeasy Waiter (uncredited)

Mary Currier

Clerk at Delphine's (uncredited)

Max Davidson

Flower Man (uncredited)

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Mimi Doyle

Jane (uncredited)

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Aaron Edwards

Policeman (uncredited)

William Elmer

Neway (uncredited)

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Harold Entwistle

Harrison (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Renee Godfrey

Shopgirl in Elevator (uncredited)

Fay Helm

Prim Girl (uncredited)

No photo

Tom Herbert

Nightclub Waiter #2 (uncredited)

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Charles Irwin

Drunk (uncredited)

Donald Kerr

First New York Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Mike Lally

Speakeasy Doorman (uncredited)

No photo

Max Linder

Chauffeur (uncredited)

Helen Lynd

Girl in Elevator #1 (uncredited)

Bertram Marburgh

Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)

Edward McNamara

Tim (uncredited)

No photo

Tony Merlo

Speakeasy Waiter (uncredited)

No photo

Frank Milan

Parry (uncredited)

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Charles Miller

Doctor (uncredited)

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Anna Mills

Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Frank Mills

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Louis Natheaux

Speakeasy Waiter (uncredited)

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Hattie Noel

Myrtle (uncredited)

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Rosa Palmese

Flower Woman (uncredited)

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Hilda Plowright

Nurse (uncredited)

Charles Quigley

Bill (uncredited)

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Tom Quinn

Speakeasy / Night Club Patron (uncredited)

Joey Ray

Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

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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)

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Joe Whitehead

Porter (uncredited)

Jan Wiley

Miss Bala (uncredited)

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Patricia Maier

(uncredited)

Mary Benoit

(uncredited)

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Jane Patten

(uncredited)

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Bill Ramsay

(uncredited)

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Gohr Van Vleck

(uncredited)

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Gerda Mora

(uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

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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…

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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 …

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