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Kitty Foyle is a 1940 American drama film directed by Sam Wood, from a screenplay by Dalton Trumbo and Donald Ogden Stewart based on a work by Christopher Morley. The cast features Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan, James Craig and Eduardo Ciannelli, with cinematography by Robert De Grasse and a score by Roy Webb. Van Nest Polglase served as production designer and Renié as costume designer. It was produced by RKO Pictures and filmed in black-and-white on location in Philadelphia, though its story is set in Pennsylvania.
The film was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Director and Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, and won the Academy Award for Best Actress. It was distributed by RKO Pictures and Netflix on video on demand, and is recognised in the Academy Award Best Actress collection.
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Kitty Foyle is indexed among the 179 entries in Vinony's Best Actress collection.
Within Vinony's link graph, Kitty Foyle is referenced by 226 other articles, and connects out to Lux Radio Theatre, South America and New York City.
It sits within the topics 1940 American films, 1940 drama films and 1940 English-language films.
Its subject is documented across 28 Wikipedia language editions.
Film · TMDB
6.6A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.
Cast
- Ginger Rogers as Kitty Foyle
- Dennis Morgan as Wyn Strafford
- James Craig as Mark
- Eduardo Ciannelli as Giono
- Ernest Cossart as Pop
- Gladys Cooper as Mrs. Strafford
Themes
- philadelphia, pennsylvania
- socialite
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Sam Wood
- Screenplay by
- Dalton Trumbo
- Based on
- Kitty Foyle , by Christopher Morley
- Produced by
- David Hempstead
- Starring
- Ginger Rogers Dennis Morgan James Craig
- Cinematography
- Robert De Grasse
- Edited by
- Henry Berman
- Music by
- Roy Webb
- Distributed by
- RKO Radio Pictures
- Release date
- December 27, 1940 ( 1940-12-27 )
- Running time
- 108 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $738,000
- Box office
- $2.4 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Sam Wood
- Screenwriter
- Dalton Trumbo
- Cast member
- Mary Treen
- Composer
- Roy Webb
- Production company
- RKO Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Robert De Grasse
- Narrative location
- Pennsylvania
- Filming location
- Philadelphia
- Duration
- 105
- FilmAffinity ID
- 665498
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Kitty foyle - life magazine.jpg
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- Commons category
- Kitty Foyle (film)
- publication date
- 1940-01-01
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- title
- Kitty Foyle
- production designer
- Van Nest Polglase
- after a work by
- Christopher Morley
- color
- black-and-white
- costume designer
- Renié
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 75%
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Encyclopedic overview
Kitty Foyle (subtitled: The Natural History of a Woman) is a 1940 American drama film starring Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan, and James Craig, based on Christopher Morley's 1939 bestselling novel of the same name. The film focuses on a working class woman from Philadelphia who falls in love with a young socialite, soon finding herself at odds with his austere family.
Rogers won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of the title character, and the dress she wore in the film became known as a Kitty Foyle dress.
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