Kitty (1945)


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Kitty
Release Date16 October 1945
TaglineShe made a career out of love.
GenreDrama, History, Romance
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
TonesTearjerking, Sentimental, Lavish
TagsAristocrat, Girl, Heart Attack, Liaison, Love, Marriage, Pygmalion, Romance, Scheme, Social Classes

Kitty is a 1945 film, a fictional costume drama set in London during the 1780s, directed by Mitchell Leisen, based on the novel of the same name by Rosamond Marshall (published in 1943), with a screenplay by Karl Tunberg. It stars Paulette Goddard, Ray Milland, Constance Collier, Patric Knowles, Reginald Owen, and Cecil Kellaway as the English painter Thomas Gainsborough. Another major artist depicted is Sir Joshua Reynolds, played by Gordon Richards.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Sir Hugh Marcy

Brett, Earl of Carstairs

Duke of Malmunster

Thomas Gainsborough

Lady Susan Dowitt

Dennis Hoey
Jonathan Selby

Old Meg

Dobson

Gordon Richards
Sir Joshua Reynolds

Michael Dyne
Prince of Wales

Edward Norton
Earl of Campton

Patricia Cameron
Elaine Carlisle

Percival Vivian
Dr. Holt

Mary Gordon
Nancy

Anita Sharp-Bolster
Mullens

Heather Wilde
Lil

Charles Coleman
Majordomo

Molly

Phyllis Adair
Young Girl

Norman Ainsley
Bakerhawker

Sylvia Andrew
Flower Hawker

Gordon Arnold
Duke's Footman

Jimmy Aubrey
Cockney Cart Driver

Frank Baker
Assistant Faro Banker

Guy Bellis
Faro Banker

Bellow and Bucker Mender

Florence Benson
Broomhawker

Frank Benson
Vinegarhawker

Dodo Bernard
Taffy Tarts Peddler

Matthew Boulton
Solicitor

George Broughton
Waiter, Spoon and Larding Pin Hawker

Sybil Burton
Magic Lantern Woman

David Cavendish
Head Faro Banker

Sanders Clark
Guest, Young Dandy

Ann Codee
Madame Aurele

Sherlee Collier
English Child

Edward Cooper
Sir Herbert Harbord

Robert Cory
Watchman, Hazard Banker, Lantern Merchant

Alec Craig
McNab

Anne Curson
Duchess of Gloucester

Lew Davis
Fishhawker

John Deauville
Earl of Barrymore

Harold De Becker Jr.
English Child

Cyril Delevanti
All Hot Hawker

Leslie Denison
Mr. Sheridan

Donald Dewar
English Child

Billy Evans
Rabbitskin Hawker

Herbert Evans
Footman

Betty Fairfax
Fishhawker

Al Ferguson
Footman

Miriam Franklin
Girl with St. Leger

Prison Guard

Helena Grant
Selby Housekeeper

Frank Hagney
Stevedore

Robert Hale
Hawker with Donkey

Ethyl May Halls
Cockney Woman

Stuart Hall
Guest

Ivo Henderson
Guest

Ernest Hilliard
Assistant Hazard Banker

Leyland Hodgson
Passerby

Anne Howard
Asses Milkmaid

T. Arthur Hughes
Fishhawker

Lilyan Irene
Apple Hawker

Boyd Irwin
Passerby

Charles Irwin
Barrows

Tiny Jones
Fish and Chips Woman

Colin Kenny
Mr. Thickness

Sir Joshua's Friend

George Kirby
Solicitor

Sidney Lawford
Sir Geoffrey Tennant

Fish Monger

Maid to Duke Malmunster

Audrey Manners
Flower Girl

Stanley Mann
Knife-Sharpener Hawker

Anthony Marsh
Cripplegate

Tom McGuire
Vegetable Hawker

Mary McLeod
Mrs. Sheridan

John Meredith
Guest

Madge Meredith
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Viola Moore
Newspaper Woman, Guest

Arthur Mulliner
Assistant Faro Banker

Doreen Munroe
Fresh Salad Hawker

Edgar Norton
The Earl of Compton

Tempe Pigott
Woman in window

Hilda Plowright
Mrs. Thickness

Byron Poindexter
Col. St. Leger

Hugh's Rental Coachman

Reed Porter
Rupert

John Power
Ink Hawker, Cockney Cart Driver

Elsie Prescott
Baked Apple Hawker

Jean Prescott
English Woman with Children

Jean Ransome
Duke Malmunster's Maid

Jack Raymond
Fishhawker

Clara Reid
Midwife

John Rice
Cockney Cart Driver

Byron Ruggles
Duke's Footman

Nancy Russell
Young Girl

Undertaker

Charles Schrader
Groom of Chambers

Allen Schute
Guest

Violet Seaton
Flower Hawker

Duchess

Bob Stephenson
Stevedore

Doris Stone
Guest

Lucy Storm
Flower Girl

Evan Thomas
Chaplain

David Thursby
Gingerbread Hawker

Victor Travers
Duke's Best Man

Kitty Watson
Singing Flowerhawker

Audrey Westphal
Girl with Barrymore

Eric Wilton
Waiter, Cockney Man

Director

Writer

Rosamond Marshall

Karl Tunberg
writer

Darrell Ware
writer

Producer

producer

Karl Tunberg
associate producer

Darrell Ware
associate producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Daniel L. Fapp
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Editor

Alma Macrorie
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Production Designer

Raoul Pene Du Bois
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Art Director

Walter H. Tyler

Set Decorator

Sam Comer
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Ray Moyer
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Costume Designer

Raoul Pene Du Bois
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Makeup Department

Wally Westmore
makeup supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

John R. Coonan
assistant director

Sound Department

Don Johnson
sound

Don McKay
sound

Special Effects

Gordon Jennings
special effects

Loyal Griggs
special effects assistant

Camera and Electrical Department

Farciot Edouart
process photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Barbara Karinska
costume maker

John A. Anderson
wardrobe

Other Crew

Billy Daniel
dance director

Hilda Grenier
technical advisor

Production Company

Paramount Pictures
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Distributor

Paramount Pictures

MCA/Universal Pictures

M.P.E.A.






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