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Kitty foyle is a 1940 romantic drama directed by sam wood and starring ginger rogers in the title role kitty foyle is a whitecollar office worker in new york who is about to get married to her boyfriend, handsome doctor mark elsen. Kitty foyle by sam wood ginger rogers, dennis morgan, james. Overview of kitty foyle, 1940, directed by sam wood, with ginger rogers, dennis morgan, james craig, at turner classic movies. The december 9, 1940 edition of life magazine featured ginger as kitty foyle on its cover gingers second appearance on lifes cover.

So, the family and i are watching kitty foyle on tcm the other night. Kitty foyle ginger rogers, a hardworking whitecollar girl from a philadelphia, pennsylvania low, middleclass family, meets and falls in love with young socialite wyn strafford. Something on almost every page clamors for quotation. The story of kitty foyle, as scripted by dalton trumbo, is told in flashback on the eve of. The book was also turned into a movie starring ginger rogers. Kitty foyle ginger rogers, a hardworking whitecollar girl from a philadelphia, pennsylvania low, middleclass family, meets and falls in.

In order to get in a somber, tearinducing mood for the kitty gives birth scene, ginger went to her dressing room and listened to tchaikovskys romeo and juliet. The novel that served as the basis for the 1940 film with ginger rogers as kitty foyle, a saleswoman in a new york boutique. For th eir part, va riety w rote, ginger rogers provides strong dramatic portrayal in the title role, aided by. Kitty foyle, the film for which ginger rogers won an oscar five years earlier, required something of the same sort from dalton trumbo, who penned the script. Based on christopher morleys novel, the film is sentimental and verbose, though it makes no apologies for being a tearjerker. The resilient, workingclass lead character gave ginger rogers one of her best roles. Book is crisp and clean, with reasonably tight binding and sharp corners. Filmed in 1940, ginger rogers won an oscar for her role in this film. Kitty foyle was the only oscar win for ginger rogers, why, ill never know as she was a fine actress and starred in a good few worth the same accolade. Ginger rogers won an academy award for her performance, but id like to. Cains plot in order for it to pass moralistic muster.

There is no use trying to pick good things out of this book. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. The rather simplistic plot focuses on kittys choice of sharing her life with either a married scion of a mainline family or an impoverished doctor, both of whom love her. And yet it was nominated for five academy awards, with ginger rogers. And dont be too reliant on the catalogue description, that this story of kitty foyle is symptomatic of an era in the anne vickers school. Sam wood directed this very entertaining film based on christopher morleys popular book. Ginger rogers, dennis morgan, james craig, eduardo ciannelli, ernest cossart, gladys cooper. An einem winterabend steht kitty foyle, angestellte eines kosmetiksalons, vor. Based on a controversial bestselling novel by christopher morley, it was. Kitty foyle hardback book1939 ginger rogers on front cover. Kitty foyle hardback book1939 ginger rogers on front cover this is a hardback edition of kitty foyle from 1939. According to chris schemerings book, for publicity the producers went on a lengthy talent hunt, involving over 200 actresses, before casting kathleen murray. She won the oscar for this performance and i dont think that anyone could argue about it. Kitty foyle 1939 molly and me had a talk one time about the white collar women, theres millions of them, getting maybe 15 to 30 a week, theyve got to dress themselves right up to the hilt, naturally they have a yen for social pleasure, need to be a complete woman with all a womans satisfactions and they need a chance to be creating and doing.

Kitty foyle in the cinematic flesh at the rivoli invisible woman. Apr 21, 2020 ginger rogers, american dancer and actress who was best known as the partner of fred astaire in a series of movie musicals, including the gay divorcee 1934 and top hat 1935. Ginger rogers can have an academy award for a starring role in a dull, selfimportant movieas a treat. Theres a scene midway thru the film where she has just lost her job and her boss has offered to keep her on the payroll until she can find something else. She receives the best actress oscar for her portrayal of kitty foyle. The december 9, 1940 edition of life magazine featured ginger as kitty foyle on its cover ginger s second appearance on lifes cover. Central to the story is protagonist kittys affair with. Gingers next movie will garner her recognition she so richly deserves.

This is primarily the story of a shanty irish girl, how she was born, bred, and put through. The movie is still well known, probably for that reason, but it should not put the book entirely in the shade, or be seen as a substitute for it. Wood used a snowglobe as a transitional device to kitty s flashbacks of their romance, just as george stevens had used a phonograph in penny serenade the previous year. A bestseller in 1939 and 1940, it was adapted as a popular 1940 film. The natural history of a woman 1940 released in 1940, just after her ninepicture dancingacting partnership with fred astaire ended, kitty foyle was instrumental in establishing ginger rogers as a nonmusical, nondancer boxoffice star, garnering her an academy award for best actress. May 11, 2007 kitty foyle sam wood, 1940 may 11, 2007 by grunes in a piece on mildred pierce michael curtiz, 1945, the film for which joan crawford won an oscar, i noted the extent to which the hollywood production code required a reformulation of james m. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. The kitty foyle television series, starring kathleen murray, debuted in 1958 and was telecast on nbc for two seasons. Kitty foyle and philadelphia, the grand homey old town. Ginger rogers won the academy award for best actress for her portrayal of kitty foyle, and the dress she wore in the film became a new dress style, known as a kitty foyle dress. My story by ginger rogers meet your next favorite book. Ginger rogers title character, in her academy awardwinning role is collected by doctor boyfriend mark james craig who has an important question, early in kitty foyle, 1940, directed by sam wood view the tcmdb entry for kitty foyle 1940.

Ginger rogers is one of the greatest screen legends. It is a delight to see this versatile actress go from joy to real misery, then back again. Known for light comedies and her partnership with fred astaire, ginger rogers stepped off the dance floor and into 1940s oscar spotlight with her best actress turn as kitty, an indomitable workingclass girl who endures the rejection of philadelphia society, makes her own way as a single woman and ultimately chooses between an unmarried arrangement with main line scion wynnewood strafford vi. Kitty dreams of becoming a main liner and being able to attend the annual assembly for the upper crust of philadelphia. Kitty foyle is a lush, expertly done example of the womens films that were popular in the 1940s and are so rare today. Best performance by an actress in a leading role 1941. Jun 18, 2011 a thread for kitty foyle, the shortlived daytime soap based on the film ginger rogers won an oscar for.

The novel tells of a whitecollar girl who read more. Read the fulltext online edition of kitty foyle 1940. Wood used a snowglobe as a transitional device to kittys flashbacks of their romance, just as george stevens had used a phonograph in penny serenade the previous year. In a year filled with phenomenal films, kitty foyle is a good and satisfying.

Christopher morley a novel by, dalton trumbo screen play 1 more credit. A hardworking, whitecollar girl from a middleclass family meets and falls in love with a young socialite, but she soon clashes with his family. The dust cover is in pretty nice shape for such an old book, and it features ginger rogers on the cover. Kitty foyle is a whitecollar office worker in new york who is about to get married to her boyfriend, handsome doctor mark elsen. She also won an oscar for playing the title role in kitty foyle. Rko shot kitty foyle at its studios during the summer of 1940. It was also made into a 1940 oscarwinning movie, starring ginger rogers as kitty. With ginger rogers, dennis morgan, james craig, eduardo ciannelli. It isnt christopher morleys kitty foyle which rko has brought to the. Kitty foyles claim to fame is securing ginger rogers her first, and only, oscar for best actress. Upon the films release in december 17, the new york times comme nted, kitty foyle is a sentimentalists delight. I cared more about how the love triangle in 2011s red riding hood would end than i did here. With so many fantastic performances in 1940 and if youre curious what ones im talking about heres a shameless plug for robert james book who won which i recommend you buy to learn more, what is it about rogers performance that makes it stand out.

Ginger rogers won the academy award for best actress for her portrayal of kitty foyle, and the dress she wore in the film became a new. Ginger rogers in kitty foyle 1940 ginger rogers and ernest cossart in kitty. As dennis morgan and james craig i had to look up their and their characters names cycled in and out of kittys life, i had to remind myself which boring cardboard. Kitty foyle hardback book 1939 ginger rogers on front cover this is a hardback edition of kitty foyle from 1939. Kitty foyle, james craig, which is based on christopher morleys 1939 bestseller also titled kitty foyle. Dalton trumbo from the novel by christopher morley. The movie is still well known, probably for that reason, but it should not put the book entirely in. A thread for kitty foyle, the shortlived daytime soap based on the film ginger rogers won an oscar for. Kitty foyle full frame, manufactured on demand, dolby. Ginger rogers won an academy award for her performance, but id like to think shed have had a better time with the original text. The novel is the story of katherine kitty foyle, a young woman. Kitty foyle, subtitled the natural history of a woman, is a 1940 film starring ginger rogers, dennis morgan, and james craig, which is based on christopher morley s 1939 bestseller also titled kitty foyle.

So, yeah, its a disappointing booktoscreen translation. Ginger is kitty foyle, a career girl from philadelphia who falls for her boss, wyn strafford dennis morgan, in what she thinks is everything shes dreamed about all her life. Kitty foyle, a hardworking whitecollar girl from a philadelphia, pennsylvania low, middleclass family, meets and falls in love with young socialite wyn strafford but his family is against her. The novel is the story of katherine kitty foyle, a young woman coming of age in philadelphia in the late 1920s. So, yeah, its a disappointing book toscreen translation. She also won an oscar for playing the title role in kitty foyle 1940 and later starred in roxie hart 1942. The rather simplistic plot focuses on kitty s choice of sharing her life with either a married scion of a mainline family or an impoverished doctor, both of whom love her. The film was adapted by dalton trumbo and donald ogden stewart from the 1939 novel kitty foyle by christopher morley.

Jan 01, 1991 ginger rogers is one of the greatest screen legends. Kitty foyle by christopher morley, 1940 online research. The film is considerably more sentimental than the book. See more ideas about ginger rogers, kitty and fred and ginger. Kitty foyle, written by christopher morley, is a book about a good old american girl growing up in the 1920s and 30s. The author is christopher morley and it is 340 pages in length. Kitty dreams of becoming a main liner and being able to. Kitty foyle novel project gutenberg selfpublishing. Ginger rogers, american dancer and actress who was best known as the partner of fred astaire in a series of movie musicals, including the gay divorcee 1934 and top hat 1935. Christopher morleys 1939 novel kitty foyle is best known from the film of the next year, which gave ginger rogers a chance to shine and to win an academy award in a dramatic role. Rko had to considerably rework the story in this adaptation of the book. Kitty foyle, subtitled the natural history of a woman, is a 1940 film starring ginger rogers.

Ginger rogers kitty foyle, dennis morgan wyn strafford vi, james craig. It was written in 1939 and became one of the most popular books of that year. Kitty foyle full frame, manufactured on demand, dolby, mono. This proves how facile chris morley can be, for this is a far cry from everything he has done, whether whimsy, humor or intellectualized satire. But just as shes preparing to elope, none other than her old boyfriend wyn stafford shows up. Kitty foyle is a good example of hollywoods portrayal of women characters in the 1940s, and it foreshadowed the types of scruffy, proletariat screenplays which would later bring dalton trumbo to the attention of the house committee on unamerican activities. Ginger rogers title character, in her academy awardwinning role is collected by doctor boyfriend mark james craig who has an important question, early in kitty foyle, 1940, directed by sam wood. Kitty foyle is a 1940 romantic drama directed by sam wood and starring ginger rogers in the title role.

Kitty foyle by sam wood ginger rogers, dennis morgan. A bestseller in 1939 and 1940, it was adapted as a popular 1940 film, and was republished during wwii as an armed services edition the novel tells of a whitecollar girl who falls in love with a young socialite, despite the objections of his family. Unclipped dust jacket is fresh and bright, with tiny chips at corner tips. Theres a scene midway thru the film where she has just lost her job and her boss has offered to keep her on the payroll until she can find something.

Kitty foyle by christopher morley, first edition abebooks. Ginger rogers plays her with much forthright and appealing integrity as one can possibly expect. Kitty is of irish descent and lives on the wrong side of the tracks. Ginger rogers plays her with as much forthright and appealing integrity as one. Kitty foyle is a 1939 american novel by christopher morley. Nov, 2018 kitty foyle would have to be sanitized for the screen, and with a millionaire fiance promising her the worldor, at least, a house with a view of the world as hollywood knew itginger could. Donald ogden stewart sparked the dialogue with some polish and wit.