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Kitty Foyle

Kitty Foyle

Drama · Romance · 1940

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

Movie details

Kitty Foyle

“The natural history of a woman”

1940 Drama · Romance 1h 48m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.9 / 10

4.6K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

73 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

55 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.6 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

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

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Kitty Foyle?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Sam Wood

Written by

Dalton Trumbo

Ginger Rogers

Ginger Rogers

Kitty Foyle

Dennis Morgan

Dennis Morgan

Wyn Strafford

James Craig

James Craig

Mark

Eduardo Ciannelli

Eduardo Ciannelli

Giono

Ernest Cossart

Ernest Cossart

Pop

Gladys Cooper

Gladys Cooper

Mrs. Strafford

Odette Myrtil

Odette Myrtil

Delphine Detaille

Court is in session

Put Kitty Foyle on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.