Kitty is a 1945 film directed by Mitchell Leisen, based on the novel by Rosamond Marshall, with a screenplay by Karl Tunberg. It stars Paulette Goddard, Ray Milland, Constance Collier (giving her funniest performance on film), Patric Knowles, Reginald Owen, and Cecil Kellaway as the English painter Thomas Gainsborough.
It tells a rags-to-riches story about a young guttersnipe girl from the slums of 18th century London.
The film was nominated for ...
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Kitty is a 1945 film directed by Mitchell Leisen, based on the novel by Rosamond Marshall, with a screenplay by Karl Tunberg. It stars Paulette Goddard, Ray Milland, Constance Collier (giving her funniest performance on film), Patric Knowles, Reginald Owen, and Cecil Kellaway as the English painter Thomas Gainsborough.
It tells a rags-to-riches story about a young guttersnipe girl from the slums of 18th century London.
The film was nominated for one Oscar for Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White (Hans Dreier, Walter H. Tyler, Sam Comer, Ray Moyer). Director Leisen worked very hard with the set and costume designers to create a historically correct picture of 18th century England.
Kitty (Goddard) is found working on the streets picking pockets by the painter Thomas Gainsborough (Kellaway) and agrees to sit for a portrait for him. She then attracts the attention of wealthy playboy Sir Hugh Marcy (Milland) who, upon finding out her real social status, uses her for...
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