Kitty (1929)

Directed by

Victor Saville

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

U

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman from a humble background navigates love and social expectations in early 20th century Britain. The story focuses on her relationship with a man from a different class. It is based on a novel from 1927.

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What happens

Kitty is a 1929 sound part-talkie British drama film directed by Victor Saville and starring Estelle Brody and John Stuart. Due to the popularity of sound films, the American film company Sono Art-World Wide Pictures collaborated with B.I.P. to produce a sound version of the film for cinemas wired for sound. They recorded the soundtrack using the RCA Photophone sound system. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The film was adapted from the 1927 novel of the same name by Warwick Deeping and marked the third co-star billing of Brody and Stuart, who had previously proved a very popular screen pairing in Mademoiselle from Armentieres (1926) and Hindle Wakes (1927). Kitty was initially planned and filmed as a silent, but after its original release Saville decided to reshoot the latter part with sound. As no suitable facilities were yet available in Britain, Saville, Brody and Stuart travelled to New York to shoot the new sequences at RKO Studios. The film was released in the form of a part-talkie and features a prologue with dialogue while the feature itself features a synchronized musical score with a singing sequence in which Estelle Brody sings the theme song of the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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