Kitty 1945
Kitty survives by stealing hearts as much as wallets, using charm to sustain her life of petty crime. When celebrated painter Thomas Gainsborough agrees to capture her likeness, the portrait draws the attention of the influential Sir Hugh Marcy. Marcy regards Kitty not as a muse but as a pawn for his own ambitions, dragging her into a perilous contest of manipulation and survival.
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Paulette Goddard
Kitty
Cecil Kellaway
Thomas Gainsborough
Mae Clarke
Molly
Matthew Boulton
Solicitor (uncredited)
George Kirby
Solicitor (uncredited)
Eric Blore
Dobson
Alec Craig
McNab (uncredited)
Charles Coleman
Majordomo
Stuart Hall
Guest (uncredited)
Douglas Spencer
Guest (uncredited)
Constance Collier
Lady Susan Dowitt
Doris Lloyd
Fish Hawker (uncredited)
Ray Milland
Sir Hugh Marcy
Anthony Marsh
Cripplegate (uncredited)
Frank Baker
Assistant Faro Banker (uncredited)
Reginald Owen
Duke of Malmunster
Patric Knowles
Brett Harwood Earl of Carstairs
Sara Allgood
Old Meg
Mary Gordon
Nanny
Cyril Delevanti
All Hot Hawker (uncredited)
Tempe Pigott
Woman in Window (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
Mr. Thickness (uncredited)
Norman Ainsley
Baker Hawker (uncredited)
Douglas Walton
Philip (uncredited)
Frank Benson
Vinegar Hawker (uncredited)
Evan Thomas
Chaplain (uncredited)
Billy Evans
Rabbit Skin Hawker (uncredited)
Miriam Nelson
Girl with St. Leger (uncredited)
Leslie Denison
Mr. Sheridan (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Hugh's Rental Coachman (uncredited)
Mary MacLaren
Maid to Duke Malmunster (uncredited)
Edgar Norton
Earl of Campton
Boyd Irwin
Passerby (uncredited)
Tom McGuire
Vegetable Hawker (uncredited)
Paul Scardon
Undertaker (uncredited)
Gibson Gowland
Prison Guard (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Coach Footman (uncredited)
Lew Davis
Fish Hawker (uncredited)
Crauford Kent
Sir Joshua's Friend (uncredited)
Bobby Hale
Hawker with Donkey (uncredited)
Charles Irwin
Barrows (uncredited)
David Thursby
Gingerbread Hawker (uncredited)
Florence Wix
Guest (uncredited)
Phyllis Barry
Guest (uncredited)
John Power
Cockney Cart Driver / Ink Hawker (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
Stevedore (uncredited)
Herbert Evans
Footman (uncredited)
Edward Cooper
Sir Herbert Harbord (uncredited)
Mary McLeod
Mrs. Sheridan (uncredited)
Jimmy Aubrey
Cockney Cart Driver (uncredited)
Al Ferguson
Footman (uncredited)
Dennis Hoey
Jonathan Selby
Wilson Benge
Bellow and Bucker Mender (uncredited)
Percival Vivian
Dr. Holt
Anita Sharp-Bolster
Mullens
Leyland Hodgson
Passerby (uncredited)
Robert R. Stephenson
Stevedore (uncredited)
Jean Ransome
Maid to Duke Malmunster (uncredited)
Audrey Westphal
Girl with Barrymore (uncredited)
Jack Raymond
Fish Hawker (uncredited)
Eric Wilton
Cockney Man (uncredited)
John Deauville
Earl of Barrymore (uncredited)
Ernest Hilliard
Assistant Hazard Banker (uncredited)
Robert Cory
Lantern Merchant / Hazard Banker / Watchman (uncredited)
Sanders Clark
Guest (uncredited)
Ann Codee
Madame Aurelie (uncredited)
Lilyan Irene
Apple Hawker (uncredited)
Tiny Jones
Fish and Chips Woman (uncredited)
Jean Prescott
English Woman with Children (uncredited)
Sylvia Andrew
Flower Hawker (uncredited)
Guy Bellis
Faro Banker (uncredited)
Anne Howard
Asses Milkmaid (uncredited)
David Cavendish
Head Faro Banker (uncredited)
Stanley Mann
Knife-Sharpener Hawker (uncredited)
Viola Moore
Guest (uncredited)
Doris Stone
Guest (uncredited)
Heather Wilde
Lil
Michael Dyne
Prince of Wales
John Meredith
Guest (uncredited)
Victor Travis
Duke's Best Man (uncredited)
Donald Dewar
English Child (uncredited)
Clara Reid
Midwife (uncredited)
Gordon Richards
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Hilda Plowright
Mrs. Thickness (uncredited)
Allen Schute
Guest (uncredited)
Ethyl May Halls
Cockney Woman (uncredited)
Sherlee Collier
English Child (uncredited)
Patricia Cameron
Elaine Carlisle
Phyllis Adair
Young Girl (uncredited)
Gordon Arnold
Duke's Footman (uncredited)
Sybil Bacon
Magic Lantern Woman (uncredited)
Florence Benson
Broom Hawker (uncredited)
Dodo Bernard
Taffy Tarts Peddler (uncredited)
George Broughton
Spoon and Larding Pin Hawker (uncredited)
Anne Curson
Duchess of Gloucester (uncredited)
Harold de Becker Jr.
English Child (uncredited)
Pamela Ewing
Flower Girl (uncredited)
Betty Fairfax
Fish Hawker (uncredited)
Fred Fox
Rat-Killer Hawker (uncredited)
Helena Grant
Selby Housekeeper (uncredited)
Marie Grosscup
Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
Delphine Harding
English Child (uncredited)
Ivo Henderson
Guest (uncredited)
T. Arthur Hughes
Fish Hawker (uncredited)
Sidney Lawford
Sir Geoffrey Tennant (uncredited)
Audrey Manners
Flower Girl (uncredited)
Doreen Munroe
Fresh Salad Hawker (uncredited)
Arthur Mulliner
Assistant Faro Banker (uncredited)
Byron Poindexter
Colonel St. Leger (uncredited)
Reed Porter
Rupert (uncredited)
Elsie Prescott
Baked Apple Hawker (uncredited)
Marie Reeves
Fish Hawker (uncredited)
Byron Ruggles
Duke's Footman (uncredited)
Nancy Russell
Young Girl (uncredited)
Perseus Ruth
Milkmaid (uncredited)
Charles Schrader
Groom of Chambers (uncredited)
Violet Seton
Flower Hawker (uncredited)
Ruth St. Denis
Duchess (uncredited)
Lucy Storm
Flower Girl (uncredited)
Kitty Watson
Singing Flower Hawker (uncredited)
Sybil Williams
Magic Lantern Woman (uncredited)
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Full Plot Summary and Ending Explained for Kitty
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In 1783 London, a poor thief named Kitty is caught pickpocketing the celebrated painter Gainsborough. Amused, he pays her to sit for a portrait, and as she poses, she catches the eye of Sir Hugh Marcy, who offers her a job as a scullery maid and, later, becomes his aunt’s ward. Kitty learns that he is impoverished, having lost his post in the Foreign Office.
Gainsborough’s portrait, The Anonymous Lady, creates a stir, as people try to guess the subject. The Duke of Malmunster(/actor/reginald-owen), who buys the painting, asks Gainsborough about the model, and Hugh interjects that she is his aunt’s ward. So in exchange for an introduction to Kitty, the Duke offers to have Hugh reinstated in the Foreign Office. But the relationship goes no further than the promised introduction. Meanwhile, Kitty develops an attraction for Hugh—so much so, that when he is sent to debtors’ prison, Kitty charms wealthy industrialist Jonathan Selby into marriage, using her dowry to free Hugh. But he and his aunt once again go broke. Kitty breaks into her husband’s strongbox to bail them out, but Selby beats her. He dies at the hands of Kitty’s loyal maid.
As a result, Kitty inherits a large fortune. She desires happiness with Hugh, but he is determined that she marry the Duke of Malmunster(/actor/reginald-owen) so that Hugh can reclaim his career. Kitty gives in. After the honeymoon, the duke announces that Kitty is pregnant (though the father was the late Selby). After the birth of the boy, the old duke dies, leaving Kitty extremely wealthy.
After she has a respectable mourning period, Hugh attempts to arrange a third marriage for Kitty, this time to the Prince of Wales(/actor/michael-dyne). But Kitty says that she has already married twice out of love for him. Unimpressed, Hugh replies that he considers their relationship a business arrangement, nothing more.
Meanwhile, Kitty becomes engaged to Hugh’s close friend, the Earl of Carstairs(/actor/patric-knowles). Seeing them together, Hugh realizes he actually is in love with Kitty. The Earl, ever the gentleman, chooses not to stand in the way of Hugh’s happiness. So in the end, Hugh and Kitty are free to affirm their mutual devotion.
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