Kitty (Original title)
Date: 1929 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirection: Victor Saville
Synopsis: Alex St George is about to be sent to fight in the First World War. Before he leaves, he meets and marries Kitty, whose mother owns a tobacconists shop. He writes to his mother to tell her about the marriage and she tries to bribe Kitty to leave him alone. When this fails, she spies on her and, seeing her spending time with a friend of Alex, writes to tell him that she is being unfaithful. Alex reads the letter just as he's about to go on a flying mission and his plane crashes, the letter crushed in his hand. Kitty is sent the letter and accuses his mother of causing the crash. Alex comes back to his mother's house paralysed and she keeps him a virtual prisoner until he manages to get a letter to Kitty and she kidnaps hiim and takes him to their house by the river Thames. There she looks after him and he eventually regains the use of his legs.
Genres: Drama, Romance
Releases
Date: 1929Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SilentRuntime: 90 mins 0 secs - Length: 8100 FeetLanguage: English
Date: 1929 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirection: Victor Saville
Synopsis: Alex St George is about to be sent to fight in the First World War. Before he leaves, he meets and marries Kitty, whose mother owns a tobacconists shop. He writes to his mother to tell her about the marriage and she tries to bribe Kitty to leave him alone. When this fails, she spies on her and, seeing her spending time with a friend of Alex, writes to tell him that she is being unfaithful. Alex reads the letter just as he's about to go on a flying mission and his plane crashes, the letter crushed in his hand. Kitty is sent the letter and accuses his mother of causing the crash. Alex comes back to his mother's house paralysed and she keeps him a virtual prisoner until he manages to get a letter to Kitty and she kidnaps hiim and takes him to their house by the river Thames. There she looks after him and he eventually regains the use of his legs.
Genres: Drama, Romance
Releases
Date: 1929Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SilentRuntime: 90 mins 0 secs - Length: 8100 FeetLanguage: English
Credits
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Presents: Burlington Films, A British International Picture: British International Pictures, Distributed throughout the world by: British International Pictures, Controlled in Great Britain by: Wardour Films, A Victor Saville Production: Victor Saville, Production Manager: B. Roscoe, Assistant Director: M. Gaffney, Continuity [Screenplay]: V.A. Powell, Adapted from the novel by: Warwick Deeping, Photography: K. Puth, Art Director: Hugh Gee, Technical Director: G. Burgal, Made at: Elstree
Cast
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Estelle Brody (Kitty Greenwood), John Stuart (Alex St George), Dorothy Cumming (Mrs St George), Marie Ault (Sarah Greenwood), Winter Hall (John Furnival), Olaf Hytton (Leaper), Chas. Ashton (Grimshaw), Chas. Levey (old Reuben), E.F. Bostwick (Dr Dazeley), Rex Maurice (Dr Drake), Gibb McLaughlin (the electrician), Jerrold Robertshaw (the artist)