Kitty Foyle Page #7

Synopsis: A white collar worker from a blue collar family, Kitty Foyle has spent her so far short adult life in her hometown of Philadelphia or New York City. She has had two serious relationships, one associated with each city and each man with who she falls in love but in vastly different ways. "Philadelphia" is blue blooded Wyn Strafford VI. Wyn hires Kitty to be his secretary, he the editor for his pet project, a magazine, which is funded by family money. Kitty's now deceased father, despite liking Wyn as a person, warned Kitty against falling in love with him, regardless of his outward intentions, as his type always returned to his own kind. If she believes her father, Kitty may come to the realization that if a union with Wyn were to ever happen, it would not only be to him but to his family and their traditions, they who may have some say in the matter. After the magazine folds, it not making any money, Kitty is forced to look for another job, she feeling she would have more opportunities
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Sam Wood
Production: Media Home Entertainment
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
78%
APPROVED
Year:
1940
108 min
247 Views


a man is going to do before he does it.

We're all alone really, aren't we?

And yet, we're surrounded by people.

It's because you and I together

make something entirely different...

...from either of us

when we're separated.

A new element.

Like in chemistry.

We'll always be alone...

...as long as we're together.

How long has Nijinsky over there

rented the joint for?

Five a. M.

That's when some dance

in Philadelphia ends.

It's 5:
00.

It's 5:
00.

Well, the assembly's over.

Oh, I don't ever want it to stop.

How about some scrambled eggs,

little sausages...

...and champagne?

Is that traditional at the assembly?

From the beginning.

The eggs and sausages were added

in 1897. Thank you.

All I'm asking is that the orchestra

come up to my room...

...and play for us while we have eggs.

Dear sir, we have other guests

in the hotel, and it's early.

I only want soft music.

Show him how softly you can play.

There, you see?

Now very softly.

I'm sorry, Mr. Strafford.

What a town.

Come on, boys. Bring the wine.

And to think that just 24 hours ago...

...this day started out like

any other old day in the year.

Can you think of anybody

we haven't drunk to?

Nobody left but strangers.

Very well, to the people we don't know.

In five minutes,

the alarm will be going off.

Shut it off. I'm awake.

See this?

What is it, an heirloom?

It was my great-grandmother's.

It's the symbol of eternal life,

from her to me...

...and you...

...to those that come after us, forever.

It's our family.

You better put it away then

if it's family stuff.

Boys...

...can you play

"Tales from the Vienna Woods"?

But feebly.

I don't know why I should

need all this background, but, Kitty...

...will you marry me?

Will you?

No, darling.

Don't you love me?

But you won't marry me?

Why not?

Well, Wyn, darling...

...we're happy now, aren't we?

I mean here, this minute.

Of course we are.

But do you know why?

Because... Because we love each other.

Because we're together.

No, that's not it.

It's because we're not in Philadelphia.

Honey, this is no time for joking.

In New York, we're happy,

at Pocono, we're happy.

In Seattle, in New Orleans,

in Dallas, Texas, we could be happy.

But not in Philadelphia.

Everywhere else, we're just

two people in love.

A tall, good-natured guy

and a sassy mick...

...minding our own business

and bothering nobody.

You see what I mean?

- Listen, Kitty...

- In Philadelphia, you're Darby Mill...

...and I'm Griscom Street.

We're two addresses...

...23 miles and 500 light-years apart.

Griscom Street could stand it...

...but not Darby Mill.

Oh, Wyn, darling, I wish I could

see you happy that way...

...but I just can't.

And is that all?

Well, we're both the same color,

if that's what you mean.

Boys, "The Sidewalks of New York."

"Sidewalks of New York."

- Hey, what's the idea?

- It's all fixed.

That's our theme song now.

We're New Yorkers.

Both of us.

Oh, Wyn, you're not kidding?

No, darling, I really mean it.

I wish you weren't so right

about all that in Philadelphia...

...but you are...

...so that's the end of it.

This is where we'll live,

where we'll be happy.

Wyn, I'm so happy now.

I'm so happy I can't tell you how much.

They don't know it...

...but they're wedding bells...

...for us.

No Main Line?

No Philadelphia?

Just you and me?

Me and you.

Oh, dear God...

...don't ring the alarm clock now...

...for just a little while.

But the alarm did ring.

It had a funny little jangle, and you seemed

to hear it all the way back to Philadelphia.

You couldn't very well say no

when Wyn wanted to go back...

...just long enough to tell his family.

So there you were,

Mr. And Mrs. Wynnewood Strafford VI...

...coming home

to announce their marriage.

- You aren't getting scared, are you?

- Leave it to me, honey.

All right, but don't forget this

is the big one. Don't fumble it.

After you, Mrs. Strafford.

Would you mind saying that again?

I said, "After you, Mrs. Strafford."

Thank you.

- Harrison.

- Good afternoon, Mr. Strafford.

Where's Mother?

The family's taking tea

in the drawing room, sir.

Don't let Uncle Kennett scare you.

He's an old Quaker banker and only knows

three words, "thee," "thou" and "no."

Well, get ready. Here goes the bell.

- Hello, everybody.

- Wyn, dear, come in.

- Mother, you remember Kitty.

- Indeed I do.

- It's so nice to see you again, Miss Foyle.

- Thank you.

- And you remember my grandmother.

- Why, yes.

And Aunt Jessica.

- Uncle Edgar and Uncle Kennett.

- Miss Foyle.

The fact is, the name

isn't Foyle anymore.

It's Strafford.

Kitty and I have been married.

Well, why doesn't somebody

say something?

Or is she so beautiful

she's taken your breath away?

- Congratulations, my boy.

- Yes, yes, of course, Wyn. Congratulations.

Well, shall we all sit down?

- Will you have tea?

- No, thank you.

- Wyn?

- No, Mother.

- When were you married?

- Last Saturday.

- I see.

- I thought he was going to wait a year.

Yes, Mother.

Wyn had told us

how much he loved you...

...and we couldn't have been happier,

for his sake.

Do the papers know about this?

I don't know. I don't suppose so.

We'll have the Darby Mill house

redecorated for them.

Tell them our plans, Wyn.

Of course, Kitty, this would have been

so much more simple...

...if Wyn hadn't been quite so impetuous.

I thought you were going

to send her to school first?

You do understand, of course,

that above everything else...

...we want your happiness, and his.

That's foremost

in all our thoughts, isn't it?

- Naturally.

- Oh, naturally, of course, of course.

I don't mean to be rude...

...but would somebody please tell me

what you all are driving at?

- Well, it's like this, my dear...

- Now, Mother, please.

You see, honey. I had promised them

that we wouldn't be married for a year.

Mother was going to take you

under her wing and, well, prepare you.

Prepare me?

Prepare me for what?

Well, you know, finishing school,

and then later...

School?

- Are you kidding me?

- It needn't be school.

It can still be arranged.

Later on, when we've had an opportunity

to acquaint her with our friends...

...we can still have a proper wedding.

- Certainly.

And what do you call what

we've just done? A rehearsal?

Now, wait a minute...

I do realize that we all sound

most frightfully snobbish.

But, my dear, we realize too

that you have not been accustomed...

...to the kind of life that you

will have to lead with Wyn.

- So we'd planned to have...

- What about our plans?

Aren't you going to tell them?

What's the matter, doesn't she

want to go to school?

School is out, definitely.

I'm a big girl now.

Wyn and I are not

going to live in Philadelphia.

You're not the only ones

that want us happy...

...and we couldn't be in Philadelphia.

I'm Griscom Street and he's Main Line,

and we both know it.

In Philadelphia, that's fatal.

Anywhere else in the whole world,

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Christopher Morley

Christopher Morley (5 May 1890 – 28 March 1957) was an American journalist, novelist, essayist and poet. He also produced stage productions for a few years and gave college lectures. more…

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