tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post6874321537291808640..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Kitty FoyleSJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-54230721833543096342016-01-05T08:44:15.309-06:002016-01-05T08:44:15.309-06:00I'm still short one of the nominees for Best A...I'm still short one of the nominees for Best Actress for 1940 and therefore haven't explored this particular award on a Friday yet. This means that I can't fully reply to this without spilling the beans completley.<br /><br />I genuinely attempt to watch every film in the context of its time, both the time it presents and the time in which it was made. <i>Kitty Foyle</i> is one I could do that with, at least in part. For me, that speaks well of the film in general, and of Rogers in the specific.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-25239192481310118532016-01-04T16:02:02.168-06:002016-01-04T16:02:02.168-06:00I'm afraid I'm going to sound like a bit o...I'm afraid I'm going to sound like a bit of a curmudgeon and rain on Ginger's parade here. I didn't hate this but man is it dated which can't be helped but makes it less enjoyable than many other older films. Hard to believe it was such a player in that year's Oscar race.<br /><br />I've always liked Ginger Rogers and it's not that she couldn't play drama but to me she was much better in comedy. When confronted with dramatic situations she was prone to overdo the nobility and stiff upper lip business or become overly grand. She does an okay job with Kitty but there were a baker's dozen better performances that year than hers, hell Ginger herself was better in the lesser known Lucky Partners in the same year. The two best female performances of the year, Vivien Leigh in Waterloo Bridge and my choice for winner Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday weren't even nominated. Apparently Ginger was shocked that she won and that's understandable since at that point she was considered a song and dance girl. I'm glad she received an Oscar I'd just rather have seen her get it for something with stronger work like The Major and the Minor, Stage Door or Monkey Business.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-60915427498598279402014-05-07T23:01:41.072-05:002014-05-07T23:01:41.072-05:00It's the kind of film that would need to be dr...It's the kind of film that would need to be drastically changed if it were to be remade. Like huge parts of the plot would need to be rewritten and completely altered for it to have any resonance.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-66452789645050356882014-05-07T19:01:20.012-05:002014-05-07T19:01:20.012-05:00I agree it's a product of its time. I actuall...I agree it's a product of its time. I actually had to think for a few seconds on whether I had seen this or not, but when I started reading your description it came back to me. I liked it well enough, but like you I doubt I'll ever watch it again.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.com