Kitty (1929 film)

Kitty
Directed by	Victor Saville
Written by	Benn Levy Violet E. Powell Marjorie Young Warwick Deeping
Produced by	Victor Saville
Starring	Estelle Brody John Stuart
Cinematography	Jack E. Cox
Edited by	Karl Puth
Music by	W.L. Trytel (MD) Hubert Bath (uncredited)
Distributed by	British International Pictures
Release date	May 1929 (1929-05)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	Sound (Part-Talkie) English Intertitles

Kitty is a 1929 sound part-talkie British drama film directed by Victor Saville and starring Estelle Brody and John Stuart. 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.^[1] 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.^[2]