Sweet Kitty Bellairs

Sweet Kitty Bellairs
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlfred E. Green
Written byHerman Harrison
Based on
The Bath Comedy
by
StarringClaudia Dell
Walter Pidgeon
Ernest Torrence
CinematographyWatkins McDonald
Edited byOwen Marks
Music byBobby Dolan
Walter O'Keefe
Rex Dunn
David Mendoza
Leonid S. Leonardi
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • August 9, 1930 (1930-08-09) (US)
Running time
63 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Sweet Kitty Bellairs is a 1930 American historical musical comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green. The film is based on the 1900 novel, The Bath Comedy by Agnes Castle and Egerton Castle. Shot entirely in Technicolor,[1][2] the film stars Claudia Dell, Ernest Torrence and, Walter Pidgeon and is set in Bath, England in 1793.

The novel was first adapted for the stage by David Belasco in 1903 and starred Henrietta Crosman.[3] A silent film adaptation starring Mae Murray followed in 1916.

  1. ^ Variety film review; September 10, 1930, page 17.
  2. ^ Harrison's Reports film review; September 13, 1930, page 146.
  3. ^ "Sweet Kitty Bellairs". IBDB. Retrieved June 6, 2018.