La Passerelle

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La Passerelle is a French stage comedy in three acts by Madame F. de Gresac (also found as Madame F. de Grésac or Fred de Gresac, 18**-1943[1]) and Monsieur F. de Croisset (Francis de Croisset, 1877-1937[2]).


First performed at the Théâtre du Vaudeville, Paris, and published in 1902

Translated and adapted into English as The Marriage of Kitty by Cosmo Gordon-Lennox (1869-?)[]. This English version opened at The Duke of Yorks' Theatre, London, on August 19th, 1902 (with a cast that included Marie Tempest) and was published by Samuel French in 1909.

Made into a silent comedy film called The Marriage of Kitty by George Melford in 1915, the script written by Francis de Croisset, Fred de Gresac, Cosmo Gordon Lennox and Hector Turnbull. Featuring Fannie Ward, Richard Morris, Jack Dean, Cleo Ridgely, and Tom Forman, the film was released on August 16, 1915, by Paramount Pictures. It is now considered a lost film.


https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84031507/f1.item.zoom

https://archive.org/details/marriageofkittya00gordiala/page/n2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marriage_of_Kitty#cite_note-origin1-2