Kitty Foyle

As a teenager, Kitty gawks at the city’s elite Main Line crowd during a parade before the Assembly Ball. Her father warns her against chasing fantasies of wealth and status. She meets Wynnewood Strafford VI, the scion of a wealthy family, who offers her a secretarial job at his fledgling magazine.

Kitty and Wynnewood fall in love, but when Wyn's magazine folds, he cannot defy his family's expectations and proposes to a woman above his social circle. He ends the relationship to preserve his standing. Kitty is left facing a future without him.

Kitty's father dies, leaving her prospects uncertain. She moves to New York City to work for Delphine, starting a new life away from Philadelphia. This marks her first steps toward independence.

In Delphine's store, Kitty triggers the burglar alarm by mistake and pretends to faint to cover her blunder. Dr. Mark Eisen notices her ruse and uses the moment to win a first date. The interaction sparks a new personal connection.

Wynnewood finally tracks Kitty down in New York and proposes, presenting a family heirloom ring. He asks Kitty to marry him on the condition that they will not live in Philadelphia.

When Wyn is introduced to Kitty's future life, she faces a chilly reception from his family. She learns that Wyn would be disinherited if he stays in Philadelphia and work in the family banking business. Although Wyn is willing to renounce his inheritance, Kitty concludes he isn't strong enough to cope with poverty and ends the engagement.

Kitty returns to Mark and resumes their relationship. She soon discovers she is pregnant with Wyn's child, complicating loyalties and choices.

Wyn arranges to meet Kitty to reconcile, but a newspaper announces Wyn's engagement to someone of his own social standing.

Kitty's hopes are crushed when she learns their baby dies at birth, a painful blow that deepens her resolve and isolation from Wyn.

Five years pass, and Kitty reluctantly agrees to open a Philadelphia branch store for Delphine. She returns to the city she once left and begins shaping a new life in retail.

While managing the Philadelphia branch, Kitty waits on Wyn's wife and unexpectedly meets their son. The moment creates a bridge between her past and present.

Kitty uses the moment to entrust the family heirloom ring to Wyn's son, prompting Wyn to visit and woo her one final time.

Wyn visits Kitty and makes a last plea for reconciliation, but Kitty remains determined to marry Mark.

Kitty decides to marry Mark rather than Wyn, and her life begins to take on a new, more promising course.