Kitty Maguire
Background
Kitty Maguire is a coat checker in New York City. Her mother is Mother Maguire, her father is Pat Maguire and her uncle is Uncle Barney.
During the events of The Delicious Little Devil (1919) played by Mae Murray
Kitty gets ready for work and walks into the living room and gets angry when she sees Barney sitting around playing checkers with himself while Mother is busy washing other people's clothes to make a living. While at work, someone drops off their coat to Kitty and she tries it on. She starts dancing with it on in front of the other coat check girls Her boss sees her dancing with the coat and fires her. Although Kitty was fired, Barney continues to consume lots of food. Pat arrives at the apartment and Barney offers him Mother's seat and tells him to eat. Kitty sees Pat and tells him and Barney they need to get jobs.
Dinny drops Kitty off at her apartment and puts the newspaper she bought onto the dining room table. Kitty reads about a scandal involving the Duke de Sauterne and Gloria du Moine, a notorious dancer, who then went into hiding. She then sees the advertisement for the Peach Tree Inn looking for dancers. Kitty shows Mother the job advertisement and while Mother doesn't approve of the dancing job, Kitty tells her a job is a job. A group of women gather for the job including Kitty. Larry McKean sees Kitty and stares at her out of fashion clothes. He asks the women to start dancing and they becomes offended and most of them leave, except Kitty and another woman. Kitty starts awkwardly dancing and the house band starts playing music to accompany her. Larry likes her dance moves and asks her about her reputation and she shows him the article about the Duke de Sauterne and Gloria du Moine. She tells him that she is Gloria and he asks her why she speaks with an Irish accent and has shabby clothes. She tells him that she had an Irish maid and switched clothes with her when she went into hiding. Larry then offers her a hundred dollars a week.
On opening night the Peach Tree Inn is packed with people who wanted to see who they thought was Gloria. Jimmie Calhoun has a ring side seat while Kitty does her original dance, The Peacock Promenade. Afterwards, Larry goes to Kitty's dressing room and tells her he wants her to meet someone and takes her to Jimmie's table. Dinny goes to the inn and Kitty gets him a job as a bouncer in exchange for him not telling anyone that she wasn't really Gloria. Over time Kitty spends her money fixing up her place. Michael Calhoun calls Larry and tells him he wants a dinner set for Gloria. During the evening of the dinner Michael ordered, he hopes Kitty gets drunk and Jimmie will tire of her, but she stays sober.
The Duke arrives at the inn and Larry introduces him to Michael's party. The Duke walks over to Kitty and kisses her hand, which upsets Jimmie. Kitty asks the Duke not to tell the truth about her lying about being Gloria and he takes advantage of the situation and continues to kiss her. The next morning, Kitty ties to get away and the Duke corners her in her dressing room and starts to sexually assault her. She manages to get away temporarily and Jimmie sees the Duke grabbing at her and he and the Duke get into a fight. Kitty runs away and takes a taxi to her apartment. Kitty runs into her apartment and the Duke barges in and locks the door behind him. He starts to sexually assault her again and Jimmie kicks down the door and he and the Duke get into another fight. A police officer runs into the apartment and tells Kitty and Jimmie that the Duke is wanted all over Europe for forgery and the Duke is arrested. Michael walks in to the apartment and tells Jimmie that Kitty is no good and Mother gets offended and says Kitty is just as good as Jimmie. As Michael is dragging Jimmie away he runs into Barney and Pat who recognize him and they shake hands. Kitty admits to Jimmie that she isn't Gloria and Michael finally okays her and Jimmie's uncle.
