Paddy the Next Best Thing (1923 film)

Paddy the Next Best Thing
Directed by	Graham Cutts
Written by	Wilfred Noy Herbert Wilcox Eliot Stannard
Based on	Paddy the Next Best Thing by Gertrude Page
Produced by	Herbert Wilcox
Starring	Mae Marsh Darby Foster Lilian Douglas
Cinematography	René Guissart
Production company	Graham-Wilcox Productions
Distributed by	Graham-Wilcox Productions (UK) United Artists (US)
Release dates	January 1923 (1923-01) (UK) 2 June 1923 (1923-06-02) (US)
Running time	7,200 feet[1]
Country	United Kingdom
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Paddy the Next Best Thing is a 1923 British silent romance film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Mae Marsh, Darby Foster and Lilian Douglas. It was based on the 1908 novel of the same title by Gertrude Page and a 1920 stage adaptation, which was later adapted into a 1933 American film. It was made at the Gainsborough Studios in Islington.[2] American star Mae Marsh had been brought over from Hollywood to star in the company's previous film Flames of Passion and stayed on to make this film.

It is believed to be a lost film.[3]

Cast

• Mae Marsh as Paddy
• Darby Foster as Lawrence Blake
• Lilian Douglas as Eileen Adair
• George K. Arthur as Playboy
• Nina Boucicault as Mrs. Blake
• Haidee Wright as Jane O'Hara
• Marie Wright as Mary O'Hara
• Marie Ault as Mrs. Adair
• Simeon Stuart as General Adair
• Mildred Evelyn as Doreen Blake
• Tom Coventry as Mickey Dolan

See also

• List of lost films

References

1. Low p. 424
2. Low p. 133
3. "Progressive Silent Film List: Paddy the Next Best Thing". silentera.com. Retrieved 6 March 2013.

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

• Paddy the Next Best Thing at IMDb
• Paddy the Next Best Thing at SilentEra
• Paddy the Next Best Thing at Jazz Age Club