Patricia Gets Her Man

Patricia Gets Her Man is a 1937 British romantic comedy film directed by Reginald Purdell and starring Hans Söhnker, Lesley Brook and Edwin Styles. The screenplay concerns a woman who attempts to attract a film star.

It was made at Teddington Studios as a quota quickie by Warner Brothers.

Plot summary

In an effort to attract a film star a woman pays another man to pretend to be a suitor in order to provoke jealously in the star. However, she soon begins to fall in love with her hired partner.

Cast

• Hans Söhnker as Count Stephan d'Orlet
• Lesley Brook as Patricia Fitzroy
• Edwin Styles as Brian Maxwell
• Aubrey Mallalieu as Colonel Fitzroy
• Cissy Fitzgerald as Duchess Banning
• Betty Lynne as Marie
• Yoshihide Yanai as Suki

References

Bibliography

• Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The British of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

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