Flying Pat

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Flying Pat
Film Poster
Directed byF. Richard Jones
Written byVirginia Philley Withey (story)
Harry Carr (scenario)
F. Richard Jones
Produced byNew Art Film Co.
StarringDorothy Gish
James Rennie
CinematographyFred Chaston
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
November 11, 1920
Running time
50 minutes; 5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Flying Pat is a 1920 American silent comedy film starring Dorothy Gish and her then husband James Rennie that was directed by F. Richard Jones. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.[1]

The film is preserved in the Cinémathèque Française.[2]

Still with Dorothy Gish and James Rennie.

Cast

Release

Flying Pat was released in the United States on November 11, 1920. It was still circulating in 1922, screening at the Empress Theatre in Mangum, Oklahoma, on February 24 and 25,[3] and at the Royal Theatre in Guymon on Saturday, March 4.[4] A week after that, it played Tulsa.[5]

The film first screened in New Zealand at the Paramount and Artcraft Theatres on June 3, 1921, on a double bill with the dramatic feature The Inside of the Cup.[6] The film played at those theaters through at least June 8.[7] It was second feature to Cecil B. deMille's Something to Think About when it screened at Wellington's Princess Theatre on December 9 of that year.[8] It premiered in Whangarei the following month.[9]

Note

In her 1969 autobiography, The Movies Mr. Griffith and Me, Lillian Gish includes a still from this movie identifying James Rennie, Dorothy Gish and an unknown player. The unknown player is actor Morgan Wallace.

References

  1. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Flying Pat
  2. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Flying Pat
  3. ^ The Mangum Star Volume 34. Number 37. Edition 1. 23 February 1922. p 5. Retrieved 31 January 2016
  4. ^ Back To The Kitchen In "Flying Pat". The Guymon Herald. Volume 32. Number 1. Edition 1. 2 March 1922. p 1. Retrieved 31 January 2016
  5. ^ Morning Tulsa Daily World. Volume 16. Number 169. Edition 1. 18 March 1922. p 13. Retrieved 31 January 2016
  6. ^ "The Inside of the Cup". Evening Post. Volume CI. Issue 130, 2 June 1921. p 3. Retrieved 31 January 2016
  7. ^ Paramount and Artcraft. Evening Post. Volume CI. Issue 135. 8 June 1921. p 3. Retrieved 31 January 2016
  8. ^ Advertisements. Evening Post. Volume CII. Issue 138. 8 December 1921. p 2. Retrieved 31 January 2016
  9. ^ Amusements. Northern Advocate. 3 January 1922. p 8. Retrieved 31 January 2016

External links

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