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'Patricia Gets Her Man' is a 1937 British romantic comedy film directed by Reginald Purdell and starring Hans Shnker, Lesley Brook and Edwin Styles.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090117100240/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/310507 BFI.org] 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.Chibnall p.290

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 Shnker 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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