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.