Search a film or person :
FacebookConnectionRegistration
Home > All films > Films Romance > Paddy the Next Best Thing
Paddy the Next Best Thing is a British film of genre Romance directed by Graham Cuts with Mae Marsh

Paddy the Next Best Thing (1923)

Paddy the Next Best Thing
If you like this film, let us know!
Directed by
Genres Romance

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 1912 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. 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.



^ Low p.424

^ Low p.133

^ "Paddy the Next Best Thing". silentera.com. Retrieved March 6, 2013.

Actors

Mae Marsh

(Paddy)George K. Arthur

(Playboy)Nina Boucicault

(Mrs. Blake)Haidee Wright

(Jane O'Hara)Marie Ault

(Mrs. Adair)
Trailer of Paddy the Next Best Thing

Bluray, DVD

Streaming / VOD

Source : Wikidata

Comments


Leave comment :

Suggestions of similar film to Paddy the Next Best Thing

There are 84 films with the same actors, 30 films with the same director, 19727 with the same cinematographic genres, 4292 films with the same themes, to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.

If you liked Paddy the Next Best Thing, you will probably like those similar films :
Woman to Woman
Woman to Woman (1923)
, 1h22
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Graham Cuts
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films based on plays
Actors Betty Compson, Clive Brook, Victor McLaglen, Marie Ault, Henry Vibart
Rating69% 3.4834753.4834753.4834753.4834753.483475
L'histoire est tirée d'une pièce qui avait eu du succès à Londres. Il s'agit d'un officier de l'armée anglaise pendant la Première guerre mondiale. À la faveur d'une permission à Paris, il a une liaison avec une danseuse, puis il retourne au front. Là-bas , il est victime d'un choc...il perd la mémoire. Il retourne en Angleterre et il épouse une femme de la haute société. Ensuite réapparaît la danseuse avec un enfant. Conflit...L'histoire se termine par la mort de la danseuse.
Car of Dreams
Car of Dreams (1935)
, 1h12
Directed by Graham Cuts
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Grete Mosheim, John Mills, Paul Graetz, Hay Plumb, Jack Hobbs
Rating57% 2.8630652.8630652.8630652.8630652.863065
Vera Hart lives with her parents. Her father is an antiques salesman who loves his stock too much to sell it and therefore doesn't make any money. Through her friend Molly, Vera manages to get a job at Miller's music instrument factory in a menial job.
Aren't Men Beasts!
Aren't Men Beasts! (1937)
, 1h6
Directed by Graham Cuts
Origin United-kingdom
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Alfred Drayton, June Clyde, Kathleen Harrison, Ellen Pollock, Amy Veness, Judy Kelly
Rating60% 3.009183.009183.009183.009183.00918
A number of people try to prevent a man getting married.
The White Shadow
The White Shadow (1924)
, 1h22
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Graham Cuts
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Betty Compson, Clive Brook, Henry Victor, A.B. Imeson, Olaf Hytten
Rating60% 3.012513.012513.012513.012513.01251
The plot concerns twin sisters, one good, the other evil.
Flames of Passion
Flames of Passion (1922)

Directed by Graham Cuts
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Mae Marsh, C. Aubrey Smith, Hilda Bayley, George K. Arthur, Allan Aynesworth, Henry Vibart
Rating61% 3.0728353.0728353.0728353.0728353.072835
The wife of a wealthy barrister seduces her chauffeur, with whom she falls in love. She gives birth to a baby, apparently without her husband knowing anything about her pregnancy.
The Birth of a Nation
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
, 2h37
Directed by Monte Blue, Jack Conway, Erich von Stroheim, Henry B. Walthall, Robert Harron, Joseph Henabery, George Siegmann, Donald Crisp, Allan Dwan, D. W. Griffith, W. S. Van Dyke, Raoul Walsh, Elmer Clifton, Christy Cabanne, Tom Wilson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Horror, Historical, Romance, Western
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Politique, Films about racism, Musical films, Films about psychiatry, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Ralph Lewis, George Siegmann
Rating60% 3.0490553.0490553.0490553.0490553.049055
The film follows two juxtaposed families: the Northern Stonemans—abolitionist Congressman Austin Stoneman, based on the Reconstruction-era Congressman Thaddeus Stevens, his two sons and his daughter Elsie—and the Southern Camerons, a family including two daughters, Margaret and Flora, and three sons, most notably Ben.