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Paddy the Next Best Thing
(1923) England
B&W : Eight reels / 7200 feet
Directed by Graham Cutts

Cast: Mae Marsh, Darby Foster, Lilian Douglas, George K. Arthur

Graham-Wilcox Productions, Limited, production. / Scenario by Herbert Wilcox and Eliot Stannard, from the novel Paddy the Next Best Thing by Gertrude Page. Cinematography by Rene Guisart. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA by United Artists Corporation on 2 June 1923.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: (unknown) [United Kingdom]; Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 4 February 2010.

References: McIlroy-Ireland p. 179; Taylor-Hitchcock p. 45; Usai-Griffith-10 p. 143.