Paddy the Next Best Thing (1923 film)

Paddy the Next Best Thing
Paddy the Next Best Thing
Directed by	Graham Cutts
Written by	Wilfred Noy ; Herbert Wilcox ; Eliot Stannard
Based on	Paddy the Next Best Thing; by Gertrude Page
Produced by	Herbert Wilcox
Starring	Mae Marsh ; Darby Foster ; Lilian Douglas
Cinematography	René Guissart
Production; company	Graham-Wilcox Productions
Distributed by	Graham-Wilcox Productions (UK) ; United Artists (US)
Release dates	January 1923 (UK); 2 June 1923 (US);
Running time	7,200 feet
Country	United Kingdom
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

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 1908 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.^[2] 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.