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Flying Pat
“In the air, she could roar like a kite, And her loving was just "out of sight." But she sure could spurt fire When a man raised her ire; And amuck in a kitchen-good night!”
8.0 / 10• 1920• 50m•NR• English
Comedy
Storyline
Wild flapper Patricia Van Nuys decides to become a pilot like her husband Robert, but with a difference--she wants to become the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean by airplane. Capt. Endicott, a friend of Robert's, offers to teach her how to fly. One day while aloft in the plane, the craft takes a sudden nosedive and crashes. The pair walk away uninjured and find shelter in a roadhouse. Robert, upon hearing of this, becomes jealous of Pat's spending so much time with Endicott, which angers Pat. She decides to leave Robert and slips out of the house to catch an evening train, but unfortunately, Endicott is also aboard the train. Robert finds out about that, too. Complications ensue.
Cast & Crew
Dorothy Gish
Patricia Van Nuys
Lead
James Rennie
Robert Van Nuys
Morgan Wallace
William Endicott
HV
Harold Vizard
Butler
TB
Tom Blake
Policeman
Kate Bruce
Old Lady
WB
William Black
Detective
Porter Strong
Reporter
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. F. Richard Jones's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Flying Pat is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
