Flying Pat

Flying Pat

50 mins | Comedy | Nov. 11, 1920

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.

Flying Pat

50 mins | Comedy | Nov. 11, 1920

Flying Pat
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.
Producers New Art Film Company
Original title Flying Pat
Directors F. Richard Jones
Writers Virginia Philley Withey, Harry Carr, F. Richard Jones

Cast

Dorothy Gish

as Patricia Van Nuys

James Rennie

as Robert Van Nuys

Morgan Wallace

as William Endicott

Harold Vizard

as Butler

Tom Blake

as Policeman

Kate Bruce

as Old Lady

William Black

as Detective

Porter Strong

as Reporter

Miss Waters

as Housemaid