# Flying Pat > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Flying_Pat > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Flying_Pat.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Pat > Source revision: 1339488189 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1920 film Flying Pat Film Poster Directed by F. Richard Jones Written by Virginia Philley Withey (story) Harry Carr (scenario) F. Richard Jones Starring Dorothy Gish James Rennie Cinematography Fred Chaston Production company New Art Film Co. Distributed by Paramount Pictures Release date November 11, 1920 (1920-11-11) Running time 50 minutes; 5 reels Country United States Language Silent (English intertitles) ***Flying Pat*** is a 1920 American silent comedy film starring [Dorothy Gish](/source/Dorothy_Gish) and her then husband [James Rennie](/source/James_Rennie_(actor)) that was directed by [F. Richard Jones](/source/F._Richard_Jones). It was produced by [Famous Players–Lasky](/source/Famous_Players%E2%80%93Lasky) and distributed by [Paramount Pictures](/source/Paramount_Pictures).[1] The film is preserved in the [Cinémathèque française](/source/Cin%C3%A9math%C3%A8que_fran%C3%A7aise).[2] Still with Dorothy Gish and James Rennie. ## Plot As described in a [film magazine](/source/Film_magazine),[3] young bride Patricia Van Nuys (Gish), whose husband Robert (Rennie) desires that she carve out a career rather than bother her pretty head about domestic chores, is given lessons in flying by William Endicott (Wallace). Her experiences as a pupil land them both on the ground in a nose dive wreck from which they miraculously emerge and seek refreshment in a nearby [roadhouse](/source/Roadhouse_(facility)). Her husband arrives on the scene just as her instructor is proving to be an affectionate and entertaining companion. His ire drives her out of the home and on the night train to Albany. Rid of her money in a [poker](/source/Poker) game, she returns and meets an emergency by posing as a cook in her own home. One complication leads to another until they terminate in the reconciliation of the couple. ## Cast - [Dorothy Gish](/source/Dorothy_Gish) as Patricia Van Nuys - [James Rennie](/source/James_Rennie_(actor)) as Robert Van Nuys - [Morgan Wallace](/source/Morgan_Wallace) as William Endicott - Harold Vizard as Butler - [Porter Strong](/source/Porter_Strong) as Reporter - Tom Blake as Policeman - [Kate Bruce](/source/Kate_Bruce) as Old Lady - [Dorothy Walters](/source/Dorothy_Walters) as Cook - Miss Waters as Housemaid ## Release *Flying Pat* was released in the United States on November 11, 1920. It was still circulating in 1922, screening at the Empress Theatre in [Mangum, Oklahoma](/source/Mangum%2C_Oklahoma), on February 24 and 25,[4] and at the Royal Theatre in [Guymon](/source/Guymon%2C_Oklahoma) on Saturday, March 4.[5] A week after that, it played Tulsa.[6] The film first screened in [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) at the Paramount and Artcraft Theatres on June 3, 1921, on a double bill with the dramatic feature *[The Inside of the Cup](/source/The_Inside_of_the_Cup_(film))*.[7] The film played at those theaters through at least June 8.[8] It was second feature to [Cecil B. deMille](/source/Cecil_B._deMille)'s *[Something to Think About](/source/Something_to_Think_About)* when it screened at Wellington's Princess Theatre on December 9 of that year.[9] It premiered in [Whangārei](/source/Whang%C4%81rei) the following month.[10] ## Note In her 1969 autobiography, *The Movies Mr. Griffith and Me*, [Lillian Gish](/source/Lillian_Gish) includes a still from this movie identifying [James Rennie](/source/James_Rennie_(actor)), [Dorothy Gish](/source/Dorothy_Gish), and an unknown player. The unknown player is actor [Morgan Wallace](/source/Morgan_Wallace). ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: *Flying Pat*](http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=15733) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: *Flying Pat*](http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.476/default.html) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Reviews: *Flying Pat*"](https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald11exhi_1). *Exhibitors Herald*. **11** (23). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 87. December 4, 1920. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** *[The Mangum Star](http://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc283973/)* Volume 34. Number 37. Edition 1. February 23, 1922. p 5. Retrieved January 31, 2016 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Back To The Kitchen In "Flying Pat"](http://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc273849/m1/1/?q=%22dorothy%20gish%22%20%22Flying%20Pat%22). *[The Guymon Herald](/source/Guymon%2C_Oklahoma)*. Volume 32. Number 1. Edition 1. March 2, 1922. p 1. Retrieved January 31, 2016 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** *[Morning Tulsa Daily World](http://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc78038/m1/13/)*. Volume 16. Number 169. Edition 1. March 18, 1922. p 13. Retrieved January 31, 2016 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["The Inside of the Cup"](http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=EP19210602.1.3&e=-------10--1----0%22dorothy+gish%22+%22flying+pat%22--). *[Evening Post](/source/The_Evening_Post_(New_Zealand))*. Volume CI. Issue 130, June 2, 1921. p 3. Retrieved January 31, 2016 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [Paramount and Artcraft](http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19210608.2.5.13&srpos=3&e=-------10--1----0%22dorothy+gish%22+%22flying+pat%22--). *[Evening Post](/source/The_Evening_Post_(New_Zealand))*. Volume CI. Issue 135. June 8, 1921. p 3. Retrieved January 31, 2016 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [Advertisements](http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19211208.2.7.1&srpos=9&e=-------10--1----0%22dorothy+gish%22+%22flying+pat%22--). *[Evening Post](/source/The_Evening_Post_(New_Zealand))*. Volume CII. Issue 138. December 8, 1921. p 2. Retrieved January 31, 2016 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** [Amusements](http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NA19220103.2.56.1&srpos=7&e=-------10--1----0%22dorothy+gish%22+%22flying+pat%22--). *[Northern Advocate](/source/Northern_Advocate)*. January 3, 1922. p 8. Retrieved January 31, 2016 ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Flying Pat](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Flying_Pat). - [*Flying Pat*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0195717/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [Lobby poster](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053451/http://images.moviepostershop.com/flying-pat-movie-poster-1920-1020199078.jpg)(WaybackMachine) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Flying Pat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Pat) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Pat?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.