Patricia Wilder

Patricia Wilder was born on September 8, 1913 in Macon, Georgia. She was an actress, known for The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938), Little Miss Broadway (1938) and On Again-Off Again (1937). She died on August 11, 1995 in New York City, New York.

The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)

The Bellows family causes comic confusion on an ocean liner, with time out for radio-style musical acts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  W.C. Fields  •  Martha Raye  •  Dorothy Lamour  •  Bob Hope

The Bellows family causes comic confusion on an ocean liner, with time out for radio-style musical acts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  W.C. Fields  •  Martha Raye  •  Dorothy Lamour  •  Bob Hope

Bunker Bean (1936)

A shy office worker becomes a hero when a fortune teller calls him another Napoleon.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Killy  •  William Hamilton
CAST:  Owen Davis Jr.  •  Louise Latimer  •  Robert McWade  •  Jessie Ralph

A shy office worker becomes a hero when a fortune teller calls him another Napoleon.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Killy  •  William Hamilton
CAST:  Owen Davis Jr.  •  Louise Latimer  •  Robert McWade  •  Jessie Ralph

That Girl From Paris (1936)

Nikki Martin (Lily Pons), a beautiful French opera star, stows away on an ocean liner in hopes of escaping her jealous fiancee. Once aboard, she joins an American swing band and falls in love with its leader, who, after hearing her sing, eventually comes to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leigh Jason
CAST:  Lily Pons  •  Jack Oakie  •  Gene Raymond  •  Herman Bing

Nikki Martin (Lily Pons), a beautiful French opera star, stows away on an ocean liner in hopes of escaping her jealous fiancee. Once aboard, she joins an American swing band and falls in love with its leader, who, after hearing her sing, eventually comes to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leigh Jason
CAST:  Lily Pons  •  Jack Oakie  •  Gene Raymond  •  Herman Bing

Walking on Air (1936)

A strong-willed young woman hires a student to impersonate a boorish French count and brings him home to meet her parents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Santley
CAST:  Gene Raymond  •  Ann Sothern  •  Jessie Ralph  •  Henry Stephenson

A strong-willed young woman hires a student to impersonate a boorish French count and brings him home to meet her parents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Santley
CAST:  Gene Raymond  •  Ann Sothern  •  Jessie Ralph  •  Henry Stephenson

Wanted: Jane Turner (1936)

Investigators set out to capture a gang of thieves transporting stolen cash through the U.S. mail.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Killy
CAST:  Lee Tracy  •  Gloria Stuart  •  Ann Shepherd  •  John McGuire

Investigators set out to capture a gang of thieves transporting stolen cash through the U.S. mail.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Killy
CAST:  Lee Tracy  •  Gloria Stuart  •  Ann Shepherd  •  John McGuire

My Lucky Star (1938)

George Cabot Jr., the son of a department store owner, enrolls Kristina Nielsen, the store's sports clerk, at a university to use her as an advertisement for their fashion department. She falls for Larry Taylor, a teacher, and gets expelled.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Del Ruth
CAST:  Sonja Henie  •  Richard Greene  •  Joan Davis  •  Cesar Romero

George Cabot Jr., the son of a department store owner, enrolls Kristina Nielsen, the store's sports clerk, at a university to use her as an advertisement for their fashion department. She falls for Larry Taylor, a teacher, and gets expelled.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Del Ruth
CAST:  Sonja Henie  •  Richard Greene  •  Joan Davis  •  Cesar Romero

Little Miss Broadway (1938)

An orphan is provisionally adopted by the manager of a hotel populated by show business people. The hotel's owner doesn't like the entertainers and wants the girl returned to the orphanage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Cummings
CAST:  Shirley Temple  •  George Murphy  •  Jimmy Durante  •  Phyllis Brooks

An orphan is provisionally adopted by the manager of a hotel populated by show business people. The hotel's owner doesn't like the entertainers and wants the girl returned to the orphanage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Cummings
CAST:  Shirley Temple  •  George Murphy  •  Jimmy Durante  •  Phyllis Brooks

On Again-Off Again (1937)

This wacky vaudeville-style romp casts the irreverent comedy team as feuding co-owners of a drug company, William “Willy” Hobbs and Claude Augustus Horton, who agree to wrestle each other for the sole ownership of the business. The winner will take the company and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward F. Cline
CAST:  Marjorie Lord  •  Bert Wheeler  •  Robert Woolsey  •  Patricia Wilder

This wacky vaudeville-style romp casts the irreverent comedy team as feuding co-owners of a drug company, William “Willy” Hobbs and Claude Augustus Horton, who agree to wrestle each other for the sole ownership of the business. The winner will take the company and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward F. Cline
CAST:  Marjorie Lord  •  Bert Wheeler  •  Robert Woolsey  •  Patricia Wilder

New Faces of 1937 (1937)

A crooked producer makes money from Broadway flops by selling more than 100% interest to multiple parties. He only fails if it makes a profit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leigh Jason
CAST:  Joe Penner  •  Milton Berle  •  Harry Parke  •  Harriet Nelson

A crooked producer makes money from Broadway flops by selling more than 100% interest to multiple parties. He only fails if it makes a profit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leigh Jason
CAST:  Joe Penner  •  Milton Berle  •  Harry Parke  •  Harriet Nelson

Speed (1936)

Terry is the chief car tester for Emery Motors and Frank is an Engineer. Jane has just been hired to work in publicity. Frank and Terry both want Jane to be their girl. Terry has designed a new carburetor that should bring him fame and money, but he cannot get it ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Marin
CAST:  James Stewart  •  Wendy Barrie  •  Una Merkel  •  Weldon Heyburn

Terry is the chief car tester for Emery Motors and Frank is an Engineer. Jane has just been hired to work in publicity. Frank and Terry both want Jane to be their girl. Terry has designed a new carburetor that should bring him fame and money, but he cannot get it ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Marin
CAST:  James Stewart  •  Wendy Barrie  •  Una Merkel  •  Weldon Heyburn

Thanks for the Memory (1938)

Steve Merrick is an out of work writer who stays home and plays house husband while his wife goes to work for her former fiancé and Merrick's publisher who is still carrying a torch for her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Archainbaud
CAST:  Bob Hope  •  Shirley Ross  •  Charles Butterworth  •  Otto Kruger

Steve Merrick is an out of work writer who stays home and plays house husband while his wife goes to work for her former fiancé and Merrick's publisher who is still carrying a torch for her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Archainbaud
CAST:  Bob Hope  •  Shirley Ross  •  Charles Butterworth  •  Otto Kruger

So and Sew (1936)

A wife whose husband is away asks her decorator to impersonate her husband, to help her deal with a pest. Soon there is quite a web of confusion that also involves the decorator's girlfriend and the wife's suddenly returned husband.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Yarbrough
CAST:  Lucille Ball  •  Billy Gilbert  •  Lorin Raker  •  Constance Bergen

A wife whose husband is away asks her decorator to impersonate her husband, to help her deal with a pest. Soon there is quite a web of confusion that also involves the decorator's girlfriend and the wife's suddenly returned husband.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Yarbrough
CAST:  Lucille Ball  •  Billy Gilbert  •  Lorin Raker  •  Constance Bergen