Angus McBean (British, 1904-1990) Patricia Hilliard (1916-2001) photograph, published in the "Sketch" magazine, 1938, printed in the 1960s h:25 w:20 cm Tall, raven-haired and olive-skinned, Patricia Hilliard had begun by modelling furs, hats and Ciro pearls, before appearing as an extra in Double Wedding (1933) and, the next year, in Tangled Evidence. She appeared with Douglas Fairbanks senior as one of Don Juan's conquests in The Private Life of Don Juan (1934) and took the female lead in Michael Powell's The Girl In The Crowd (1935). The same year she played opposite Robert Donat in Rene Clair's The Ghost Goes West. Her most important film appearance was in Alexander Korda's cult classic, The Shape of Things to Come, an early science fiction picture written by H G Wells.
Angus McBean (British, 1904-1990) Patricia Hilliard (1916-2001) photograph, published in the "Sketch" magazine, 1938, printed in the 1960s h:25 w:20 cm Tall, raven-haired and olive-skinned, Patricia Hilliard had begun by modelling furs, hats and Ciro pearls, before appearing as an extra in Double Wedding (1933) and, the next year, in Tangled Evidence. She appeared with Douglas Fairbanks senior as one of Don Juan's conquests in The Private Life of Don Juan (1934) and took the female lead in Michael Powell's The Girl In The Crowd (1935). The same year she played opposite Robert Donat in Rene Clair's The Ghost Goes West. Her most important film appearance was in Alexander Korda's cult classic, The Shape of Things to Come, an early science fiction picture written by H G Wells.
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