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FACEBOOK FAN GROUP
(18th May 2019)
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For those who have an account and use Facebook there's a Facebook fan group for Patricia Roc. It can be found here...
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"THREE SILENT MEN" RELEASED BY RENOWN PICTURES
(16th September 2013)
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The wonderful Renown Pictures who specialise in unearthing obscure
British B Movies have released "Three Silent Men" (1940) on DVD starring
Derrick De Marney and Patricia Roc. Synopsis:
"An inventor of a deadly weapon to be used against the allies is injured
in a crash. Surgeon, Sir James (Sebastian Shaw) saves his life but
learns of the inventors plot. The next day the inventor is found dead.
Could it be the surgeon? A 1940 Butchers production." Pick up your
copy from amazon.co.uk
This is a Patricia Roc movie that has not been available previously and
is not one I've seen so will view with interest and write a review when
I've done so...
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A BIOGRAPHY OF PATRICIA ROC
(6th November 2010)
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Finally a biography of Patricia Roc is to be published. Michael Hodgson's biography of her "Patricia Roc: The Goddess of the Odeons"
becomes available this month. The Daily Mail has written a peice about it concentrating on Pat's affair with
Ronald Reagan in the 1940s. I will be getting a copy of course and will comment further when I've read it. Get your own copy from
Amazon here in
paperback or
hardback.
Press articles:
The Daily Mail
www.irishcentral.com
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PATRICIA ROC ON eBay
There's always plenty of Patricia Roc rarities, ephemera and movies for sale on
eBay.
PATRICIA ROC FILMS FOR SALE ON DVD
(Last updated October 2008)
While Patricia Roc was one of the biggest names in British movies of the 1940s (along
with Phyllis Calvert and Margaret Lockwood) sadly release and availability of her films
is patchy. Here we list all the films that are currently available
on DVD from the UK for your convenience. This section of the news will be revisited and updated
from time to time as
new releases appear and old ones are deleted.
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Further movies can be found on VHS - here are a few links to some not already listed above...
Love Story [1944]
Jassy [1947]
The Perfect Woman [1949]
Obituaries
Sadly Patricia Roc died on December the 30th 2003 in Locarno, Switzerland officially
from kidney failure although it was really a combination of a number of things associated
with old age. Below are links to obituaries reported in the Media at the time.
I am sure we will all remember her for her delightful performances and all she gave to us.
Even if she did not know every one of her fans personally I know she cherished all the
good wishes and interest that people sent her. I also feel she touched, sometimes quite
deeply, many lives through her work.
The Guardian (Obituary)
The Telegraph (Obituary) (*)
BBC: Actress Patricia Roc dies aged 88
The Telegraph: Actress Patricia Roc dies (*)
The Scotsman: Film 'goddess' dies at 88
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