SEVERAL members of Bradford’s pantomime Sunbeams - the junior dance troupe established by theatre impressario and Alhambra founder Francis Laidler - went on to enjoy a professional career in entertainment.
But only one made it in Hollywood. That was Pat Paterson, the Frizinghall girl who appeared in films in the 1930s and 40s, starring alongside Hollywood heavyweights such as Spencer Tracy.
Last week we featured a scrapbook of cuttings charting Pat’s rise to fame, which had been lovingly created by her mother. The newspaper and magazine clippings, now over 80 years old, include glamorous photographs of Pat on and off screen, and her husband, French actor Charles Boyer.