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The Patsy

Marion Davies and Orville Caldwell
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Overview

Next to SHOW PEOPLE, THE PATSY may well be Marion Davies' best silent vehicle. Based on a hit Broadway play, this modern Cinderella story casts Davies as Patsy Harrington, the drudge of her social-climbing family. Secretly in love with Tony Anderson (Orville Caldwell), the boyfriend of her irresponsible but irresistible sister Grace (Jane Winton), Patsy yearns to be a "personality girl." Rather than cultivate her looks, she decides to become the "intellectual" of her family, which outrages her mother (Marie Dressler) who believes that beauty and brains don't mix. Meanwhile, the fickle Grace begins cheating on Tony with a millionaire named Bill (Lawrence Gray). For Tony's sake, the "new" Patsy throws herself at Grace's new beau, hoping to break up the romance. The whole affair ends, predictably but hilariously with Tony falling in love with Patsy! Best scene: sitting by a mirror, Davies impersonates Lillian Gish, Mae Murray and Pola Negri -- which reportedly infuriated Murray and Negri but delighted Gish.

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Main Cast & Crew:
King Vidor - Director
Lawrence Gray [act]
Marion Davies
Orville Caldwell
Marie Dressler
Dell Henderson
Lawrence Gray
Jane Winton

Details

    DVD Format
  • Format: DVD (Manufactured on Demand, Full Frame, Black & White)
  • Run Time: 78
  • Color Format: Black and White
  • UPC: 883316199978
  • Genre: COMEDIES
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Release Date: August 2009

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