The Patsy (1928)
If you were the little "Patsy" of the family, with your good looking sister getting all the breaks, what would you do about it?
An awkward teenager hopelessly in love with her older sister's boyfriend tries to make him notice her.
- Date of release
- 1928-04-22
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (25)
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance, Drama
- Director
- King Vidor
Casting
- Marion Davies — Patricia Harrington
- Orville Caldwell — Tony Anderson
- Marie Dressler — Ma Harrington
- Lawrence Gray — Billy Caldwell
- Dell Henderson — Pa Harrington
- Jane Winton — Grace Harrington
- William H. O'Brien — Waiter (uncredited)
Interesting facts
- Budget: $272K
The Patsy is a 1928 American silent comedy-drama film directed by King Vidor, co-produced by and starring Marion Davies for Cosmopolitan Productions, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was based on a play of the same name by Barry Conners, and served as Marie Dressler's comeback film after a long slump in her film career. Davies played the dowdy and downtrodden Patricia, the younger daughter in a household ruled by an imperious mother (Dressler) and selfish sister.
Production
The Patsy saw Marion Davies starring in her 27th film. This was Davies' first film of three with director King Vidor and the only time she appeared with Marie Dressler.
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