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Marion Davies.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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The Patsy
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 7249 feet
Directed by King Vidor
Cast: Marion Davies [Patricia Harrington], Orville Caldwell [Tony Anderson], Marie Dressler [Ma Harrington], Dell Henderson [Pa Harrington], Lawrence Gray [Billy], Jane Winton [Grace Harrington]
Cosmoplitan Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation [A Marion Davies Production; A King Vidor Production; A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture]. / Produced by Irving Thalberg. Continuity (scenario) by Agnes Christine Johnston, from the play The Patsy by Barry Connors. Settings (set design) by Cedric Gibbons. Wardrobe (costume design) by Gilbert Clark. Photographed (cinematography) by John Seitz. Film editor, Hugh Wynn. Intertitles written by Ralph Spence. / © 10 March 1928 [LP25189]. Released 10 March 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / MGM production number 345. MGM release number 828. / Silent film.
Comedy.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F2 n. F2.4174.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive (Marion Davies collection [American Film Institute collection]) [35mm positive]; and in the film holdings of [?] Amazon MGM Studios and/or Turner Entertainment Company and/or Warner Brothers Classics?
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 16 December 2025.
References: Film credits, film viewing : AFI-F2 n. F2.4174; Card-Seductive p. 42; Davies-Times pp. 116, 246; Dowd-Vidor pp. 43-44, 111, 150g; Everson-American pp. 277, 363; Kerr-Silent p. 292; Limbacher-Feature p. 186; Sweeney-Coming p. 128; Vermilye-Twenties p. 66.
Home video: DVD.
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