Marion Davies impersonates Lillian Gish on the set of The Patsy as King Vidor looks on.Vidor and his cameramen set out in his Hacker-Craft speedboat to film water sequences for The Patsy.
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.
Release and legacy
The film received good reviews, and was a box office success.[3] Hearst and MGM subsequently assigned Vidor to begin working on another vehicle for Davies. The Patsy also served as a comeback vehicle for Dressler.[4]
^Slide, Anthony (2005). Silent topics : essays on undocumented areas of silent film. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. p. 26. ISBN 9780810850163. OCLC 469961637.
^"Progressive Silent Film List: The Patsy". Silent Era. Retrieved March 29, 2008.
^Gabrielle, Lara (2022). Captain of her soul: the life of Marion Davies. University of California Press. p. 96. ISBN 9780520384200.
^Lorusso, Edward (2017). The Silent Films of Marion Davies. CreateSpace. pp. 149–150. ISBN 9781547247950. OCLC 1090066638.
^"Berlinale 2020: Retrospective "King Vidor"". Berlinale. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
External links
The Patsy at IMDb
The Patsy is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive