The Patsy (King Vidor, 1928) Closing Night Film

A natural-born comedienne, Marion Davies is hysterical in King Vidor's follow-up to "The Crowd." Preceded by short: LOST-A YODEL (1920) $15 Member/$17 Non-Member

A natural-born comedienne, marion davies was largely a habitue of creaky costume drama until director king vidor convinced her to cut loose in the patsy. Davies is hysterical as a neglected daughter trying to win a suitor away from her sister in a middle-class family ruled by a mother who's an inveterate social climber (the wonderful marie dressler). An uproarious highlight is davies's spot-on impersonations of mae murray, lillian gish and pola negri.
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cast: marion davies, marie dressler, dell henderson, orville caldwell
dir: king vidor (1928, 75m)
35mm print source:a href=http://www.loc.gov/index.htmlthe library of congress/a
preceded by short: lost-a yodel (1920, 12m)
underwritten by michael frew alison cant
program length: 100m
admission price: $15 member/$17 non-member