NL 1926 | Production: Unie Film Onderneming Rotterdam | b/w and Colour | DCP | 6 min | silent | Eye Filmmuseum

USA 1928 | Director: King Vidor | Screenplay: Agnes Christine Johnston after a piece by Barry Conners | Camera: John F. Seitz | Editing: Hugh Wynn | Cast: Marion Davies, Orville Caldwell, Marie Dressler, Dell Henderson, Lawrence Gray, Jane Winton, William O‘Brian | Production: King Vidor, Marion Davies, William Randolph Hearst | b/w | DCP | 78 min | silent with live musical accompaniment | OV (engl. INT) | Preserved by the Library of Congress USA

Patricia, known as Patsy, is the one who gets browbeaten in the family – particularly by her mother and her older sister Grace who continually push her around and exploit her. When Patsy falls in love with Tony – who, for his part, is courting the sister – she does whatever possible to sabotage the relationship. Pa Harrington, who is actually on Patsy‘s side but who cannot assert himself in the family, supports her on the quiet with hints as to how she might win Tony. Well, she does everything in her power. She reads books on personality development, feigns an interest in another young man and also delivers hugely funny impersonations of Pola Negri, Mae Murray and Lillian Gish. All to no avail: Tony is less than impressed with Patsy. Yet she stays on the ball and only when Pa finally manages to impose himself on the proceedings do the family rows come to an end. As Patsy, Marion Davies pulls out all the stops! (Internationales Frauenfilmfestival Dortmund | Köln 2011)