Dulcy (1923 film)

Dulcy
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Directed by	Sidney A. Franklin
Written by	John Emerson Anita Loos C. Gardner Sullivan
Based on	Dulcy 1921 play by Marc Connelly George S. Kaufman
Starring	Constance Talmadge John Harron
Cinematography	Norbert Brodine
Edited by	C. Gardner Sullivan
Production company	Constance Talmadge Film Company
Distributed by	Associated First National Pictures
Release date	August 23, 1923 (1923-08-23) (United States)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Dulcy is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Sidney A. Franklin and starring Constance Talmadge. The film was adapted from the Broadway production of the same name written by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly. The play opened in New York in August 1921 and ran for 241 performances.^[1]

Plot summary

Cast

• Constance Talmadge as Dulcy
• Claude Gillingwater as Mr. Forbes
• Jack Mulhall as Gordon Smith
• John Harron a Bilsly Parker
• Anne Cornwall as Angela Forbes
• George Beranger as Vincent Leach
• Fred Esmelton as Blair Patterson
• Milla Davenport as Matty

Remake

A sound, pre-code version called Not So Dumb was made in 1930 starring Marion Davies, directed by King Vidor, and produced for Cosmopolitan Productions for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Another version of Dulcy was made in 1940 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It stars Ann Sothern in the title role, and was directed by S. Sylvan Simon.

Preservation

With no prints of Dulcy located in any film archives,^[2] it is a lost film.

References

1. Progressive Silent Film List: Dulcy at silentera.com
2. Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Dulcy

External links

• Dulcy at IMDb
• Dulcy at the TCM Movie Database
• Dulcy at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films