''Dulcy'' is a 1923 American silent

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directed by Sidney A. Franklin and starring

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. The film was adapted from the Broadway production of the same name written by George S. Kaufman and

Marc Connelly Marcus Cook Connelly (December 13, 1890 – December 21, 1980) was an American playwright, director, producer, performer, and lyricist. He was a key member of the Algonquin Round Table, and received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1930. Biogra ...

. The play opened in New York in August 1921 and ran for 241 performances.Progressive Silent Film List: ''Dulcy''
at silentera.com

Cast

Remake

A sound,

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version called ''

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'' was made in 1930 starring

Marion Davies Marion Davies (born Marion Cecilia Douras; January 3, 1897 – September 22, 1961) was an American actress, producer, screenwriter, and philanthropist. Educated in a religious convent, Davies fled the school to pursue a career as a chorus girl ...

, directed by

King Vidor King Wallis Vidor (; February 8, 1894 – November 1, 1982) was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter whose 67-year film-making career successfully spanned the silent and sound eras. His works are distinguished by a vivid, ...

, and produced for Cosmopolitan Productions for

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and abbreviated as MGM, is an American film, television production, distribution and media company owned by Amazon through MGM Holdings, founded on April 17, 1924 ...

. Another version of '' Dulcy'' was made in 1940 by

. It stars

Ann Sothern Ann Sothern (born Harriette Arlene Lake; January 22, 1909 – March 15, 2001) was an American actress who worked on stage, radio, film, and television, in a career that spanned nearly six decades. Sothern began her career in the late 1920 ...

in the title role, and was directed by S. Sylvan Simon.

Preservation

With no prints of ''Dulcy'' located in any film archives,Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''Dulcy''
/ref> it is a

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External links

* * 1923 films 1923 comedy films Silent American comedy films American silent feature films American black-and-white films American films based on plays Lost American films 1923 lost films Lost comedy films Films directed by Sidney Franklin 1920s American films 1920s English-language films {{1920s-silent-comedy-film-stub