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1923 film by Sidney Franklin, Jack Wagner

Dulcy
Lobby card
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.

Plot summary

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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, it is a lost film.

References

External links

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

v t e Films directed by Sidney Franklin
Let Katie Do It (1916) Going Straight (1916) The Little School Ma'am (1916) Gretchen the Greenhorn (1916) A Sister of Six (1916) The Babes in the Woods (1917) Jack and the Beanstalk (1917) Treasure Island (1918) The Safety Curtain (1918) Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1918) The Forbidden City (1918) The Probation Wife (1919) The Heart of Wetona (1919) The Hoodlum (1919) Heart o' the Hills (1919) Courage (1921) Not Guilty (1921) Smilin' Through (1922) The Primitive Lover (1922) East Is West (1922) Brass (1923) Dulcy (1923) Tiger Rose (1923) Her Night of Romance (1924) Learning to Love (1925) Her Sister from Paris (1925) Beverly of Graustark (1926) The Duchess of Buffalo (1926) Quality Street (1927) The Actress (1928) Wild Orchids (1929) The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1929) Devil-May-Care (1929) The Lady of Scandal (1930) A Lady's Morals (1930) The Guardsman (1931) Private Lives (1931) Smilin' Through (1932) Reunion in Vienna (1933) The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934) The Dark Angel (1935) The Good Earth (1937) The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957)

Films directed by Sidney Franklin

v t e George S. Kaufman
Plays and musicals	Some One in the House (1918) Dulcy (1921) To the Ladies (1922) The '49ers (1922) Merton of the Movies (1922) Helen of Troy, New York (1923) The Deep Tangled Wildwood (1923) Beggar on Horseback (1924) Be Yourself (1924) Minick (1924) The Butter and Egg Man (1925) The Cocoanuts (1925) The Good Fellow (1926) The Royal Family (1927) Animal Crackers (1928) June Moon (1929) The Channel Road (1929) Once in a Lifetime (1930) The Band Wagon (1931) Of Thee I Sing (1931) Dinner at Eight (1932) Let 'Em Eat Cake (1933) The Dark Tower (1933) Merrily We Roll Along (1934) First Lady (1935) Stage Door (1936) You Can't Take It with You (1936) I'd Rather Be Right (1937) The Fabulous Invalid (1938) The American Way (1939) The Man Who Came to Dinner (1939) George Washington Slept Here (1940) The Land Is Bright (1941) The Late George Apley (1944) Seven Lively Arts (1944) Hollywood Pinafore (1945) Bravo! (1948) The Small Hours (1951) Fancy Meeting You Again (1952) The Solid Gold Cadillac (1953) Silk Stockings (1955)
Musicals based on his plays	Sherry! (1967) Merrily We Roll Along (1981)
Films	Someone Must Pay (1919) Someone in the House (1920) Dulcy (1923) To the Ladies (1923) Merton of the Movies (1924) Welcome Home (1925) Beggar on Horseback (1925) The Butter and Egg Man (1928) The Cocoanuts (1929) Not So Dumb (1930) Animal Crackers (1930) The Royal Family of Broadway (1930) June Moon (1931) The Expert (1932) The Tenderfoot (1932) Make Me a Star (1932) Once in a Lifetime (1932) Dinner at Eight (1933) Roman Scandals (1933) The Man with Two Faces (1934) You Can't Take It with You (1938) The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
Films as a director	The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947)

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