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Pat Harrington (Marian Davies) is the patsy in her family, the forgotten good girl who watches her flirtatious sister collect all the fellas. But when sis two-times her current beau, the dreamboat Pat secretly loves, Pat seizes her chance. She knows that to get a man, a girl needs to get some personality. So she gets three, mimicking Mae Murray, Lillian Gish and Pola Negri in a daffy plot to make the dreamboat jealous. (official distributor synopsis)
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A delightful civilian film, which could teach us that there is nothing more natural than a normal family in the 1920s. That is, the song of the harsh mother, the hen-pecked father, the spoiled older daughter, and the bratty younger daughter is as universal 100 years ago as any time since. This is a Marion Davies production, so logically Marion as the titular Patsy shines as brightly as she can. She even successfully parodies her fellow actresses Mae Murray, Lilian Gish, and Pola Negri (and borrows a few good Charlie Chaplin gags).
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