The original play opened in New York on 13 August 1921, with Lynn Fontanne as the title character. In Dulcy (1940), the book Schuyler Van Dyke is reading, "Nuts! An Intimate Glimpse Into the Life of the American Peanut," originally was "Pschopathia-Sexualis," but was changed at the request of the Hays office.
Other changes requested by the Hays Office included the studio being warned to eliminate or alter several scenes and lines of dialogue: the "action of 'Dulcy' whispering in the waiter's ear suggests inescapably a 'toilet gag,'" and Dulcy's line, "He forced it from my most intimate parts."
Other changes requested by the Hays Office included the studio being warned to eliminate or alter several scenes and lines of dialogue: the "action of 'Dulcy' whispering in the waiter's ear suggests inescapably a 'toilet gag,'" and Dulcy's line, "He forced it from my most intimate parts."
In this, the third screen version, Ann Sothern plays the same character Constance Talmadge played in 1923 and Marion Davies played in 1930.
Lux Radio Theatre version starring Zasu Pitts aired June, 1936. A Lux Radio Theatre presentation of Dulcy aired on 29 Mar 1937, and starred George Burns and Gracie Allen.
This film's initial telecast took place in Los Angeles Thursday 8 August 1957 on KTTV (Channel 11); it first aired in Philadelphia 1 October 1957, in New Haven CT 15 October 1957 on WNHC (Channel 8) , in Altoona PA 29 October 1957 on WFBG (Channel 10), in Portland OR 12 November 1957 on KGW (Channel 8), in Lebanon PA 16 November 1957 on WLBR (Channel 15), in Seattle 17 November 1957 on KING (Channel 5), in Norfolk VA 2 December 1957 on WTAR (Channel 3), in Honolulu 14 January 1958 on KHVH (Channel 13), in Hartford CT 27 January 1958 on WHCT (Channel 18), and in Chicago 8 February 1958 on WBBM (Channel 2); in San Francisco it first aired 27 January 1960 on KGO (Channel 7), but New York City television viewers didn't get a chance to take a look at it until 6 March 1963 on WCBS (Channel 2).
Lee Phelps is listed as a cast member in studio records for this film Dulcy (1940), but he was not seen in the movie.