Not So Dumb

1930
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1h 16m

IMDb RATING

5.8/10

1.2K

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Marion Davies, Franklin Pangborn, and Sally Starr in Not So Dumb (1930)

Comedy Romance

Not-so-smart chatterbox Dulcy Parker does and says all the wrong things, but they right themselves to prove she's not so dumb after all.Not-so-smart chatterbox Dulcy Parker does and says all the wrong things, but they right themselves to prove she's not so dumb after all.Not-so-smart chatterbox Dulcy Parker does and says all the wrong things, but they right themselves to prove she's not so dumb after all.

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IMDb RATING

5.8/10

1.2K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Marion Davies, George Davis, and Elliott Nugent in Not So Dumb (1930)

Marion Davies and Elliott Nugent in Not So Dumb (1930)

Marion Davies and Franklin Pangborn in Not So Dumb (1930)

Franklin Pangborn and Sally Starr in Not So Dumb (1930)

Marion Davies, Julia Faye, Elliott Nugent, and Sally Starr in Not So Dumb (1930)

Donald Ogden Stewart in Not So Dumb (1930)

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Trivia
The original Broadway production of and source for the screen play "Dulcy" by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly opened at the Frazee Theatre on August 13, 1921 and ran for 241 performances. The play had been made into a film once before as Dulcy in a 1923 silent version starring Constance Talmadge in the title role.

Quotes
Dulcy: By power of reduction and by a process of illumination, I know the necklace is in that shoe.

Alternate versions
MGM also released a silent version of this film.

Connections
Featured in Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies (2001)

Soundtracks
Singin' in the Rain
Music by Nacio Herb Brown
Lyrics by Arthur Freed
Played briefly on the piano by Donald Ogden Stewart

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Review

Featured review

5/10

Shrill and annoying

It's hard to see this now and not find Davies painfully annoying and borderline unwatchable. But you have to take into account the time it came out. It's a statically shot "farce" with thin characters and an attempt to have a dizzying plot but what you're left with is not much. It's based on a play and the lack of locations and flat staging shows that. Nothing much worth seeing anymore.

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