Dulcinea `'Dulcy'` Parker
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Not So Dumb is a 1930 pre-Code comedy motion picture starring Marion Davies, directed by King Vidor, and produced for Cosmopolitan Productions for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is based on the stage play Dulcy by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly that starred Lynn Fontanne .
Not So Dumb: Directed by King Vidor. With Marion Davies, Elliott Nugent, Raymond Hackett, Franklin Pangborn. 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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Not So Dumb: Directed by King Vidor. With Marion Davies, Elliott Nugent, Raymond Hackett, Franklin Pangborn. 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.
While praised by Leonard Maltin as a precursor to the screwball comedies of the 1930's and 1940's, Not So Dumb is a not so entertaining weekend with ditzy Davies and guests. Davies is trying to give her boyfriend's career a boost by mixing with important guests during the weekend.
Dulcy (Marion Davies) is engaged to Gordon (Elliott Nugent), an up-and-coming businessman with grandiose aspirations. In an effort to help him with his career, she invites his potential business ...
Not so dumb? Not so great either. Marion Davies throwing off malapropism after malapropism was amusing. So was Franklin Pangborn. At best, this was a moderately successful stage-to-screen adaptation…
