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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 ...
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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…