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Not Quite Decent (1929)

Not Quite Decent poster
Directed by
Irving Cummings
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
58 min
Rated
NR
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman tries to improve her social standing but gets involved with a dishonest man. Her mother works to protect her from making a serious mistake.

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What happens

Not Quite Decent is a 1929 American sound part-talkie Pre-Code film, produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation, directed by Irving Cummings, and starring June Collyer and Louise Dresser. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Movietone sound-on-film system. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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