Underplayed Gems

Not So Dumb (1930)

Not So Dumb poster
Directed by
King Vidor
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 16m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A woman tries to help her fiance with his business plans, but her schemes lead to comic misunderstandings and chaos. It is a pre-Code comedy based on a stage play.

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What happens

Not So Dumb is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by King Vidor, starring Marion Davies, and produced by Cosmopolitan Productions for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, who released it on January 17, 1930. It is based on the stage play Dulcy by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly that starred Lynn Fontanne. The film resulted in a financial loss for the studio of $39,000. The play was previously adapted into a silent film in 1923 and would be adapted again in 1940. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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