Not So Dumb (1930) 480p w/Marion Davies, Elliott Nugent, Franklin Pangborn

Comedy | Romance | Pre-Code | USA | B&W | 76min | Director: King Vidor Cast: Marion Davies, Elliott Nugent, Raymond Hackett, Franklin Pangborn, Julia Faye, Sally Starr, Donald Ogden Stewart, George Davis, William Holden, George Irving 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 partner, jeweller Charles Rogers-Forbes (William Holden), to their home, along with his wife (Julia Faye) and his daughter (Sally Starr). Despite her best intentions, Dulcy is not the most-eloquent of hostesses and is quickly overwhelmed by the evening's events, making one blunder after another, putting Gordon's career at risk.