"A laugh in every line...and a howl in every scene. The Comedy Hit Of The Talking Screen" 02 February 1930 Comedy, Romance 76 mins
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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Marion Davies as Dulcy
Elliott Nugent as Gordon
Raymond Hackett as Bill
Franklin Pangborn as Leach
Julia Faye as Mrs. Forbes
William Holden as Mr. Forbes
Donald Ogden Stewart as Van Dyke
Sally Starr as Angela
George Davis as Perkins
George Irving as Blair Patterson (uncredited)
John Miljan as (uncredited)
King Vidor Director
King Vidor Producer
Marion Davies Producer
Wanda Tuchock Writer
Douglas Shearer Sound Recordist
Adrian Costume Design
Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
Blanche Sewell Editor
Edwin Justus Mayer Dialogue
Oliver T. Marsh Director of Photography
United States 02 February 1930
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14 December 1930
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01 August 1930
Just before the scheduled electrocution of stockbroker Kenneth Avery for the murder of Mazie Lawrence, Nan Perry makes one last plea to the governor for a stay of execution and relates the incidents that led to Mazie's death.
21 December 1930
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02 August 1930
In that "cute" beginning, we see some funny sight gags with our hero serenading his girl down south in Mexico, strumming his guitar in a unique matter and then literally getting "cold feet.
29 January 1930
This primarily two-set programmer has a has-been criminal lawyer, Anthony Sommers (William V. Mong) wrongly accused of murder and follows the efforts of his daughter, Molly Sommers (Dorothy Revier), a nightclub singer and two newspapers reporters, Ted Palmer (David Newell) and the inaptly-named Drinkwater (Raymond Hatton), posing as a drunk, to clear him.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1930 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.