Not Quite Decent

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Not Quite Decent
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Directed by Irving Cummings
Written by Marion Orth (writer)
Edwin J. Burke (dialogue)
Malcolm Stuart Boylan (intertitles)
Story by Wallace Smith
Produced by James Kevin McGuinness
Starring Louise Dresser
June Collyer
Cinematography Charles G. Clarke
Edited by Paul Weatherwax
Music by S. L. Rothafel
Distributed by Fox Film Corporation
Release date
  • July 1929 (1929-07)
Running time
58 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSound (Part-Talkie)
English Intertitles

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. [1] 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.

Contents

Plot

Cast

Music

The film features a theme song entitled "Empty Arms" with words and music by Con Conrad, Archie Gottler and Sidney D. Mitchell.

Preservation status

Not Quite Decent is now considered to be a lost film. [2] [3]

See also

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