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
LanguageEnglish

Not Quite Decent is a 1929 American Pre-Code early sound film or part-talkie, produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation, directed by Irving Cummings, and starring June Collyer and Louise Dresser. [1]

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Preservation status

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

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