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.

Not Quite Decent
Lobby card
Directed byIrving Cummings
Written byMarion Orth (writer)
Edwin J. Burke (dialogue)
Malcolm Stuart Boylan (intertitles)
Story byWallace Smith
Produced byJames Kevin McGuinness
StarringLouise Dresser
June Collyer
CinematographyCharles G. Clarke
Edited byPaul Weatherwax
Music byS. L. Rothafel
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • July 1929 (1929-07)
Running time
58 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSound (Part-Talkie)
English Intertitles

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

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

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