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The Dummy

1929, Movie, NR, 70 mins

The Dummy: Review

A dumb picture distinguished only by some oddities; Pitts played a kidnaper; it was March's first movie job (he was busily working on stage in "The Royal Family" at night); Ruth Chatterton was top-billed and had even less to do than March, who never got one close-up; Oakie, Pallette, and Tucker were hardly noticed. Title comes from the fact that Mickey Bennett, the office boy in John Cromwell's detective agency, pretends to be deaf and dumb in order to nab the kidnapers who ... read more leave a comment