Notorious but Nice

{{short description|1933 film by Richard Thorpe}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Notorious But Nice | image = Notorious but Nice Richard Thorpe 1933.png | caption = | director = Richard Thorpe | producer = George R. Batcheller | writer = Carol Webster | screenplay = | narrator = | story = Adeline Leitzbach | based_on = | starring = Marian Marsh <br> Betty Compson <br> Don Dillaway | music = | cinematography = M. A. Anderson | editing = Roland D. Reed | studio = Chesterfield Pictures | distributor = Chesterfield Pictures | released = {{Film date|1933|08|05}} | runtime = 65 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''Notorious but Nice''''' is a 1933 pre-Code American sound film drama directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Marian Marsh, Betty Compson and Don Dillaway. It was produced and distributed by B movie studio Chesterfield Motion Pictures.<ref name=afi>{{AFI film|5161}}</ref>

The film survives, with a copy preserved by The Library of Congress.<ref>American Film Institute (1978) ''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' p.129</ref>

==Plot== Jenny Jones, a girl with a mysterious past is engaged to her employer son. His father attempts to destroy her life so his son will reject her. When all seems lost, help comes from an unexpected source, but complications ensue.

==Cast== * Marian Marsh as Jenny Jones * Betty Compson as Millie Sprague * Donald Dillaway as Richard Hamilton * Rochelle Hudson as Constance Martin * John St. Polis as John Martin * J. Carrol Naish as Joe Charney * Dewey Robinson as Tuffy Kraft * Henry Kolker as Defense Attorney * Robert Ellis as Prosecutor * Robert Frazer as The Park Man * Wilfred Lucas as Judge * Michael Mark as Henchman Bill * Jane Keckley as Mrs. Kelly - Landlady * J. Frank Glendon as Clark's Associate (as Frank Glendon) * Clarence Geldart * Edward Peil Sr. as Doctor at Hospital * Nancy Cornelius as Nurse * Louise Beavers as Ophelia * Bess Flowers as Miss Price - Martin's Secretary

==Bibliography== *Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each''. McFarland & Company, 2005.

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==External links== *{{AFI film|5161}} *{{IMDb title|0024394}} *[https://archive.org/details/Notorious_But_Nice Notorious but Nice] free download from [https://archive.org/ Internet Archive](sticking) *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRaosDFqTfo Notorious but Nice] on ''YouTube''

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