Clara Bow
Stella Ames
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The Wild Party is a 1929 American pre-Code film directed by Dorothy Arzner and starring Clara Bow and Fredric March. Released by Paramount Pictures, it is known as Bow's first talkie. It is the fifth film directed by Arzner and the earliest surviving film in her work as a director.
The Wild Party: Directed by Dorothy Arzner. With Clara Bow, Fredric March, Marceline Day, Shirley O'Hara. Wild girls at a college pay more attention to parties than their classes. But when one party girl, Stella Ames, goes too far at a local bar and lands in trouble, her professor must rescue her.
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- Drama, Romance
- Dorothy Arzner
- 1929-04-06
Director Dorothy Arzner guided Clara Bow to a winning performance in this, her first sound feature. Stella is an inveterate partier at an all-girl college. But when a favorite classmate is implicated in a scandal, Stella heroically defends her friend's reputation at the expense of her own.
After storming out of class in tears, Stella decides to go to a wild "house party" at a neighboring men's college and takes her shy, serious friend Helen Owens, with her. Stella has a change of heart about Gil after hearing that he was shot by one of the drunks who abducted her, and when Gil returns to campus, they profess their love for each ...
- Dorothy Arzner, Sid Brod, Art Jacobson
- Clara Bow
Feb 15, 2017 · The Wild Party was the first talkie for both star Clara Bow and director Dorothy Arzner 1, and is noted in the technical history of the early sound period for its introduction of the boom microphone.
- Luke Aspell
Wild girls at a college pay more attention to parties than their classes. But when one party girl, Stella Ames, goes too far at a local bar and gets in trouble, her professor has to rescue her.
The Wild Party (1929) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
