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The Wild Party is a 1975 American comedy-drama film directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant for Merchant Ivory Productions. Loosely based on Joseph Moncure March's narrative poem of the same name, the screenplay is written by Walter Marks, who also composed the score.
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Jun 22, 2017 · An aging silent movie comic star tries for a comeback by staging a wild party that turns into a free-for-all.
Loosely based on the Fatty Arbuckle scandal, an aging silent movie comic star tries for a comeback by staging a wild party that turns into a sexual free-for-all. The comic ends up killing his mistress and her latest boyfriend.
The Wild Party is a 1975 American comedy-drama film directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant for Merchant Ivory Productions. Loosely based on Joseph Moncure March's narrative poem of the same name, the screenplay is written by Walter Marks, who also composed the score.
The premise is interesting – a silent film star (James Coco), trying to revive his career as talkies sweep the industry, hosts a party with his wife (Raquel Welch) to introduce his latest film.
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THE WILD PARTY is based on the 1926 narrative poem by Joseph Moncure March about a Greenwich Village party-turned-disaster. Director James Ivory sets the film in Hollywood at the mansion of silent-screen legend Jolly Grimm (James Coco).
Play Trailer. Hollywood in the '20s... Gin, Sin and a Night they're still whispering about! Overview. An aging silent movie comic star throws a lavish party to try and save his failing career. James Ivory. Director. Joseph Moncure March. Novel. Walter Marks. Screenplay.
The Wild Party is a 1975 Merchant Ivory Productions film directed by James Ivory, produced by Ismail Merchant, and starring James Coco and Raquel Welch. An aging silent movie comic star of the 1920s named Jolly Grimm attempts a comeback by staging a party to show his new film.
The Wild Party. 19751h 49mR. Drama, Comedy. 5.340%15%54% Add to Watchlist. With the arrival of talking pictures, a silent film comedian (a Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle-type) throws a lavish party to try and save his failing career. His plan is to release one last, great silent masterpiece. More. Directed By. James Ivory. Written By.
