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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.
- (553)
- Drama, Romance
- Dorothy Arzner
- 1929-04-06
TCM's intro to "The Wild Party", Clara Bow's first talkie.
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If nothing else, The Wild Party dispels the old myth that sound or voice had anything to do with Clara Bow’s premature retirement as a film star. When it was made in 1929 she was at the height of her popularity, and she would continue to be a major film star for two years.
Directed by: Dorth Arzner. Screenplay: E. Lloyd Sheldon. Dialogue: E. Lloyd Sheldon, John V.A. Weaver. Titles: E. Lloyd Sheldon, George Marion, Jr. Story: Warner Fabian. Photographed by: Victor Milner. Film Editing: Otto Lovering. Theme Song: “My Wild Party Girl” Leo Robin, Richard Whiting. Recording Engineer: Earl Hayman. Wardrobe: Travis ...
With "talkies" The Wild Party, Dangerous Curves, and The Saturday Night Kid, all released in 1929, Bow kept her position as the top box-office draw and queen of Hollywood. Neither the quality of Bow's voice nor her Brooklyn accent was an issue to Bow, her fans, or Paramount.
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In The Wild Party, Arzner worked with the incomparable Clara Bow, the silent screen’s great icon of sexual freedom and passion. (The two had collaborated previously on 1927’s Get Your Man.) The Wild Party’s scenario was not based on the notorious William Moncure March long poem about a mad gin party, recently made into a Broadway show ...
