The Wild Party

1929

1h 17m

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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. Gossip linking the two escalates until Stella proves she is decent by shielding an innocent girl and winning the professor's respect.

Directors

Dorothy Arzner

Writers

E. Lloyd Sheldon(adaptation by)

Samuel Hopkins Adams(story by)

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Clara Bow

Fredric March

Shirley O'Hara

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Stella Ames

James Gilmore

Helen

Faith Morgan

Babs (als Adrienne Doré)

Eva 'Evie' Tutt

Georgie

Phil

Mazie

Thelma

Gwen

Jean

Ann

Pullman Car Passenger

Arthur Rankin

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Jack Raymond

Baolam

Directors

Dorothy Arzner

Writers

E. Lloyd Sheldon(adaptation by)

Samuel Hopkins Adams(story by)

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• director dorothy arzner, one of two prominent female directors of this time, was a lesbian!!! she spent 40 years of her life with choreographer marion morgon!!! • with this in mind, i would say there is some delightful queercoding in this (particularly helen, who spends her run time studying and expressing her distaste in boys, though it's also blatant in bow's character, despite the entire film being about her relationship with a man). i also think that, despite many typical tropes, you can feel the woman's touch radiating from this (particularly in how the women interact, and how the school itself was built by a woman despite what people said of her). • dorothy arzner is credited as the inventor of the boom mic!!! she put a microphone at the end of a fishing rod to allow clara bow to move around more on set!!! A LESBIAN INVENTED THE BOOM MIC !!! • speaking of clara bow, this is her first talkie!!! and as much as i know she hated talkies, i love her voice so much. your accent is adorable, sorry queen! • also because this is such an early talkie, there are SO many silent film aspects in this, like title cards, and long shots on bow that allow her to do a lot of the acting she's used to. yes, it means a lot of this movie is clunky, but it makes it very endearing too.

parksycline20 Dec, 2024