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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1227

The Wild Party

192977 minUnited States

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: English
This copy runs: 75:27
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · Dorothy Arzner · Public domain

Synopsis

Popular college student Stella resists the discipline expected by a new anthropology professor. A party leads her and her friends into danger away from campus, and his intervention changes their relationship. Attraction develops alongside conflicting judgments about her conduct and future.

Cast

Clara Bow

Fredric March

DirectorsDorothy Arzner

Behind the scenes

Dorothy Arzner directed Clara Bow's first talking film. The production's need to capture speech while allowing Bow to move illustrates the practical adjustments demanded by the transition to sound.

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Photograph credit

Photographs cropped, resized and optimized as WebP, displayed in monochrome.

Clara Bow — Harold Dean Carsey (1886-1947) · Public domain
Fredric March — Unknown photographer · Public domain

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