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Clara Bow.
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The Wild Party
(1929) American
B&W : Seven reels / 2184.5 metres
Directed by Dorothy Arzner
Cast: Clara Bow [Stella Ames], Fredric March [James ‘Gil’ Gilmore], Marceline Day [Faith Morgan], Shirley O’Hara [Helen Owens], Adrienne Doré [Babs], Joyce Compton [Eva ‘Evie’ Tutt], Jack Oakie [Al], Jack Luden [George], Phillips Holmes [Phil], Renee Whitney [Janice Allen], Alice Adair [Mazie], Kay Bryant [Thelma], Marguerite Cramer [Gwen], Ben Hendricks Jr. [Ed, the masher], Amo Ingraham [Jean], Jean Lorraine [Ann], Jack Raymond [Baolam], Virginia Thomas [Tess], Lincoln Stedman [party guest], Arthur Rankin
[?] Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation? production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Associate producer, E. Lloyd Sheldon. Scenario by E. Lloyd Sheldon + [John V.A. Weaver], from the [?] novel? Unforbidden Fruit by Warner Fabian (Samuel Hopkins Adams). Costume design by Travis Banton. Cinematography by Victor Milner. Sound recording by Earl S. Hayman. Intertitles by George Marion Jr. and E. Lloyd Sheldon. Editing by Otho Lovering. Music by John Leipold + [Richard A. Whiting] (music) and Leo Robin (lyrics). Presented by Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky. / Released 6 April 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. [?] Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film sound system? / Bow’s first sound film. / Full-sound film.
Survival Status: Print exists.
Keywords: Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 23 March 2007.
References: Bohn-Light p. 183; Leish-Cinema p. 59; Limbacher-Feature p. 277; Vermilye-Twenties p. 166; Wakeman-World pp. 4, 8; Weaver-Twenty p. 57 : ClasIm-301 p. 47 : Website-IMDb.
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