The Wild Party (1923 film)
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| Directed by | Herbert Blaché |
| Written by | Hugh Hoffman |
| Story by | Marion Orth |
| Produced by | Carl Laemmle |
| Starring | Gladys Walton |
| Cinematography | Clyde De Vinna |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 5 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Wild Party is a lost[1][2] 1923 American silent drama film directed by Herbert Blaché and starring Gladys Walton and Robert Ellis.[3]
Plot summary
[edit]The secretary to the city editor of a newspaper, Leslie Adams, persuades him to let her write up a society affair. Her efforts result in a libel suit against the paper, and Leslie is told to prove her story or join the ranks of the unemployed. She fails to prove that she was right, though coincidentally, she wins the love of Stuart Furth, the man who threatened the libel suit.[4]
Cast
[edit]- Gladys Walton as Leslie Adams
- Robert Ellis as Basil Wingate / Stuart Furth
- Freeman Wood as Jack Cummings
- Dorothy Revier as Blanche Cartwright
- Sidney De Gray as Paul Cartwright (credited as Sidney De Grey)
- Lewis Sargent as 'Scissors' Hogan
- Esther Ralston as Bess Furth
- Kate Lester as Mrs. Furth
- Joseph W. Girard as Mr. Furth
- Sidney Bracey as Jasper Johnston
- William Robert Daly
Preservation
[edit]With no prints of The Wild Party located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Wild Party Retrieved December 16, 2017
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Wild Party at silentera.com, retrieved December 16, 2017
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: The Wild Party Retrieved December 16, 2017
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0014616/
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Wild Party
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Wild Party (1923 film).
- The Wild Party at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- The Wild Party at the TCM Movie Database
- The Wild Party at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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