The Wild Party (1975)

Synopsis: THE WILD PARTY is based on the 1926 narrative poem by Joseph Moncure March about a Greenwich Village party-turned-disaster. Director James Ivory sets the film in Hollywood at the mansion of... THE WILD PARTY is based on the 1926 narrative poem by Joseph Moncure March about a Greenwich Village party-turned-disaster. Director James Ivory sets the film in Hollywood at the mansion of silent-screen legend Jolly Grimm (James Coco). Grimm and his mistress, Queenie (Raquel Welch), are hoping that a big party given at their home to celebrate the finish of Grimm's film will be the catalyst that revives his career. But Grimm's alcoholism, the advent of talkies, and his failure to get a studio to distribute the film turn the party into something less than celebratory. Queenie entertains the affections of a new Hollywood heartthrob, Dale Sword (Perry King), while Grimm cavorts with a Mary Pickford-type ingenue. It has been suggested that the poem and movie are founded on events similar to the 1921 Fatty Arbuckle scandal. [More]

Starring: Raquel Welch, James Coco, Perry King, Tiffany Bolling

Starring: Raquel Welch, James Coco, Perry King, Tiffany Bolling, Royal Dano, David Dukes, Dena Dietrich, Jennifer Lee

Director: James Ivory

Director: James Ivory
Producer: Ismail Merchant
Screenwriter: Walter Marks
Story: Joseph Moncure March
Composer: Laurence Rosenthal, Louis St. Louis

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