Wild Party Movie Review 1974

It's 1929, a year of much frivolity in Hollywood. Drinking, dancing, maneuvering and almost every sort of romance are the rule of the night at silent film comic Jolly Grimm's sumptuous, star-studded party that climaxes with, among other things, a murder. Well performed but somehow hollow; ambitious Ivory effort unfortunately falls short. Based on Joseph Moncure March's poem, and loosely on the Fatty Arbuckle scandal.

Distribution

Available on VHS
Running time 90 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Period Piece: 1920s, Behind the Scenes, Adapted from a Poem

Cast

Raquel Welch, James Coco, Perry King, David Dukes, Royal Dano, Tiffany Bolling

Cinematography

Walter Lassally

Director

James Ivory

Producer

United Artists