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The Wild Party Honor among Lovers

Introduced by Judith Mayne Dorothy Arzner

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Dec 04, 2003 7:00 PM
$6 students (tickets required)
$4 members
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Tonight's screening is introduced by Judith Mayne, Ohio State's Professor of French and women's studies and author of Directed by Dorothy Arzner (1994), the definitive critical biography of the director. Arzner's first talkie, The Wild Party was also the sound debut for its star, original "It Girl" Clara Bow. She plays a high-spirited coed whose anthropology professor/boyfriend forces her to mend her ways. (1929; 77 mins.)

The pre-Code Honor among Lovers is a stylish Jazz Age look at love and fidelity set in penthouse suites and Long Island speakeasies. With Claudette Colbert, Fredric March, and Ginger Rogers. (1931; 75 mins.)

Season Support

Support for the 2003-04 film/video season provided by the Rohauer Collection Foundation and the Corporate Annual Fund of the Wexner Center Foundation.

Contemporary films, international films, and visiting filmmakers presentations presented with support from the Ohio Arts Council.

Event Support

Directed by Dorothy Arzner was conceived by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. With the cooperation of Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios the archive has preserved Arzner's six extant films for Paramount from nitrate projection prints or acetate positives. None of the original negatives has survived. Preservation of the films was made possible with generous support from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Myra Reinhard Family Foundation, and Jodie Foster.

Promotional Support

Promotional support for the Wexner Center's presentation of this series provided by Outlook News.
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Past

The Wild Party Honor among Lovers

Dec 04, 2003 7:00 PM EST
$6 students (tickets required)
$4 members
Become a Member