About this title: Douglas Fairbanks Jr. made his talkie debut in the low-budget but imaginative "exploitationer" Party Girl. Fairbanks plays carefree young bachelor Jay Roundtree, the son of a wealthy industrialist. Though Jay is in love with his dad's secretary, his class consciousness compels him to keep his distance from her. One night, he joins his fraternity pals for a wild penthouse bash, where a group of "party girls" (a 1930 code word for prostitutes) encourage the guests (mostly "dirty old men" in tuxedoes) to wash their inhibitions away with bootleg liquor. Imagine Jay's surprise when, in the course ...
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Description: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Judith Barrie, Jeanette Loff, Marie Prevost, John St. Polis, Sammy Blum. New in new packaging. 1930 Run time: 67. Swinging bachelor Doug Fairbanks Jr. is invited to a wild party, finds out potentially damaging information about his sweetheart (Jeanette Loff), and has a one-night stand with a morally casual girl (Judith Barrie) who blackmails him into marrying her. Pretty spicy stuff for 1930; rather slowly paced but genuinely engaging. read more
Format: DVD
Screen format: Full Screen
DVD region: 1
Date: 04/25/2006
UPC:089218503596
Description: New in new packaging. USA Orders only! Brand New product! please allow delivery times of 3-7 business days within the USA; Attention UK customers, please use our UK account ImportCDsUK, thank you. read more
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