1929 Lesbian Director Dorothy Arzner’s and Clara Bow in The Wild Party

[LGBTQ] Dorothy Arzner was an American lesbian film director whose career in feature films spanned from the silent era of the late 1920's into the early 1940's. At Paramount, Arzner directed Clara Bow's first talkie, The Wild Party (1929). The Wild Party was the film to skyrocket lesbian director Dorothy Arzner's career. The Wild Party's focus on women in exclusively female environments was a gold mine for Pre-Code era homosexual subtext since Dorothy Arzner was open about her lesbian sexuality (she was even believed to have relationships with numerous notable actors of the time, such as Alla Nazimova and Billie Burke). The movie was released in 1929 prior (truncated) to the passage of the Hay's Code, which severely restricted how filmmakers may express their ideas. The Wild Party follows the character of Stella Ames, the most popular girl at her all-girls university. Arzner did not hold back from the fact that all-girl universities were known to be safe havens for lesbians in America, and thus presented free-spirited, independent, and aggressive women throughout the film. Overall, the film is a prime example of lesbian excellence. Two Original vintage photographs, a profile shot of Director Dorothy Arzner at the time of the film and a vintage photograph of Clara Bow dancing with and Fredric March in her film "The Wild Party", Bothare vintage black and white silver gelatin prints. Some marking on verso and slight imperfection on the margins, otherwise in very good condition. (Inventory #: 19270)