The Wild Party is a 1929 American pre-Code film directed by Dorothy Arzner and starring Clara Bow and Fredric March.

The film focuses on an all-female college where the students are more interested in having fun and partying than studying.

Stella and her friends show up in revealing costumes and are therefore thrown out by Faith Morgan (Day), the head of the student body.

While taking her home, she tries to show her gratitude, but he is not moved by her, pointing out her scandalous lifestyle and lack of ambition.

While reporting to the dean, Helen loses a letter she has written to George, a man she is secretly seeing, despite the fact that it is prohibited for students to date.

[1] As Bow was very nervous about the new sound generation system, Arzner tried to comfort her by devising what is reputed to be the first fishpole microphone to allow flexibility of placement.

[3] The film had mixed reviews and Bow's Brooklyn accent was the key point of discussion.

[1] One critic described her voice as a 'smooth contralto, vigorous and natural', while another said that she had a 'harsh tonal quality that is not very easy on sensitive eardrums'.

[1] Nevertheless, The Wild Party did well at the box office and confirmed Dorothy Arzner's abilities as a director.