Party Girl (1930 film)

Party Girl
Cover of sheet music for "Oh! How I Adore You" from Party Girl
Directed byVictor Halperin
Written byGeorge Draney
Victor Halperin
Monte M. Katterjohn
Based onDangerous Business
1927 novel
by Edwin Balmer
Produced byVictor Halperin
StarringDouglas Fairbanks Jr.
Jeanette Loff
Marie Prevost
CinematographyHenry Cronjager
Robert Newhard
Edited byRussell F. Schoengarth
Music byHarry Stoddard
Production
company
Victory Pictures
Distributed byTiffany Pictures
Release date
  • January 1, 1930 (1930-01-01) (New York City)[1]
Running time
67 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Party Girl is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by Victor Halperin and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Jeanette Loff, and Marie Prevost. It is also known by the alternative title of Dangerous Business, the title of the novel on which it is based. It follows a New York businessman who inadvertently becomes involved in the criminal activities of a covert escort agency.

The film holds the record for the longest transfer from banned status to original release in United Kingdom history, having been rejected for cinema release in 1930, and remaining unreleased there until 2003.

  1. ^ "Party Girl". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Archived from the original on May 9, 2019.