Party Girl (1930)

Directed by

Victor Hugo Halperin

Genre

crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 07m

Rating

3.8 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A New York businessman gets mixed up with a secret escort agency that has ties to crime. He has to figure out how to get out of their grip without getting hurt.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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