Uncut/1930 Release


I am looking to obtain a DVD/R copy of the original 67-minute version of Party Girl (1930). The print made available through Alpha Video is that of the 1935 Personality Pictures re-release; this version was cut by six to seven minutes. If anyone out there knows whether or not this film still exists in its original format and has access to it, drop me a line.

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Alienator
I am looking to obtain a DVD/R copy of the original 67-minute version of Party Girl (1930). The print made available through Alpha Video is that of the 1935 Personality Pictures re-release; this version was cut by six to seven minutes. If anyone out there knows whether or not this film still exists in its original format and has access to it, drop me a line.


Do you happen to know the differences between the theatrical release and the uncut version?

I didn't see anything in the movie that would cause it to be banned. Maybe it was the subject matter rather than the content?


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Wish I could say. Though there are some risquey instances in Party Girl, most of the sleaze is implied. After all, the film is about soliciting sex: the primary function of call girl services, to my understanding. Certainly this ambiguity is part of the film's charm; however, I do wonder if the original cut contained more explicit material.

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Wish I could say. Though there are some risquey instances in Party Girl, most of the sleaze is implied. After all, the film is about soliciting sex: the primary function of call girl services, to my understanding. Certainly this ambiguity is part of the film's charm; however, I do wonder if the original cut contained more explicit material.

I did a little research. Apparently one of the women was frolicking naked in the fountain. That's the usually cut bit.

Sometimes puritanical censors are ridiculous. Why do they think the public needs to be protected from a woman's bare breasts and butt? She's human, we're human. What's the harm?



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Regarding the woman in the fountain, was she the one saying, "I may not be a rose, but I will smell like one"?

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