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The Big Parade
The story of an idle rich boy who joins the US Army's Rainbow Division and is sent to France to fight in World War I, becomes friends with two working class men, experiences the horrors of trench warfare, and finds love with a French girl.
1925 · Directed by King Vidor · 151 min · Romance · War · Drama · 10 frames
Tagline
The epic of the American doughboy!
Crew
- Screenplay: Harry Behn
- Cinematography: John Arnold, Charles Van Enger
- Edited by: Hugh Wynn
- Produced by: Irving Thalberg
Cast
- John Gilbert as James 'Jim' Apperson
- Renée Adorée as Melisande
- Hobart Bosworth as Mr. Apperson
- Claire McDowell as Mrs. Apperson
- Claire Adams as Justyn Reed
- Robert Ober as Harry Apperson
- Tom O'Brien as Michael Olysius 'Bull' O'Hara
- Karl Dane as 'Slim' Jensen
- Rosita Marstini as Melisande's Mother
- Julanne Johnston as Justine Devereux (uncredited)
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: No Language
- Studios: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Budget: $382,000
- Box office: $20,000,000
- Themes: france, world war i, patriotism, battlefield, falling in love, combat, silent film, convoy, french girl, spitting
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