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The Big Parade( 1925)

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The epic of the American doughboy!

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      John Gilbert

      James 'Jim' Apperson

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      Renée Adorée

      Melisande

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      Hobart Bosworth

      Mr. Apperson

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      Claire McDowell

      Mrs. Apperson

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      Claire Adams

      Justyn Reed

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      Robert Ober

      Harry Apperson

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      Tom O'Brien

      Michael Olysius 'Bull' O'Hara

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      Karl Dane

      'Slim' Jensen

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      Rosita Marstini

      Melisande's Mother

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      Julanne Johnston

      Justine Devereux (uncredited)

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      Kathleen Key

      Miss Apperson (uncredited)

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      Carl Roup

      Doughboy (uncredited)

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    A review by talisencrw

    10
    Written by talisencrw on Thu Aug 04 2016
    Recently in approaching the milestone of seeing my 5,000th film (at least by my IMDb list of my shoddy recollections), I wanted to make it a very special film, so it was between the blus of this and 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'. That was a very special work too, but in retrospect, I felt this was an even finer film. I haven't seen much of Vidor's work (only 'The Champ', 'Hallelujah' and 'The Fountainhead'--all of which I greatly admired), but I knew he was a great American director to be reckoned with, for any cinephile worth his salt. Plus, I had always been intrigued by the then-sex sym...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    382000.00

    Revenue

    20000000.00

    Keywords

    • france
    • world war i
    • patriotism
    • battlefield
    • combat
    • silent film
    • french girl
    • spitting
    • 1910s
    • american g.i.
    • war buddies