The Big Parade
“The epic of the American doughboy!”
1925•NR•2h 31m•7.6•Released
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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.
Director
King Vidor
Writer
Harry Behn
Budget
$0M
Revenue
$20M
Languages
No Language
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
John Gilbert
James 'Jim' Apperson
Renée Adorée
Melisande
Hobart Bosworth
Mr. Apperson
Claire McDowell
Mrs. Apperson
Claire Adams
Justyn Reed
Robert Ober
Harry Apperson
Tom O'Brien
Michael Olysius 'Bull' O'Hara
Karl Dane
'Slim' Jensen
Rosita Marstini
Melisande's Mother
Julanne Johnston
Justine Devereux (uncredited)
Kathleen Key
Miss Apperson (uncredited)
Carl Roup
Doughboy (uncredited)
Arthur H. Allen
Dying German
George Beranger
Patriotic Letter Reader
Harry Crocker
Doughboy
Production
Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Producer
Irving Thalberg
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