The Big Parade

The Big Parade

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5 Nov 1925

Description

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.

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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
  • Dan Mason Second Patriotic Letter Reader
  • Carl Voss Officer

Director

  • King Vidor

Screenwriter

  • Harry Behn
  • Joseph Farnham

Director of Photography

  • John Arnold
  • Charles Van Enger

Composer

  • William Axt
  • Maurice Baron
  • David Mendoza

Producer

  • Irving Thalberg
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer