The Big Parade
The epic of the American doughboy!
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- Drama
- Romance
- War
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.
Keywords
- france
- battlefield
- 1910s
- convoy
- world war i
- combat
- trench warfare
- falling in love
- patriotism
- silent film
- mud
- young soldier
- french girl
- war buddies
- western front
- spitting
- american g.i.
- love in war
- joining the army
- front line warfare
- front-line soldier
- military enlistment
- doughboy
- fiance to the front
- letter from home
- soldiers marching
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 5, 1925
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cast
- John Gilbert,Renée Adorée,Hobart Bosworth,Claire McDowell,Claire Adams,Robert Ober,Tom O'Brien,Karl Dane,Rosita Marstini,Julanne Johnstonand 7 more
- Director
- King Vidor
- Writer
- Harry Behn,Joseph Farnham
- Producer
- Irving Thalberg
- Cinematography
- John Arnold,Charles Van Enger
- Budget
- $382,000
- Revenue
- $20,000,000
- IMDb
- tt0015624