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The Big Parade is a american film of genre Drama directed by King Vidor released in USA on 5 november 1925 with John Gilbert

The Big Parade (1925)

The Big Parade
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Released in USA 5 november 1925
Length 2h21
Directed by ,    
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    War,    Historical,    Romance
Rating78% 3.945663.945663.945663.945663.94566

The Big Parade is a 1925 American silent film directed by King Vidor and starring John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Hobart Bosworth, and Claire McDowell. Adapted by Harry Behn from the play by Joseph Farnham and the autobiographical novel Plumes by Laurence Stallings, the film is about an idle rich boy who joins the US Army's Rainbow Division and is sent to France to fight in World War I, becomes a friend of two working class men, experiences the horrors of trench warfare, and finds love with a French girl.

The film was groundbreaking for not glorifying the war or ignoring its human costs, exemplified by the lead character's loss of a leg from battle wounds. It heavily influenced all subsequent war films, especially All Quiet on the Western Front (1930).

Synopsis

In the United States in 1917, James "Jim" Apperson's (John Gilbert) idleness (in contrast to his hardworking brother) incurs the great displeasure of his wealthy businessman father. Then America enters World War I. Jim informs his worried mother that he has no intention of enlisting, and his father threatens to kick him out of the house if he does not join. However, when he runs into his patriotic friends at a send-off parade, he is persuaded to enlist, making his father very proud.

Actors

John Gilbert

(James 'Jim' Apperson)Renée Adorée

(Melisande)Hobart Bosworth

(Mr. Apperson)Claire McDowell

(Mrs. Apperson)Claire Adams

(Justyn Reed)
And :
Karl Dane
Kathleen Key
Julanne Johnston
Rosita Marstini
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