The Big Parade
Romance
War
Drama
The epic of the American doughboy!
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.
1925-11-05
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Cast
Director
King Vidor
John Gilbert as James 'Jim' Apperson
Renée Adorée as Melisande
Hobart Bosworth as Mr. Apperson
Claire McDowell as Mrs. Apperson
Claire Adams as Justyn Reed
Robert Ober as Harry Apperson
Tom O'Brien as Michael Olysius 'Bull' O'Hara
Karl Dane as 'Slim' Jensen
Rosita Marstini as Melisande's Mother
Julanne Johnston as Justine Devereux (uncredited)
Kathleen Key as Miss Apperson (uncredited)
George Beranger as Patriotic Letter Reader
Harry Crocker as Doughboy
Dan Mason as Second Patriotic Letter Reader