The Big Parade
Summary:
The Big Parade was designed as a modest programmer concerning one young man's disillusionment in the face of war. When the MGM executives took a look at the projection-room rushes, they gave director King Vidor the go-ahead to film an all-out "spectacular", which ended up running 13 reels and costing a then-astronomical 382,000. Shorn of his matinee-idol mustache, John Gilber... Full Summary >>
Cast:
John Gilbert - (James Apperson)
Renée Adorée - (Melisande)
Hobart Bosworth - (Mr. Apperson)
Claire McDowell - (Mrs. Apperson)
Claire Adams - (Justyn Reed)
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Review:
The first major American war film about World War I since D.W. Griffith's Hearts of the World (1918) and a key film in the development of the genre, King Vidor's The Big Parade (1925) effectively blended a punishing spectacle of warfare with the personal trials of one American doughboy. Based on a story by What Price Glory? scribe $... Continue >>
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