The Big Parade
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The Big Parade

"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.

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Cast

  • John Gilbert
    John Gilbert
    James 'Jim' Apperson
  • Renée Adorée
    Renée Adorée
    Melisande
  • Hobart Bosworth
    Hobart Bosworth
    Mr. Apperson
  • Claire McDowell
    Claire McDowell
    Mrs. Apperson
  • Claire Adams
    Claire Adams
    Justyn Reed
  • Robert Ober
    Robert Ober
    Harry Apperson
  • Tom O'Brien
    Tom O'Brien
    Michael Olysius 'Bull' O'Hara
  • Karl Dane
    Karl Dane
    'Slim' Jensen
  • Rosita Marstini
    Rosita Marstini
    Melisande's Mother
  • Julanne Johnston
    Julanne Johnston
    Justine Devereux (uncredited)
  • Kathleen Key
    Kathleen Key
    Miss Apperson (uncredited)
  • Carl Roup
    Doughboy (uncredited)
  • Arthur H. Allen
    Dying German
  • George Beranger
    George Beranger
    Patriotic Letter Reader
  • Harry Crocker
    Harry Crocker
    Doughboy
  • Dan Mason
    Dan Mason
    Second Patriotic Letter Reader
  • Carl Voss
    Officer

Crew

  • King Vidor
    King Vidor
    Director
  • Harry Behn
    Screenplay
  • John Arnold
    Director of Photography
  • Irving Thalberg
    Irving Thalberg
    Producer
  • William Axt
    Music
  • David Mendoza
    David Mendoza
    Music
  • Maurice Baron
    Music
  • Joseph Farnham
    Joseph Farnham
    Theatre Play
  • Charles Van Enger
    Director of Photography
  • Hugh Wynn
    Editor

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