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The Big Parade (1925)

The Big Parade (1925)

Drama Romance War

The epic of the American doughboy!

Release Date: 1925, November 5
Directors: King Vidor
Countries: United States of America
Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast: Carl Voss, John Gilbert, Tom O'Brien, Hobart Bosworth, Dan Mason, Carl Roup, Karl Dane, Harry Crocker, George Beranger, Rosita Marstini, Claire McDowell, Renée Adorée

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:

patriotism battlefield france mud convoy 1910s combat falling in love world war i trench warfare young soldier silent film french girl love in war front-line soldier front line warfare spitting western front military enlistment war buddies fiance to the front american g.i. joining the army soldiers marching doughboy letter from home