The Big Parade poster
Director King Vidor
Screenplay Harry Behn

The Big Parade

Tagline: The epic of the American doughboy!

Release Date: 1925-11-05

Duration: 151 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Rosita Marstini
    Melisande's Mother
  • Claire McDowell
    Mrs. Apperson
  • Hobart Bosworth
    Mr. Apperson
  • John Gilbert
    James 'Jim' Apperson
  • Karl Dane
    'Slim' Jensen
  • Robert Ober
    Harry Apperson
  • Kathleen Key
    Miss Apperson (uncredited)
  • Tom O'Brien
    Michael Olysius 'Bull' O'Hara
  • Julanne Johnston
    Justine Devereux (uncredited)
  • Claire Adams
    Justyn Reed