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.
Director King Vidor
Trailer
Cast
Harry Crocker
Doughboy
John Gilbert
James 'Jim' Apperson
Renée Adorée
Melisande
Hobart Bosworth
Mr. Apperson
Claire Adams
Justyn Reed
Rosita Marstini
Melisande's Mother
Claire McDowell
Mrs. Apperson
Tom O'Brien
Michael Olysius 'Bull' O'Hara
George Beranger
Patriotic Letter Reader
Julanne Johnston
Justine Devereux (uncredited)
Kathleen Key
Miss Apperson (uncredited)
Dan Mason
Second Patriotic Letter Reader
Robert Ober
Harry Apperson
Karl Dane
'Slim' Jensen