The Big Parade
The Big Parade
Release: 1925-11-05
·Runtime: 151m
·★ 7.5
Romance
War
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
John Gilbert
as James 'Jim' Apperson
Renée Adorée
as Melisande
Hobart Bosworth
as Mr. Apperson
Claire McDowell
as Mrs. Apperson
Claire Adams
as Justyn Reed
Robert Ober
as Harry Apperson
Tom O'Brien
as Michael Olysius 'Bull' O'Hara
Karl Dane
as 'Slim' Jensen
Rosita Marstini
as Melisande's Mother
Julanne Johnston
as Justine Devereux (uncredited)
Kathleen Key
as Miss Apperson (uncredited)
George Beranger
as Patriotic Letter Reader
Harry Crocker
as Doughboy
Dan Mason
as Second Patriotic Letter Reader