The Big Parade

About The Big Parade

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.

The Big Parade is a 1925 romance war film directed by King Vidor. Its themes are france, world war i, falling in love, and 1910s.

John Gilbert appears as James 'Jim' Apperson, Renée Adorée as Melisande, Hobart Bosworth as Mr. Apperson, and Claire McDowell as Mrs. Apperson. It runs 151 minutes and was released in November 1925.

The screenplay is by Harry Behn.

All Quiet on the Western Front, Paths of Glory, and Wings make useful companions to The Big Parade, all filed under battlefield, combat, and joining the army. TMDB voters put it at 7.6 out of 10 across 132 votes and it carries a NR rating.