The Big Parade
The Big Parade

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The idle son of a rich businessman joins the army when the U.S.A. enters World War One. He is sent to France, where he becomes friends with two working-class soldiers. He also falls in love with a Frenchwoman, but has to leave her to move to the frontline.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Big Parade:

John Gilbert
Renée Adorée
Hobart Bosworth
Claire McDowell
Claire Adams
Robert Ober

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The idle son of a rich businessman joins the army when the U.S.A. enters World War One. He is sent to France, where he becomes friends with two working-class soldiers. He also falls in love with a Frenchwoman, but has to leave her to move to the frontline.

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Antagony & Ecstasy - 10/10 by Tim BraytonThough a virtually uncountable number of war films in the intervening 84 years have trodden upon much the same ground, few of them indeed have been able to equal its achievements.
Tim Dirks' The Greatest Films - 10/10 by Tim DirksThe Big Parade (1925) is director/producer King Vidor's most famous war film from the silent era -
Creative Loafing - 10/10 by Matt BrunsonMasterfully directed by King Vidor, this swings easily between comedy, romance and tragedy without missing a beat, and there are numerous set-pieces of enormous power -- even today, the harrowing battle scenes would rank among the best ever put on film.
The Dissolve - 9/10 by Noel MurrayThe Big Parade wasn't just an international hit; it immediately set the standard for Hollywood war movies.
The Spectator - 9/10 by Iris BarryThere is a peculiar delight in sitting through a play in which every dialectic skill is used -- where the aptness of language to express character, emotion, the interplay of thoughts gives one a pure joy.
7M Pictures - 8/10 by Kevin CarrLike All Quiet on the Western Front, The Big Parade gives a comprehensive look at then-modern warfare.
Ozus' World Movie Reviews - 8/10 by Dennis SchwartzKing Vidor's popular moving antiwar WWI drama set the tone for how to shoot a war film.
User Review - 10/10 by William WRecently in approaching the milestone of seeing my 5,000th film (at least by my IMDb list of my shoddy recollections), I wanted to make it a very special film, so it was between the blus of this and 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'. That was a very special work too, but in retrospect, I felt this was an even finer film. I haven't seen much of Vidor's work (only 'The Champ', 'Hallelujah' and 'The Fountainhead'--all of which I greatly admired), but I knew he was a great American director to be reckoned with, for any cinephile worth his salt. Plus, I had always been intrigued by the then-sex symbol status of ill-starred John Gilbert (especially since my favourite actress ever, Great Garbo, was so enraptured by him). This was remarkable. I was astounded by how Vidor (who said beforehand he wanted to finally make a film that wouldn't simply be gone from theatres in a week, but would play on for years, and that he would put forth a much greater effort if that could be the case, especially if either about steel, wheat or war) mixed elements, emotions and atmosphere so expertly. Even though it was a first-watch, since it was a silent film I thought it would be all right to throw on the Jeffrey Vance commentary, which contained four interview snippets from Vidor, late in his life in the 1970's. It was a wonderful cinephilic experience, and the book that enclosed the blu ray release was even more telling, with tons of pictures and essays about the American landmark of silent cinema.
User Review - 10/10 by Andrey BWhat a movie! What a storytelling, what a love story! And those nightmarish battle scenes. Watching this movie you keep thinking what's happened to the modern cinema. They just don't make movies like that anymore.
User Review - 10/10 by Pablo Martin PSo, I'm here, writing from the PC of my new, I don't know, girfriend? Maybe... Not many movies seen lately, only the wondereful masterpiece from 1925: King Vidor's "The Big Parade", one of the best war movies ever made. Ok, this entry was only to show her that I'm so important that I have a personal page in this Vine. I enjoy reading your entries people, so I say good by to you, and a very happy Hannuka! :D

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