The Big Parade

7.525

151 minutes

11/5/1925

Overview

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.

Cast List

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)
Carl Roup
as Doughboy (uncredited)
Arthur H. Allen
as Dying German
George Beranger
as Patriotic Letter Reader
Harry Crocker
as Doughboy
Dan Mason
as Second Patriotic Letter Reader
Carl Voss
as Officer