The Big Parade (1925) | Directed by King Vidor - Full Movie

A young American soldier witnesses the horrors of the Great War.

The Big Parade is a 1925 American silent war drama film directed by King Vidor, starring John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Hobart Bosworth, Tom O'Brien, and Karl Dane. Written by World War I veteran, Laurence Stallings, the film is about an idle rich boy who joins the US Army's Rainbow Division and is sent to France to fight in World War I, becomes a friend of two working class men, experiences the horrors of trench warfare, and finds love with a French girl.

The film has been praised for its realistic depiction of warfare, and it heavily influenced a great many subsequent war films, especially All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). The Big Parade is regarded as one of the greatest films made about World War I, and in 1992 it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.

Directed by: King Vidor
Screenplay by: Story: Laurence Stallings
Scenario: Harry Behn
Titles: Joseph W. Farnham
Produced by: King Vidor (presented by), Irving Thalberg (uncredited)
Starring: John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Hobart Bosworth, Tom O'Brien, Karl Dane
Cinematography: John Arnold
Edited by: Hugh Wynn
Music by: William Axt, David Mendoza
Production company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by: Loew's Incorporated
Release date: November 5, 1925 (USA)
Running time: 151 minutes
Country: United States
Languages: Silent film, English intertitles
Budget: $382,000
Box office: $18–22 million (theatrical rental)