Characters & Themes
The Big Parade (1925) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1925 · 151 mins
- Directed by
- King Vidor
- Starring
- Harry Crocker, John Gilbert, Karl Dane, Tom O'Brien, Dan Mason, George Beranger
An epic portrait of an American doughboy, it follows a pampered young heir who enlists in the U.S. Army’s famed Rainbow Division and is shipped to the French front during World I. There he befriends two working‑class comrades, endures the brutal realities of trench warfare, and ultimately falls in love with a French girl, discovering purpose beyond his privileged upbringing.
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