The Big Parade (1925) | |
| Director(s) | King Vidor, George W. Hill (uncredited) |
| Producer(s) | King Vidor, Irving Thalberg (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, Romance, Silent Films, War |
| Top Topics | Based on Play, Book-Based, World War I |
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The Big Parade (1925) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by King Vidor and George W. Hill and produced by King Vidor and Irving Thalberg.
The Big Parade was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1992.
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Silents are Golden: A Closer Look At: The Big Parade (1925)
By Lea Stans on Jan 23, 2024 From Classic Movie Hub BlogA Closer Look At: The Big Parade (1925) Rene?e Adore?e and John Gilbert In 1928, the great star John Gilbert wrote in an article for Photoplay: ?Have any of you ever gone through an experience at school, or at college, or while in love, or while on a farm, or in the mountains, or exploring, or... Read full article
On DVD: MGM's The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
By KC on Apr 23, 2018 From Classic MoviesI suspect MGM’s Big Parade of Comedy (1964) isn’t a very good movie, but it caught me in the right mood, so I ended up enjoying this compilation film more than it probably deserved. It’s light and silly, though it sometimes has a questionable interpretation of comedy, most likely d... Read full article
O Grande Desfile / The Big Parade (1925)
By L? on May 15, 2015 From Critica RetroO Grande Desfile / The Big Parade (1925) O ano era 2011. O oitavo epis?dio da quarta temporada de The Big Bang Theory, “The 21-Second Excitation”, trazia nossos nerds favoritos, encabe?ados pelo grande, poderoso e incr?vel Sheldon, em uma ida ao cinema para ver a vers?o restaurada... Read full article
O Grande Desfile / The Big Parade (1925)
By L? on May 15, 2015 From Critica RetroO Grande Desfile / The Big Parade (1925) O ano era 2011. O oitavo epis?dio da quarta temporada de The Big Bang Theory, “The 21-Second Excitation”, trazia nossos nerds favoritos, encabe?ados pelo grande, poderoso e incr?vel Sheldon, em uma ida ao cinema para ver a vers?o restaurada... Read full article
THE BIG PARADE On Blu-ray
By Dan Day Jr. on Oct 7, 2013 From The Hitless Wonder Movie BlogOne of the most highly anticipated home video releases of 2013 is THE BIG PARADE, the 1925 MGM silent classic directed by King Vidor. THE BIG PARADE was the first cinematic epic with a World War I storyline. The film's overwhelming success set the stage for other major productions with a Great War... Read full article
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James Apperson: Waiting! Orders! Mud! Blood! Stinking stiffs! What the hell do we get out of this war anyway!
James Apperson: Orders! Orders! Who the hell is fighting this war - men or orders?
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After director King Vidor complained to MGM production chief Irving Thalberg that he was tired of shooting pictures that played in theaters for just one week, he told Thalberg about a new kind of realistic war movie he had envisioned. Thalberg was enthusiastic about Vidor's vision, and tried to buy the rights to the hit Broadway play "What Price Glory?" co-written by Maxwell Anderson and World War I Marine veteran Laurence Stallings. Since the rights to the popular anti-war play had already been acquired, Thalberg hired Stallings to come to Hollywood and write a screenplay for the new, realistic war picture that Vidor had dreamed about making. Stallings came up with "The Big Parade", an anti-war story that dispensed with traditional concepts of heroism, focusing instead on a love story between a Yank soldier and a French girl. After Vidor completed principal photography (at a cost of $200,000, approximately $2.1 million in 2003 dollars), Thalberg took the rough cut and previewed it before live audiences in Colorado. The audiences responded favorably, and Thalberg decided to expand the scope of the picture, as Vidor had created a war picture without many scenes of war. He had Vidor restage the famo Is the highest grossing silent film of all time, making $22 million during its worldwide release
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