The Big Parade

Synopsis

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

John Gilbert

James 'Jim' Apperson

Renée Adorée

Melisande

Hobart Bosworth

Mr. Apperson

Claire McDowell

Mrs. Apperson

Claire Adams

Justyn Reed

Robert Ober

Harry Apperson

Tom O'Brien

Michael Olysius 'Bull' O'Hara

Karl Dane

'Slim' Jensen

Rosita Marstini

Melisande's Mother

Julanne Johnston

Justine Devereux (uncredited)