Movie
1925
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 U.S. Army's Rainbow Division, is sent to France to fight in World War I, becomes a friend of two working-class men, experiences the horrors of trench…
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First World War was the event that played the most important role in shaping Hollywood into hegemon of global cinema. Conflict that ravaged the Old Continent has left European cinema industries in ruins, allowing American film studios to pick up the pieces. American film makers were quite aware of the importance of the Great War and the effect it had not only on them, but also on their fellow countrymen who had take…More
