Movie

The Big Parade

Released: November 5, 1925 (1925)

Runtime: 151 minutes

Genres: Romance, War, Drama

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Hobart Bosworth as Mr. Apperson
Age at release: 58
Claire McDowell as Mrs. Apperson
Age at release: 48
Robert Ober as Harry Apperson
Age at release: 44
Karl Dane as 'Slim' Jensen
Age at release: 39
Rosita Marstini as Melisande's Mother
Age at release: 38
Tom O'Brien as Michael Olysius 'Bull' O'Hara
Age at release: 35
John Gilbert as James 'Jim' Apperson
Age at release: 28
Renée Adorée as Melisande
Age at release: 27
Claire Adams as Justyn Reed
Age at release: 27
Julanne Johnston as Justine Devereux (uncredited)
Age at release: 25

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Dan Mason as Second Patriotic Letter Reader
Age at release: 68
George Beranger as Patriotic Letter Reader
Age at release: 32
Harry Crocker as Doughboy
Age at release: 32
Kathleen Key as Miss Apperson (uncredited)
Age at release: 22
Carl Roup as Doughboy (uncredited)
Age at release: 10
Arthur H. Allen as Dying German
Age at release: Unknown
Carl Voss as Officer
Age at release: Unknown