The Big Parade

The epic of the American doughboy!

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.

Romance War Drama

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))

Kathleen Key

(Miss Apperson (uncredited))

Carl Roup

(Doughboy (uncredited))