The big parade [blu-ray] / a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture ; a Turner Entertainment Co. and Thames Television presentation ; story by Laurence Stallings ; director, King Vidor.
Format:
[blu-ray] /
Publisher:
Warner Home Video,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
1 videodisc (151 min.) : sound, black and white with tinted sequences. ; 4 3/4 in.
Title from container. This Blu-ray disc requires a Blu-ray player; will not play in standard DVD players. John Gilbert, Renee Adoree, Karl Dane, Claire Adams, Hobart Bosworth. Film adaptation of Laurence Stallings's autobiographical novel Plumes. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1925. Special features: Audio commentary by historian Jeffery Vance with director King Vidor; vintage short 1925 studio tour; theatrical trailer.
Summary:
The highest-grossing silent film of all time, as well as the first realistic war drama, tells the harrowing story of wealthy James Apperson (John Gilbert) who deploys as a soldier to the front lines in France in World War I. The film fiercely captures the heroism of the ordinary foot soldier struggling to survive, and how James' determination to return to the village girl he loves faces the ultimate test.
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