The big parade / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents King Vidor's production of ; story by Laurence Stallings ; scenario by Harry Behn ; a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture directed by King Vidor.

Format Video (DVD)
DistributionBurbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2013]
Description1 videodisc (151 min.) : sound, black and white with tinted sequences ; 4 3/4 in
Subjects

Other author/creatorDane, Karl, 1886-1934.
Other author/creatorWynn, Hugh, editor of moving image work.
Other author/creatorArnold, John, 1889-1964, director of photography.
Other author/creatorAdorée, Renée, 1898-1933.
Other author/creatorGilbert, John, 1897-1936.
Other author/creatorBehn, Harry screenwriter.
Other author/creatorStallings, Laurence, 1894-1968 author.
Other author/creatorVidor, King, 1894-1982 film director, film producer.
Other author/creatorWarner Home Video (Firm) film distributor.
Other author/creatorMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, presenter.
Abstract A World War I drama about lazy James Apperson (John Gilbert), son of an industrious aristocrat (Hobart Bosworth) and his wife (Claire McDowell), and how he is coaxed into joining the Army by his father and girlfriend (Claire Adams) when the U.S. enters the War. Upon entering the Army, James is sent to France to serve his tour of duty. While in France, he and a couple of his comrades (Tom O'Brien and Karl Dane) meet and all take an amorous interest in Mélisande, a French farm girl. During a violent battle of the War, his two comrades are killed and James is seriously wounded and is hospitalized with a missing leg. During his hospitilization, he loses the whereabouts of Mélisande, his true love, and returns home to the United States as a hero to his family, but with a broken heart. After arriving home, he confesses his love of Mélisande to his mother and she encourages him to return to France to seek Mélisande, because his former girlfriend has fell in love with his brother. James returns to France and triumphantly finds his true love awaiting and missing him.
General noteSpecial features: Audio commentary by historian Jeffery Vance with director King Vidor; vintage short 1925 studio tour; and theatrical trailer.
General noteOriginally released as a motion picture in1925.
CreditsCredits: Photographer, John Arnold ; film editor, Hugh Wynn ; music, Carl Davis.
Cast Cast: John Gilbert, Renee Adoree, Hobart Bosworth, Claire McDowell, Claire Adams, Robert Ober.
Audience MPAA rating: Not rated. Canadian home video rating: G.
Technical detailsDVD, Region 1; standard version fullscreen presentation; Dolby Digital.
LanguageSilent with intertitles in English or French.
Genre/formDrama.
Publisher number2000079101 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Publisher number3000051946 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc

Availability

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Joyner Compact DVDs PN1997 .B54 2013 DVD ✔ Available Place Hold