The Big Parade

The Big Parade is a 1925 silent film which tells the story of an idle rich boy who is shipped off to France to fight World War I, becomes friends with two working class men, and finds love with a French girl. It was adapted by Harry Behn and King Vidor (uncredited) from the play by Joseph Farnham and the story Plumes by Laurence Stallings, and directed by Vidor. It stars John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Claire Adams, Robert Ober and Tom O'Brien.

"The Big Parade" was one of the greatest hits of the 1920s, and made Gilbert and Adorée major stars. Tragically, Renée Adorée would soon be diagnosed with tuberculosis and die only a few years later. The film is the second highest grossing silent film in cinema history, taking in more than $6.4 million at the box office in 1925.

The film has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

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