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.
- 7.5
- 1925
- Released
- 2h 31m
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)Arthur H. Allen
Dying German
George Beranger
Patriotic Letter Reader
Harry Crocker
Doughboy
Dan Mason
Second Patriotic Letter ReaderCarl Voss
Officer
Released
en
$382,000.00
$20,000,000.00
- #france
- #world war i
- #patriotism
- #battlefield
- #combat
- #silent film
- #french girl
- #spitting
- #1910s
- #american g.i.
- #war buddies
Reviews
Recently in approaching the milestone of seeing my 5,000th film (at least by my IMDb list of my shoddy recollections), I wanted to make it a very special film, so it was between the blus of this and 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'. That was a very special work too, but in retrospect, I felt this was an even finer film. I haven't seen much of Vidor's work (only 'The Champ', 'Hallelujah' and 'The