from MGM
Directed by
King Vidor
Starring
John Gilbert (James Apperson)
Renée Adorée (Melisande)
Hobart Bosworth (Mr. Apperson)
Claire McDowell (Mrs. Apperson)
Claire Adams (Justyn Reed)
Robert Ober (Harry)
Tom O'Brien (Bull)
Karl Dane (Slim)
Rosita Marstini (Melisande's Mother)
Andre Beranger
Frank Currier
Written by
Harry Behn
Joseph Farnham (play)
Laurence Stallings (also story Plumes) |
 This classic
World War One epic set the standard and established the conventions
for war films for years to come. Its realistic battle scenes
-- showing the front line marching toward the enemy virtually
unprotected, only to get picked off, one by one -- made a powerful
anti-war statement. The emotion-filled story focuses on an American
troop stationed in France; the soldiers all come from different
backgrounds, but they quickly overcome their differences and
form a tight unit. But the war takes its toll as many of the
men die or get seriously wounded. And for one American soldier,
who has fallen in love with a French woman, the stakes are higher;
as the war carries him farther and farther from her, he wonders
if both he and she will stay alive long enough to see each other
once again.
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