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Auction History Result 9m829 BIG PARADE Danish program 1927 King Vidor, John Gilbert, Renee Adoree, World War I classic! Date Sold 9/23/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1927 (from the first release of this movie in Denmark) Vintage Theatrical Danish Movie Program (measures 6 1/2" x 9 1/2" [17 x 24 cm]; 20 pages) (Learn More) The Big Parade, the classic 1925 King Vidor silent romantic World War I (WWI) American-soldiers-in-France military melodrama ("It's here! The film that you'll call the best you ever saw"; "Story by Laurence Stallings"; "King Vidor's production of Lawrence Stallings' great motion picture story following his stage success with 'What Price Glory'"; about an all-American boy who enlists in the Army in World War I, and he and his friends have a great time until they are thrust into combat, and the movie shows the horrors of war in a way that had not been done before, and the boy returns home after losing a leg; there is also a romantic subplot with the American G.I. having a brief affair with a beautiful French girl) starring John Gilbert ("The Star"), Renee Adoree ("as Melisande"), Hobart Bosworth, Claire McDowell, Claire Adams, Robert Ober, Tom O'Brien, Karl Dane, and Rosita Martini. Note that MGM had no idea what they had when this movie was being made, but King Vidor was able to sell them on the potential of the movie, and convince them to spend a huge amount of money filming authentic battle scenes, and the movie was a major critical and financial success! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this program has 20 pages. We have also seen a 4-page program, and both appear to be from the first Danish release. We suspect that this 20-page program was for larger theaters, and the 4-page program is for smaller theaters. If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Also note that we have pictured the front and back covers and an interior 2-page spread from this program. Condition: good. Learn More about condition grades 
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