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Auction History Result 2y286 BIG PARADE 5 key book stills '25 John Gilbert as a World War I soldier! Date Sold 5/2/2010 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. 5 Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Key Book (8x10 keybook) 7 3/4" x 10" [20 x 25 cm] Stills (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 these stills have been mounted to a linen type material. Normally, these stills have a border at left with punch holes or an area for binding. However, that border has been trimmed from each of these stills. SUPER IMPORTANT! THIS LOT CONTAINS FIVE STILLS, BUT ONLY FOUR OF THE STILLS ARE PICTURED! THE HIGH BIDDER ON THIS LOT WILL RECEIVE FIVE STILLS FROM THIS MOVIE, and NOT just the four pictured! We realize there is an element of gambling to this, but we made no effort to find the best four stills in the lot, and, if you have any willingness to gamble at all, you may find that you get some great stills that were not pictured! Please do NOT bid on this lot unless you can accept that you are only seeing four of the stills. Condition: fair to good. The stills have faded slightly with age and there are some stains scattered throughout. There are several tack holes around the edges of each still with some tears from rough removal. Learn More about condition grades 
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