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Auction History Result 4j026 BIG PARADE deluxe 10x13 still R40s Renee Adoree grabs John Gilbert, directed by King Vidor! Date Sold 7/11/2010 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1940s) Re-release Vintage Theatrical Deluxe 10" x 13" [25 x 33 cm] Movie Still (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 based on what the snipe on this still says, it is from some sort of MGM 20th anniversary celebration, which likely took place in 1944 or 1945. We don't know if this movie actually played in theaters then. If anyone knows more about this celebration, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Note that this still measures 10" x 13" [25 x 33 cm]. Please do not bid on it thinking that it is 11" x 14". Also note that this is a deluxe still printed on double weight paper stock. Condition: very good. Learn More about condition grades 
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