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Auction History Result 9y047 BIG PARADE 7.75x10 key book still '25 John Gilbert & Renee Adoree in doorway, King Vidor! Date Sold 1/28/2010 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Key Book 7 3/4" x 10" 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 this still has a linen-like material on the back (to reinforce the still, and it was kept in a binder, typical of some key book stills). It had an extra 1" of linen at the top of the still, but someone trimmed that off so that the still could be displayed in a frame. Condition: good. Learn More about condition grades 
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