King Vidor's The Big Parade (1925) is one of the great achievements of the silent screen and one of the greatest war movies ever made. It was a massive hit in its time, both critically and financially and it holds up incredibly well today. Why read about what I have to say about the film though? Why not instead read about what a college student of the 1920's has to say about it? It was the kind of production that appealed to the undergrad after all.
The following is from an issue of Screenland Magazine (dated May 1926). If you have trouble reading the following pages, click on them and use your touch screen to zoom in. If you don't have a touch screen, click here.
King Vidor is one of my favorite directors of all time. His films span many different genres, but he masters each one perfectly. Here is a page from a December 1925 issue of The Motion Picture Director that shows how appreciated him and The Big Parade were.
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