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The epic of the American doughboy!
The story of an idle rich boy who joins the US Army's Rainbow Division and is sent to France to fight in World War I, becomes friends with two working class men, experiences the horrors of trench warfare, and finds love with a French girl.
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Aug 4, 2016 · via TMDB
Recently in approaching the milestone of seeing my 5,000th film (at least by my IMDb list of my shoddy recollections), I wanted to make it a very special film, so it was between the blus of this and 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'. That was a very special work too, but in retrospect, I felt this was an even finer film. I haven't seen much of Vidor's work (only 'The Champ', 'Hallelujah' and 'The Fountainhead'--all of which I greatly admired), but I knew he was a great American director to be reckoned with, for any cinephile worth his salt. Plus, I had always been intrigued by the then-sex symbol status of ill-starred John Gilbert (especially since my favourite actress ever, Great Garbo, was so enraptured by him). This was remarkable. I was astounded by how Vidor (who said beforehand he wanted to finally make a film that wouldn't simply be gone from theatres in a week, but would play on for years, and that he would put forth a much greater effort if that could be the case, especially if either about steel, wheat or war) mixed elements, emotions and atmosphere so expertly. Even though it was a first-watch, since it was a silent film I thought it would be all right to throw on the Jeffrey Vance commentary, which contained four interview snippets from Vidor, late in his life in the 1970's. It was a wonderful cinephilic experience, and the book that enclosed the blu ray release was even more telling, with tons of pictures and essays about the American landmark of silent cinema.
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John Gilbert
James 'Jim' Apperson
Renée Adorée
Melisande
Hobart Bosworth
Mr. Apperson
Claire McDowell
Mrs. Apperson
Claire Adams
Justyn Reed
Robert Ober
Harry Apperson
Tom O'Brien
Michael Olysius 'Bull' O'Hara
Karl Dane
'Slim' Jensen
Rosita Marstini
Melisande's Mother
Julanne Johnston
Justine Devereux (uncredited)
Kathleen Key
Miss Apperson (uncredited)
George Beranger
Patriotic Letter Reader
Harry Crocker
Doughboy
Dan Mason
Second Patriotic Letter Reader
King Vidor
Director
Irving Thalberg
Producer
David Mendoza
Music
Joseph Farnham
Theatre Play
Les Aliénés
The Witness
Name the Man
The Great Dictator
Paths of Glory
City Lights
The Lure of Crooning Water
Lawrence of Arabia
The Gold Rush
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Grand Illusion
Platoon
Battleship Potemkin
Doctor Zhivago
The Last Emperor
Au Revoir les Enfants
A Very Long Engagement
La Cérémonie
Pickpocket
Woman in the Moon
The Patriot
Out of Africa
Maître Pygmalion
May Fools
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
Vengeance of the Three Musketeers
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
Closer
A Matter of Resistance
Le radeau de la Méduse
Avalon
Le Pion
Young Men
1914: The Last Days Before the War
Could This Be Love?
My Summer in Provence
Trop c'est trop
No Regrets
Monster-in-Law
Secret Agent
Fort Saganne
Aelita: Queen of Mars
The Laws of Thermodynamics
The Legend of Paul and Paula
Home Sweet Home
The Island of Thirty Coffins
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
Private Peter
Heartbreak Hotel
Race d'Ep!
Lenin in Paris
The Marble Heart
Divided We Stand
So Divine
Just My Imagination
Mama, I'm in Love with Pamela Anderson
Landscape with Linen
I Keep My Eyes Closed
Paths of Glory
Purple Hearts
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Longest Day
Waterloo Bridge
Firebird
A Walk in the Clouds
The Last of the Mohicans
The Last Command
War Horse
Suite Française
The Lucky One
Reds
Dear John
Britannic
The Lost Battalion
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Last Rifleman
Private Peaceful
To Hell and Back
Their Finest
Flyboys
Journey's End
The War Lord
Benediction
The Pride and the Passion
Nov 5, 1925
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