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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.
Theatrical
Nov 5, 1925
Box Office
$20.0M
Budget
$382K
Return
52.4x
Theaters
1
Keywords
france
patriotism
world war i
battlefield
falling in love
combat
silent film
convoy
french girl
spitting
letter from home
mud
western front
1910s
young soldier
trench warfare
american g.i.
war buddies
doughboy
joining the army
front-line soldier
front line warfare
military enlistment
love in war
fiance to the front
Cast
Full credits →J
John Gilbert
James 'Jim' Apperson
R
Renée Adorée
Melisande
H
Hobart Bosworth
Mr. Apperson
C
Claire McDowell
Mrs. Apperson
C
Claire Adams
Justyn Reed
R
Robert Ober
Harry Apperson
T
Tom O'Brien
Michael Olysius 'Bull' O'Hara
K
Karl Dane
'Slim' Jensen
R
Rosita Marstini
Melisande's Mother
J
Julanne Johnston
Justine Devereux (uncredited)
K
Kathleen Key
Miss Apperson (uncredited)
C
Carl Roup
Doughboy (uncredited)
G
George Beranger
Patriotic Letter Reader
H
Harry Crocker
Doughboy
D
Dan Mason
Second Patriotic Letter Reader
C
Carl Voss
Officer
