Set in the United States in 1917, the film opens when James “Jim” Apperson’s idleness incurs the great displeasure of his wealthy businessman father. Then America enters World War I. Jim informs his worried mother that he has no intention of enlisting, and his father forced him to join.

• The Big Parade
• King Vidor
• John Gilbert
• Renée Adorée
• Hobart Bosworth