The greatest silent film perhaps ever made was so unusual, it was not released for almost a year. It broke every rule in the book and lost out on an Academy Award because it dared to show a toilet in a modest family apartment. The classic World War I drama “The Big Parade” became the most profitable film in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer history, a rank it held until “Gone With the Wind.” As a result, producer Irving Thalberg gave director King Vidor a chance to make a seemingly non-commercial film about the average man’s journey through life. MGM could afford an experiment now and then,.
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