The Big Parade (1925) Poster

John Gilbert: James Apperson

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  • James Apperson : [to Melisande, who speaks French]  French is Greek to me.

  • Black Barber : Are you for sure goin' to take a job in your father's mill?

    James Apperson : Me... work? I should say not!

  • James Apperson : Voo... and... me... vooley voo... take... little... petite... walk?

  • James Apperson : I'm coming back! - Remember - - - I'm coming back!

  • James Apperson : Do you think he'll make it all right?

    Bull : Sure! Slim'll come back wearin' the Kaiser's moustache!

  • James Apperson : Waiting! Orders! Mud! Blood! Stinking stiffs! What the hell do we get out of this war anyway! - cheers when we left and when we get back! But who the hell cares... after this?

  • James Apperson : [after Slim is killed]  Slim, can't you just try to say... good-bye? They got him! They got him! GOD DAMN THEIR SOULS!

  • Melisande : C'est vous qui m'a fait rire, n'est ce pas?

    James Apperson : I don't understand a word you say... but I know what you mean.

  • Justyn Reed : Aren't you thrilled that we're going to war?

    James Apperson : No.

    Justyn Reed : You'll look gorgeous in an officer's uniform! I'll love you more than ever then.

  • James Apperson : They're not going to send us out in that open field, are they?

    Slim : Sure! We're gonna keep goin' till we can't go no farther!

  • Bull : Yo... Slim!

    Doughboy : [Crawling into Jim and Bull's foxhole]  Say, you hyenas... pipe down!

    James Apperson : You can't make us shut up! Slim's out there alone!

  • James Apperson : Mother?

    Mrs. Apperson : Yes, Jim.

    James Apperson : There's a girl in France -...

  • James Apperson : Orders! Orders! Who the hell is fighting this war - men or orders?

  • Slim : Say, I joined the army to fight... not shovel!

    James Apperson : You'll shovel and like it, dearie!

  • James Apperson : Me... you... tres... much... love.

    [Looks in English-French Dictionary] 

    James Apperson : Gee... aimy... vowse... boo... coop!

    Melisande : Je suis tres contente.

    [Looks in French-English Dictionary] 

    Melisande : I... am... verree... happee!

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