The Crowd (1928 film)
The Crowd is a 1928 American silent drama film about the life of a man and woman together in a large, impersonal metropolis through their hopes, struggles, and downfalls.
- Directed by King Vidor. Written by King Vidor and John V.A. Weaver.
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Title cards
[edit]- Johnny Sims reached the age of twelve. He recited poetry, played piano and sang in a choir....so did Lincoln and Washington!
- When John was twenty-one he became one of the seven million that believe New York depends on them.
- During the next five years two eventful things happened to the Simses. A baby sister was born....and John received an $8 raise.
- We do not know how big the crowd is, and what opposition it is....until we get out of step with it.
John Sims
[edit]- Look at that crowd! The poor boobs....all in the same rut!
- [laughing at a juggling clown] The poor sap! And I bet his father thought he would be President!
- [singing to the ukelele] Wife and I are happy
And everything is swell;
It's heavenly inside our flat
But outside it is El! - Take it from me, marriage isn't a word....it's a sentence!
Other
[edit]- Stranger: [on the NYC ferry] You've gotta be good in that town if you want to beat the crowd.
- Flapper: [to John] Oh, Gee, Baby! How did the angels ever let you leave Heaven?
Dialogue
[edit]- White boy: What are you gonna be when you grow up, Whitey?
- Black boy: I detend to be a preacher man! Hallelujah!
- Nerdy boy: I purpose to seek occupation as a cowboy.
- Bert: I've got a pair of wrens dated up for Coney Island. Want to make it a foursome?
- John: Nothin' doin', Bert! I'm studying nights!
- Bert: Aw, come on! These babies have got what ain't in books!
- John: Well, I'll try anything once....but I ought to study.
- Mary: You'd try the patience of a Saint!
- John: You're no soothing syrup yourself!
- John: Everything's goin' to be roses....when my ship comes in.
- Mary: Your ship? A worm must be towing it down from the North Pole!
Taglines
[edit]- When Life Beats You Down to Your Knees -See How to Fight Back and WIN!
- The Story of You and I, the man next door, told with a sweep of drama Magnificent and Amazing.
- A powerful drama of modern marriage- a marriage that goes smash, and how it is saved. See yourself in "THE CROWD."
Cast
[edit]- Eleanor Boardman - Mary Sims
- James Murray - John Sims
- Bert Roach - Bert
- Estelle Clark - Jane
- Daniel G. Tomlinson - Jim
- Dell Henderson - Dick
- Lucy Beaumont - Mary's mother
- Freddie Burke Frederick - "Junior"
- Alice Mildred Puter - daughter
External links
[edit]
- The Crowd (1928 film) quotes at the Internet Movie Database