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The Crowd (1928)

The life of a man and woman together in a large, impersonal metropolis through their hopes, struggles and downfalls.

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Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win. See more awards »
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Born on the fourth of July, 1900, the future holds unlimited potential for newborn John Sims. But dreams soon fade with the death of his father when John is but a lad. Like many before him, John sets out to make his mark in New York City, but ends up a faceless worker (#137) in a large office of a large business. Still he is happy with his fate and soon meets a young woman named Mary on a blind double date. Things take their course and they soon marry and live in a small apartment. Soon John is bickering with Mary and finds that he has no love for the in-laws. When the marriage looks like a bust, he finds that Mary is with child and he stays. After 5 years, he has a son and a daughter and the same dead end job. When tragedy strikes, John must find the conviction to continue or lose what little he has left. Written by Tony Fontana <[email protected]>

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3 March 1928 (USA)  »

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Y el mundo marcha  »

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In 1989 this was one of the first 25 films to be selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. See more »

Goofs

After John sprays himself with milk when opening the bottle, his clothes go from covered with milk to clean from one shot to the next. See more »

Quotes

Party Girl at Bert's Place: Oh, Gee, Baby! How did the angels ever let you leave Heaven?
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Edited into Woman Wanted (1935) See more »

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1 August 2005 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

This has to be w/ out a doubt my favorite film of all time (althought Metropolis is a very close second). What King Vidor brought to the silver screen when he made this film was pure genius. Few films compare to this one. The Techniques used are way ahead of their time and reminiscent of few directors before him. Not even Griffith could obtain such amazing crowd footage as Vidor did. The story line is one that we can still relate to today, wanting to achieve our dreams but just falling short. Today it's called depression or something of the sort but then in an age of new development it was different. Not being able to achieve greatness wasn't uncommon but it felt that way. And the character in this film is no exception, I truly recommend this film to anyone who doesn't mind a good drama and to anyone who wants to see what life was like in the late 1920's.


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