“A Motion Picture with a stirring message on Marriage! A Powerful Film, full of truths of life and love!”
John, an ambitious but undisciplined New York City office worker, meets and marries Mary. They start a family, struggle to cope with marital stress, financial setbacks, and tragedy, all while lost amid the anonymous, pitiless throngs of the big city.
Eleanor Boardman
Mary Sims
James Murray
John 'Johnny' Sims
Bert Roach
Bert
Estelle Clark
Jane
Daniel G. Tomlinson
Jim
Dell Henderson
Dick
Lucy Beaumont
Mary's Mother
Freddie Burke Frederick
John 'Junior' Sims
Alice Mildred Puter
Sims Daughter
John D. Bloss
Boy on Fence (uncredited)
The Crowd is a drama, romance film released in 1928 exploring themes of new york city, marriage, tragedy, silent film. Directed by King Vidor, it stars Eleanor Boardman, James Murray, Bert Roach. John, an ambitious but undisciplined New York City office worker, meets and marries Mary. They start a family, struggle to cope with marital stress, financial setbacks, and tragedy, all while lost amid the anonymous, pitiless throngs of the big city.
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