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Watch: The Mad Parade 1931 123movies, Full Movie Online – In 1917, after the United States has entered World War I, a group of nine American women are stationed at a canteen, housed in a former country estate near Toule, France, that is close to the Allied front line. Under the command of Betty Schuyler, the women are preparing for the arrival of soldiers that night. While snooping on Mrs. Schuyler, busy-body Prudence “Snoop” Graham learns that the carefree Monica Dale has gotten the unit in trouble with her reckless behavior. Prudence’s outspoken manner makes life miserable for the others, especially the wise-cracking Lil Wheeler, who is constantly drinking wine out of her hot-water bottle. Learning that Monica has spent the night at a nearby inn with Tony Burke, a young aviator who is the lover of mild-mannered Janice Lee, Prudence blurts out the information to the spurned Janice, who calls her a liar. When Prudence threatens to tell Mrs. Schuyler about Monica’s nocturnal adventure, Monica grabs Prudence and hits her to keep her in line. After Dorothy Quinlan breaks into tears when she is informed that her lover Jim has died of war-related causes, Monica and Lil comfort her. As the others begin to serve the soldiers, Mrs. Schuyler privately tells Monica that any recurrence of her behavior will mean her forced return to America. Janice, convinced that Monica did indeed sleep with Tony, confronts her, but an order to vacate the canteen for a field hospital interrupts their conversation. When the first two supply trucks are driven by the women onto the battlefield, they come under heavy artillery fire, and Prudence jumps from her truck moments before it suffers a direct hit. As the others pull the wounded Dorothy from her burning cab, Lil braves the barrage and finds Prudence in a deserted American dugout. Eventually most of the women are reunited in the bunker. While the others are asleep, Monica confides her relationship with Tony to Lil, and when Janice awakens, she resumes her challenge to Monica for the right to Tony’s affection. Prudence, anxious to inform on Monica, threatens her with a bayonet. Later when Prudence is frightened by a large rat in her dugout, Janice picks up a grenade that was found by one of the women and hurls it at the rodent, mistakenly killing Prudence. As the others are awakened by the explosion, Dorothy, succumbing to her injuries, also dies. Mrs. Schuyler and twins Bluebell and Rosemary Jones arrive in their truck and find Fanny Smithers, who had fled the dugout after viewing Prudence’s corpse, being comforted by Lil. Back in the dugout, Janice–to Monica’s amazement–tells Mrs. Schuyler that Prudence was accidentally killed by a bomb. Having learned that the dugout was only recently evacuated and that the artillery fire is from allied forces, they decide to draw lots to determine which of them will try to carry a message to the allied troops nearby. As Janice tries to leave, Monica prevents her departure and reveals to everyone that she killed Prudence and that Tony really belongs with Janice. Monica then takes the message and rushes out of the dugout toward the allied line. After being hit by shrapnel, she drags herself to an allied bunker and lapses into unconsciousness. When her message is retrieved, the bombardment stops. As the other women realize they are saved, Monica dies of her wounds..
Plot: The story of eight women and how they served their country during World War I.
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The wenches in the trenches meet the bitches in the ditches.
MGM’s war drama ‘The Big Parade’ was the single biggest money-maker of Hollywood’s silent-film period. (Actually, ‘The Birth of a Nation’ made more money, but the profits were divided among several different distributors.) Consequently, there were several unrelated movies — such as ‘The Wet Parade’ — with titles evoking that box-office bonanza. ‘The Mad Parade’ was one of them, and (unlike ‘The Wet Parade’) it resembles ‘The Big Parade’ to the extent that it’s also about the Great War … but this time from a female viewpoint.

The film which ‘The Mad Parade’ most nearly resembles is ‘The Women’, in which an all-female cast spent most of their time obsessing over men who remained just offscreen. But that movie took place in a female universe of salons and boutiques. ‘The Mad Parade’ sets a bigger challenge: it’s a war movie (traditionally male territory) with an all-female cast. It would be very contrived to keep men entirely absent from this setting, so (unlike in ‘The Women’) we do hear men’s offscreen voices, occasionally seeing a man’s shadow outlined on the wall, or glimpsing a man’s shoulder at the edge of the frame.

The setting is a military canteen during the Great War, staffed by women so that men will be available for combat duty. The commander is Schuyler, played by the underrated character actress Irene Rich. Each of the young women on her staff has a distinctly different personality, and much of the drama (with some comedy relief) comes from the clash of these personalities under the pressure of war.

Monica Dale is nicknamed ‘the Duchess’ for her reserved manner. She’s romantically involved with Tony, a handsome young aviator. One drawback of this film’s all-female conceit is that we know we’re never going to see Tony even though we keep hearing about him. Monica’s co-worker Janice is jealous and wants Tony for herself. Lilyan Tashman (whom I’ve never liked) supplies some bad comedy relief; Louise Fazenda’s comic playing is more welcome. Fazenda’s character is cried Fanny Smithers, a name which would provoke unintended laughter in British cinemas.

The film takes pains to establish that these women are in physical danger, just like the men they cater for. A German bombing raid hits the canteen. Monica finds a dud German grenade, and chucks it at a rat … but the grenade explodes and kills her co-worker Prudence.

One thing I found immensely annoying about this movie is that most of the women are constantly obsessing about romantic entanglements with men, even though they’ve got far more pressing matters. In fairness, I’m sure that plenty of men in combat zones were thinking about women during lulls in the battle … but I’m also sure they put aside those thoughts and got to work when the shooting started. Most of the characters in ‘The Mad Parade’ live utterly for male attention. Marceline Day’s dialogue reveals her bizarre enunciation. Bill Beaudine’s directorial efforts are — as usual for him — workmanlike and unimaginative. The editing is poor. But there aren’t many films with an all-woman cast, and still fewer of those are war movies. This film’s unusual setting and casting go far to raise it above the mundane. Despite its flaws and its derivative title, I’ll rate ‘The Mad Parade’ 8 points out of 10.

An interesting tribute to the women who served during WWI.
The cover to the DVD for “Forgotten Women” (an alternate title for “The Mad Parade”) makes the film look a bit more salacious than it really is, as it’s emblazened with the phrase “Shocking Pre-Code classic!”. But it’s really not all that shocking…even for 1931. Aside from some cursing, a trampy character and the fact that it’s about women serving in the war, there isn’t that much shocking content. Of course, if it was shown after the toughened Production Code of 1934, then these story elements might have been removed in order for the film to be allowed to be seen in theaters.

The story is a bit hard to follow, as there are a lot of women and at first it’s easy to mix them up. It’s a very episodic story….and shows how these women coped with the hellish conditions. While it seems very gritty, no film comes close to capturing the horrors of the war…and this one isn’t as realistic as, say, “All Quiet on the Western Front”. Essentially, the film is mostly about how these women cope…or don’t cope…with death and destruction all around them.

Overall, a modestly interesting story…with a dandy finale. Not exactly a must see but a decent and watchable story nevertheless.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 3 min (63 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Passed
Genre Drama, War
Director William Beaudine
Writer Gertrude Orr, Doris Malloy, Henry McCarty
Actors Evelyn Brent, Irene Rich, Louise Fazenda
Country United States
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
Aspect Ratio 1.20 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length 1,910 m (7 reels) (USA)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm