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Drama

The Crowd

Durée
98 minAFI 98-minute release record Sources des versions ↓

The Crowd follows John Sims, an ambitious young clerk in New York who expects to become someone important. He marries Mary, and their life together brings his hopes of success up against the demands of work, money and family.

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Langue
English
BleakGentle Idéal pour commencer · Modéré Drama
The Crowd — Office windows and crowds merge with monumental lettering.

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Histoire et personnages

Who are John, Mary and Bert?

James Murray plays John, a clerk at the Atlas Insurance Company. Eleanor Boardman plays Mary, his wife. Bert Roach plays Bert, John’s colleague, who arranges the date that brings the couple together.

Story and cast sources: AFI Catalog (full synopsis contains spoilers)

À quoi s’attendre

King Vidor joins monumental images of urban scale to a close study of marriage, work, and disappointed ambition. The film’s force comes from moving between the anonymous mass and the fragile private life hidden inside it.

Comment aborder le film

The story is plain even when silent-film performance grows emphatic. Notice how staircases, desks, windows, and crowds repeatedly reduce the couple to one small unit among many.

À savoir

Une brève note non exhaustive Includes bereavement involving a child, marital conflict, unemployment, alcohol misuse, and suicidal thoughts.
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When I saw the rows of identical desks in that enormous office, I felt a little frightened, as though one person had suddenly been reduced to a tiny number. The two of them want nothing exceptional, yet keeping their modest life intact is terribly difficult. Living as one person in a crowd may be ordinary, but remaining ordinary is not easy at all.

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Carte des versions

AFI 98-minute release record 98 min 98 minutes is attached only to this named source presentation; no restoration, score, territory, cut, frame rate, or source element is inferred. Source : AFI Catalog — The Crowd (1928) Référence pour la durée · Vérifié le 2026-08-16

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