History Film / TheCrowd

* BigApplesauce: Inculudes a memorable [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er7kOfPGbmQ montage sequence]] when John first arrives in the city, which highlights the film's theme of urban alienation.

* IJustWantToBeSpecial: But he isn't. Or at least not enough to avoid ever actually applying himself enough to achieve the success he craves.

* IJustWantToBeSpecial: But he isn't.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: While John and Mary are riding on top of a double-decker bus, they pass a man on the sidewalk in a clown suit, juggling and wearing a sandwich board sign advertising a diner. John mocks the man's job and appearance, unaware that [[spoiler: he'll be applying for that same job in desperation towards the end of the film.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: While John and Mary were riding on top of a double-decker bus, they pass a down-and-out juggling clown on the busy street, with a sandwich board sign plastered on his front advertising Brockton's". Then John mocked the man's job and appearance, unaware that [[spoiler: he would also be applying for that same job towards the end of the film as a desperate man trying to get a job after he quit his previous one.]]

!!''The Crowd'' provides Examples Of:

* BigApplesauce: Inculudes a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er7kOfPGbmQ memorable sequence]] when John first arrives in the city, which highlights the film's theme of urban alienation.

Directed and co-written by one of the greatest filmmakers of the era, Creator/KingVidor, ''The Crowd'' (1928) stars James Murray as John Sims, an ordinary young man who's blissfully confident that he'll be a great success when he comes to the big city. The only problem is that John is a dreamer who believes he can win that success through shortcuts, like thinking up corny advertising slogans or hitting on some big idea, rather than by actually working hard or applying himself. Eleanor Boardman plays John's loving, supportive wife Mary.

Directed and co-written by one of the greatest filmmakers of the era, Creator/KingVidor, ''The Crowd'' (1928) stars James Murray as John Sims, an ordinary young man who's blissfully confident that he will be a great success when he comes to the big city. The only problem is that John is a dreamer who believes he can win that success through shortcuts, like thinking up corny advertising slogans or hitting on some big idea, rather than by actually working hard or applying himself. Eleanor Boardman plays John's loving, supportive wife Mary.

Directed by one of the great filmmakers of the era, Creator/KingVidor, ''The Crowd'' (1928) stars James Murray as John Sims, an ordinary young man who's blissfully confident that he will be a great success when he comes to the big city. The only problem is that John is a dreamer who believes he can attain that success by thinking up corny advertising slogans or finding some big idea rather than actually working hard or applying himself. Eleanor Boardman plays his loving, supportive wife Mary.

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Directed by one of the great filmmakers of the era, Creator/KingVidor, ''The Crowd'' (1928) stars James Murray as John Sims, an ordinary young man who's blissfully confident that he'll be a great success when he comes to the big city. The only problem is that John believes he can attain that success by thinking up corny advertising slogans or finding some big idea rather than actually working hard or applying himself. Eleanor Boardman plays his loving, supportive wife Mary.

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One of the most daring, groundbreaking films made in UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood--or ever, possibly. Directed by one of the great filmmakers of the era, Creator/KingVidor, ''The Crowd'' (1928) stars James Murray as John Sims, a young man who's blissfully confident that he'll be a great success when he comes to the big city. The only problem is that he thinks he'll succeed by thinking up corny advertising slogans or finding some big idea rather than actually working hard or applying himself. Eleanor Boardman plays his loving, supportive wife Mary.

''The Crowd'' was recognized as brilliant at the time, earning nominations at the first UsefulNotes/AcademyAward ceremony for Best Director and Unique and Artistic Production (the latter being an alternate Best Picture award that was never given again). The years have not lessened its critical standing. In 1989 it was one of the first 25 films selected by the Library of Congress to be preserved in the National Film Registry.

One of the most daring, groundbreaking films made in UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood--or ever, possibly. Directed by one of the great filmmakers of the era, Creator/KingVidor, ''The Crowd'' (1928) stars James Murray as John Sims, a young man blissfully confident that he'll be a great success when he comes to the big city. The only problem is that he thinks he'll succeed by thinking up corny advertising slogans or finding some big idea rather than actually working hard or applying himself. Eleanor Boardman plays his loving, supportive wife Mary.

One of the most daring, groundbreaking films made in UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood--or ever, possibly. Directed by one of the great filmmakers of the era, Creator/KingVidor, ''The Crowd'' stars James Murray as John Sims, a young man blissfully confident that he'll be a great success when he comes to the big city. The only problem is that he thinks he'll succeed by thinking up corny advertising slogans or finding some big idea rather than actually working hard or applying himself. Eleanor Boardman plays his loving, supportive wife Mary.

One of the most daring, groundbreaking films made in Hollywood in the 1920s--or ever, possibly. Directed by one of the great filmmakers of the era, Creator/KingVidor, ''The Crowd'' stars James Murray as John Sims, a young man blissfully confident that he'll be a great success when he comes to the big city. The only problem is that he thinks he'll succeed by thinking up corny advertising slogans or finding some big idea rather than actually working hard or applying himself. Eleanor Boardman plays his loving, supportive wife Mary.

!!Provides Examples Of:

* InfantImmortality: Averted. The Sims' little daughter is run down in the street and killed.

** While on his first date with Mary, John spies a man juggling balls while dressed as a clown and wearing a sandwich-board advertisement. Laughing and pointing, he says: "The poor sap! And I bet his father thought he would be President!" (In the opening scene, John's father told the doctor attending his birth, "There's a little man the world is going to hear from all right.")
*** Doubly ironic, in that John winds up taking the very same juggling job toward the end of the film.

* NiagaraFalls: Where John and Mary go for their honeymoon.

* FatBestFriend: Played with. Fat, jolly Bert seems like the prototypical sidekick to handsome protagonist John, but Bert actually works hard at his job and winds up far more successful in life than John does, to the point of becoming one of John’s bosses.

* FatBestFriend: Played with. Fat, jolly Bert seems like the prototypical sidekick to handsome protagonist John, but Bert actually works hard at his job and winds up far more successful in life than John does.