The Film Parade 91 years old

The Film Parade

Pioneer filmmaker J. Stuart Blackton was intrigued by the idea of a film about the history of the movies as early as 1915. He finally released a 52-minute feature called The Film Parade that was shown in New York and favorably reviewed by "Variety" in 1933. He continued tinkering with the film for the rest of the decade, and later filmmakers and distributors used Blackton's footage for stock or to produce their own variously titled and truncated versions. -UCLA Film & Television Archive

Credits

The Film Parade Cast

Name Character
Charlie Chaplin He was 43, 88 years old when he died as Himself (film clip from 'The Champion' (1915)) (archive footage) (as Charlie Chaplin)
Marlene Dietrich She was 31, 90 years old when she died as Herself (film clip from 'Der Blaue Engel") (archive footage)
Francis X. Bushman He was 49, 83 years old when he died as Himself, film clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
Clara Bow She was 27, 60 years old when she died as Herself, film clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gloria Swanson She was 33, 84 years old when she died as Herself, film clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
Norma Shearer She was 30, 80 years old when she died as Herself, film clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
Theda Bara She was 47, 69 years old when she died as Herself, film clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
Harry Carey He was 54, 69 years old when he died as Himself, film clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gilbert M. Anderson He was 52, 90 years old when he died as Himself, film clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tom Mix He was 52, 60 years old when he died as Himself (film clip from 'The Stagecoach' Guard (1915)) (archive footage)
John Bunny He was 69, 51 years old when he died as Himself, film clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mathilde Comont She was 46, 51 years old when she died as Herself (uncredited)
Marguerite Clayton She was 41, 77 years old when she died as Herself, film clip (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Film Parade Crew

Name Department
Howard Gaye as Writer. He was 54 (76) years old when He died Writing
J. Stuart Blackton as Director. He was 57 (66) years old when He died Directing
The Film Parade (91 years)

  • Release day: Sunday, January 01, 1933
  • Runtime: 55 minutes