The Mad Parade is a 1931 Pre-Code American feature film about women canteen workers toiling in a château near the front lines in France during World War I. It was directed by William Beaudine and starred Evelyn Brent. According to the American Film Institute catalog, this film was widely publicized as the first all-women cast picture, although off-stage male voices are heard and parts of their bodies are shown in the picture.

Cast

Evelyn Brent as Monica Dale

Irene Rich as Mrs. Schuyler

Louise Fazenda as Fanny Smithers

Lilyan Tashman as Lil Wheeler

Marceline Day as Dorothy Quinlan

Fritzi Ridgeway as Prudence Graham

June Clyde as Janice Lee

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1931 films

1930s war drama films

American war drama films

American black-and-white films

Films directed by William Beaudine

Paramount Pictures films

1931 drama films

1930s English-language films

1930s American films

English-language war drama films

The Mad Parade