The Crowd (1928 film)
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| Directed by | King Vidor |
| Written by | Joseph Farnham (titles) |
| Screenplay by | King Vidor John V.A. Weaver |
| Story by | King Vidor Harry Behn (uncredited) |
| Produced by | Irving Thalberg |
| Starring | James Murray Eleanor Boardman Bert Roach |
| Cinematography | Henry Sharp |
| Edited by | Hugh Wynn |
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| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Crowd is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by King Vidor and starring James Murray, Eleanor Boardman and Bert Roach. The feature film was nominated at the first Academy Award presentation in 1929 for several awards, including Unique and Artistic Production for MGM and Best Director for Vidor.
Kevin Brownlow and David Gill restored The Crowd in 1981, and it was released with a score by Carl Davis. In 1989, the film was one of the first 25 selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In February 2020, the film was shown at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, as part of a retrospective dedicated to Vidor's career.
The film entered the public domain in the United States in 2024.