The Crowd (1928)

What it’s about

John, an ambitious but undisciplined New York City office worker, meets and marries Mary. They start a family, struggle to cope with marital stress, financial setbacks, and tragedy, all while lost amid the anonymous, pitiless throngs of the big city.

Cast

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  Eleanor Boardman

  Mary Sims

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  James Murray

  John 'Johnny' Sims

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  Bert Roach

  Bert

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  Estelle Clark

  Jane

• D

  Daniel G. Tomlinson

  Jim

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  Dell Henderson

  Dick

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  Lucy Beaumont

  Mary's Mother

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  Freddie Burke Frederick

  John 'Junior' Sims

• A

  Alice Mildred Puter

  Sims Daughter

• J

  John D. Bloss

  Boy on Fence (uncredited)

• R

  Roy Bloss

  Boy on Fence (uncredited)

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  Sidney Bracey

  John's Supervisor (uncredited)