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Encyclopedia > The White Parade

The White Parade is a 1934 film that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. It was written by Rian James, Jesse Lasky Jr., Sonya Levien and Ernest Pascal, from the novel by Rian James. The film was directed by Irving Cummings.


The plot concerns the travails and romances of young women as they study to become nurses. It stars Loretta Young, John Boles, Dorothy Wilson and Muriel Kirkland.


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