Considered one of the finest American silent films, The Crowd follows a young man from arrival in NYC, his marriage, and the subsequent ups and downs. Well acted and with some fantastic shots of "old NYC", it has none of the "Hammy" overacting that mars other Silent films. Some of the shots have been become classics and were ripped off by other film-makers (the row of work desks was used by Wilder in The Apartment). I agree its a great film, but its a little too bleak for my tastes. The American public seems to have agreed, since it was a critical success but did only middling box office. ****
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