The climb was all the more remarkable because Lloyd had he use of only one gloved hand (in 1919, a prop bomb exploded in his right hand, causing him to lose the thumb and one finger).The aggressive gang members leave the fenced-in playground and cross he tenement street.In the famous, dazzling opening sequence, they gradually break into a highly-stylized dance and then burst into a daring, high-stepping sequence - an exhilarating, inventive, visual ballet of pirouettes, vigorous athletic moves, and running jumps that symbolizes heir dominance and energy - they are readying themselves for a gang brawl.When compared to the first anti-war film of the talkie era,All Quiet on the Western Front (1930),The Big Paradeis more a film of escapist entertainment rather than an anti-war treatise, although its powerful battle scenes and staging undoubtedly influenced director Lewis Milestone""s later film.Mostly drunk throughout the film, he also holds off an inquisitive and persistent bank examiner with a Mickey Finn.CIA spy plane photographs confirmed that Nemerov did not respond to US-NATO actions by mobilizing his military, and Ryan again speculated that Nemerov was sending a message: "He didn""t bomb Grozny.