He had to dodge being hit with a customary assortment of dumped trash from an upper second-floor window, but then was unsuspectingly hit by debris thrown from an opposite direction.The film brought in $533.3 million (domestically) and $1,004.6 million (or over $1 billion) worldwide, with a production budget of $185 million.BackgroundThe Crowd(1928) is a genuine, immortal, timeless American silent film masterpiece from director King Vidor, whose earlier big WWI epicThe Big Parade (1925)had been a major box-office hit for MGM studios...John Connor leads the Resistance to victory") and Kate, and took both of them to a safe location east of LA.[Note: Robert Mitchum""s role was inspired by the real-life character of Harry Powers, known nationally as "the Bluebeard of Quiet Dell" (outside of Clarksburg) and West Virginia""s most famous mass murderer, who was hanged on March 18, 1932, at the West Virginia Penitentiary.What happens? (To Jim) Don""t I buy everything you want? A bicycle, you get a bicycle, a car.Jim: You buy me many things.Jim""s father: Well, not just buy.We give you love and affection, don""t we? Well, then, what is it?Their love is smothering and artificial.