The Mad Parade is a 1931 Pre-Code American feature film about women canteen workers toiling in a château near the front lines in France during World War I. It was directed by William Beaudine and starred Evelyn Brent. According to the American Film Institute catalog, this film was widely publicized as the first all-women cast picture, although off-stage male voices are heard and parts of their bodies are shown in the picture. Cast Evelyn Brent as Monica Dale Irene Rich as Mrs. Schuyler Louise Fazenda as Fanny Smithers Lilyan Tashman as Lil Wheeler Marceline Day as Dorothy Quinlan Fritzi Ridgeway as Prudence Graham June Clyde as Janice Lee References External links 1931 films 1930s war drama films American war drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by William Beaudine Paramount Pictures films 1931 drama films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films