Old Ironsides
History
Drama
WHAT A YARN!
An embellished account of the 1803 expedition by famed frigate U.S.S. Constitution--a.k.a. "Old Ironsides"--against the Barbary pirates then terrorizing American shipping, focusing on the crew and passengers of a fictional merchant ship, The Esther, who fall afoul of the same pirates and thus become involved with the Constitution's mission.
1926-12-06
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Cast
Director
James Cruze
Charles Farrell as Boy
Esther Ralston as Girl
Wallace Beery as Bos'n
George Bancroft as Gunner
Charles Hill Mailes as Commodore Preble
Johnnie Walker as Stephen Decatur
Eddie Fetherston as Richard Somers
George Godfrey as Cook
William Conklin as Esther's Father (uncredited)
Effie Ellsler as Esther's Mother (uncredited)
Guy Oliver as First Mate (uncredited)
Fred Kohler as Second Mate (uncredited)
Boris Karloff as Saracen Guard (uncredited)
Spec O'Donnell as Cabin Boy (uncredited)
Nick De Ruiz as Bashaw (uncredited)
Duke Kahanamoku as Pirate Captain (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis as Pirate Chief (uncredited)
Tetsu Komai as Pirate (uncredited)
Richard Alexander as Seaman (uncredited)
Richard Arlen as Seaman (uncredited)
Gary Cooper as Seaman (uncredited)
Frank Darien as Seaman (uncredited)
Robert Livingston as Seaman (uncredited)
William Bakewell as Young Philadelphian (uncredited)
Bess Flowers as (uncredited)