"WHAT A YARN!" 06 December 1926 Drama, History 114 mins
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.
Watch the official Old Ironsides 1926 trailer in HD below.
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)
Arthur Ludwig as Second Mate (uncredited)
Boris Karloff as Saracen Guard (uncredited)
Dean Harrell as Young Decatur (uncredited)
Spec O'Donnell as Cabin Boy (uncredited)
James Cruze Director
Walter Woods Adaptation
Laurence Stallings Story
James Cruze Producer
Harry Carr Adaptation
Alfred Gilks Director of Photography
B.P. Schulberg Associate Producer
Dorothy Arzner Scenario Writer
Dorothy Arzner Editor
United States 06 December 1926
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