Old Ironsides

1h 54m

History Drama

6.2

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.

Cast

Charles Farrell

Boy

Esther Ralston

Girl

Wallace Beery

Bos'n

George Bancroft

Gunner

Charles Hill Mailes

Commodore Preble

Johnnie Walker

Stephen Decatur

Eddie Fetherston

Richard Somers

George Godfrey

Cook

William Conklin

Esther's Father (uncredited)

Effie Ellsler

Esther's Mother (uncredited)

Guy Oliver

First Mate (uncredited)

Fred Kohler

Second Mate (uncredited)

Arthur Ludwig

Second Mate (uncredited)

Boris Karloff

Saracen Guard (uncredited)

Dean Harrell

Young Decatur (uncredited)

Spec O'Donnell

Cabin Boy (uncredited)

Nick De Ruiz

Bashaw (uncredited)

Frank Jonasson

Pirate Captain (uncredited)

Duke Kahanamoku

Pirate Captain (uncredited)

Mitchell Lewis

Pirate Chief (uncredited)

Tetsu Komai

Pirate (uncredited)

Richard Alexander

Seaman (uncredited)

Richard Arlen

Seaman (uncredited)

Frank Bonner

Seaman (uncredited)

Gary Cooper

Seaman (uncredited)

Frank Darien

Seaman (uncredited)

Jack Herrick

Seaman (uncredited)

Robert Livingston

Seaman (uncredited)

William Bakewell

Young Philadelphian (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

(uncredited)

Herbert Janssen

(uncredited)

Göta Ljungberg

(uncredited)

Crew

James Cruze

Director, Producer

Dorothy Arzner

Scenario Writer, Editor

Walter Woods

Adaptation

Harry Carr

Adaptation

Laurence Stallings

Story

Alfred Gilks

Director of Photography

B.P. Schulberg

Associate Producer