Old Ironsides
06/12/1926
2h



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)
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