Old Ironsides
movie
WHAT A YARN!
Released December 06, 1926
Overview
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
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)
