Old Ironsides
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.
Cast
Eddie Fetherston
Richard Somers
William Conklin
Esther's Father (uncredited)
Richard Alexander
Seaman (uncredited)
Frank Darien
Seaman (uncredited)
Fred Kohler
Second Mate (uncredited)
George Bancroft
Gunner
Charles Hill Mailes
Commodore Preble
Effie Ellsler
Esther's Mother (uncredited)
Nick De Ruiz
Bashaw (uncredited)
Wallace Beery
Bos'n
Gary Cooper
Seaman (uncredited)
William Bakewell
Young Philadelphian (uncredited)
Boris Karloff
Saracen Guard (uncredited)
Johnnie Walker
Stephen Decatur
Guy Oliver
First Mate (uncredited)
Spec O'Donnell
Cabin Boy (uncredited)
Richard Arlen
Seaman (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
(uncredited)
George Godfrey
Cook
Duke Kahanamoku
Pirate Captain (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis
Pirate Chief (uncredited)
Robert Livingston
Seaman (uncredited)
Charles Farrell
Boy
Tetsu Komai
Pirate (uncredited)
Esther Ralston
Girl