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