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