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