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