Old Ironsides Movie Review 1926

Silent, black-and-white version of the big budget/important director and stars action-adventure. Merchant marines aboard the famous Old Ironsides battle 19th century Barbary pirates in rousing action scenes. Home video version features an engaging organ score by Gaylord Carter. Based on the poem "Constitution" by Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 111 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Silent Films, Adapted from a Poem, Swashbucklers, Sail Away, Pirates

Cast

Esther Ralston, Wallace Beery, Boris Karloff, Charles Farrell, George Bancroft

Director

James Cruze

Music

Gaylord Carter

Producer

Paramount Pictures