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Old Ironsides (1926) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1926 · 114 mins
- Directed by
- James Cruze
- Starring
- George Bancroft, Gary Cooper, Boris Karloff, Wallace Beery, Richard Alexander, Robert Livingston
An embellished retelling of the 1803 voyage of the famed frigate U.S.S. Constitution, known as “Old Ironsides,” as it confronts the Barbary pirates that menace American shipping. The story follows the crew and passengers of the fictional merchant ship The Esther, who become entangled with the pirates and are drawn into the Constitution’s mission.
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