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The World Moves On (1934) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1934 · 104 mins · English
- Directed by
- John Ford
- Starring
- Madeleine Carroll, Sig Ruman, Reginald Denny, George Irving, Francis Ford, Raul Roulien
A century‑spanning love story follows two interwoven cotton‑merchant families—one in England, the other in America, with branches in France and Prussia. Bound by a belief that their trans‑national business can survive any crisis, they endure the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars and later the trials of World I and its aftermath.
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