Old Ironsides
Old Ironsides
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.
- Director: James Cruze
- Genre: Drama, History
- Actors: Charles Farrell, Charles Hill Mailes, Eddie Fetherston, Effie Ellsler, Esther Ralston, George Bancroft, George Godfrey, Johnnie Walker, Wallace Beery, William Conklin
