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.
- 6.2
- 1926
- Released
- 1h 54m
Charles Farrell
Boy
Esther Ralston
Girl
Wallace Beery
Bos'n
George Bancroft
Gunner
Charles Hill Mailes
Commodore Preble
Johnnie Walker
Stephen Decatur
Eddie Fetherston
Richard Somers
George Godfrey
Cook
William Conklin
Esther's Father (uncredited)
Effie Ellsler
Esther's Mother (uncredited)
Guy Oliver
First Mate (uncredited)
Fred Kohler
Second Mate (uncredited)
Arthur Ludwig
Second Mate (uncredited)
Boris Karloff
Saracen Guard (uncredited)Dean Harrell
Young Decatur (uncredited)
Spec O'Donnell
Cabin Boy (uncredited)
Nick De Ruiz
Bashaw (uncredited)Frank Jonasson
Pirate Captain (uncredited)Duke Kahanamoku
Pirate Captain (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis
Pirate Chief (uncredited)
Tetsu Komai
Pirate (uncredited)
Richard Alexander
Seaman (uncredited)
Richard Arlen
Seaman (uncredited)Frank Bonner
Seaman (uncredited)
Gary Cooper
Seaman (uncredited)
Frank Darien
Seaman (uncredited)Jack Herrick
Seaman (uncredited)
Robert Livingston
Seaman (uncredited)
William Bakewell
Young Philadelphian (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
(uncredited)Herbert Janssen
(uncredited)Göta Ljungberg
(uncredited)Released
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- #silent film
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Reviews
There is some grand cinematography in this telling of the early US Navy's attempts to combat the Corsair pirates from North Africa who demanded tribute from all who would sail the seas upon pain of terrible retribution from their well equipped and terrifying fleet should any default. The cast - Wallace Beery, lively as ever, and George Bancroft as his gunner mate, work well together, as do the app