| Old Ironsides | |
| Director: | James Cruze |
| Starring: | Charles Farrell Esther Ralston Wallace Beery George Bancroft |
| Distributor: | Paramount Pictures |
| Released: | 6 December 1926 |
| Language: | Silent film English intertitles |
| Internet Movie Database entry 0017226 | |
Old Ironsides (1926) is a silent film starring Charles Farrell, Esther Ralston, Wallace Beery, and George Bancroft. [1] The movie was directed by James Cruze.
This lavish oceangoing epic features battle scenes with sailing ships and pirates; Beery would revisit the genre and play Long John Silver in Treasure Island eight years later. The film is a wide-ranging ensemble piece, with Farrell and Beery playing equally large roles, and detailed subplots about the country's atmosphere before the conflict as well as Stephen Decatur's early naval exploits.
The Museum of Modern Art in New York City exhibited a restored 35mm print of the film in December 2008.
A closeup of a tattoo on George Bancroft's arm reveals that his character's name is also "G. Bancroft"