Old Ironsides / Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky present ; a James Cruze production ; [story] by Laurence Stallings ; a Paramount picture ; suggested and adapted by Harry Carr and Walter Woods ; directed by James Cruze.
Publisher:
Kino Classics,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
1 videodisc (114 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 8 page booklet
Container of (work): Old Ironsides (Motion picture) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2012034771
Notes:
Wallace Beery, Esther Ralston, George Bancroft, Charles Farrell, Johnnie Walker, Charles Hill Mailes ; Eddie Fetherston ; George Godfrey. Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1926. Anamorphic wide screen (1.33:1). Partially shot in Magnascope, one of the earliest widescreen processes. Special features: selected scene commentary by film historian Toby Roan ; booklet essay by film historian Peter Labuza ; featuring the New York premiere score by F.S. Zamecnik and Hugo Riesenfeld, adapted for piano by Rodney Sauer.
Summary:
It is 1798, and the young U.S. government is desperate to drive the Barbary pirates out of the Mediterranean, so they build and launch the USS Constitution into the fight. A farm boy wants to join the battle, but a hard-living and fast-talking boatswain liquors the boy up until he boards the merchant ship Esther. It doesn't hurt that the ship owner's pretty daughter will also be on board.
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