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.
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Cast
- Charles FarrellBoy
- Esther RalstonGirl
- Wallace BeeryBos'n
- George BancroftGunner
- Charles Hill MailesCommodore Preble
- Johnnie WalkerStephen Decatur
- Eddie FetherstonRichard Somers
- George GodfreyCook
- William ConklinEsther's Father (uncredited)
- Effie EllslerEsther's Mother (uncredited)
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- James CruzeDirector
- Alfred GilksDirector of Photography
- Dorothy ArznerEditor
- James CruzeProducer
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