Old Ironsides (film)

Old Ironsides
Film poster
Directed byJames Cruze
Written byDorothy Arzner
Harry Carr
Walter Woods (scenario)
Rupert Hughes (intertitles)
StarringCharles Farrell
Esther Ralston
Wallace Beery
George Bancroft
CinematographyAlfred Gilks
Music byHugo Riesenfeld
J. S. Zamecnik
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • December 6, 1926 (1926-12-06)
Running time
111 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
Box office$1.1 million (U.S. and Canada rentals)[1]

Old Ironsides is a 1926 American silent historical war film directed by James Cruze and starring Charles Farrell, Esther Ralston, Wallace Beery, George Bancroft and Boris Karloff in a small role.[2] It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

A novelisation by A.M.R. Wright called Sons of the Sea was published by The Readers Library, to coincide with the release of the film in England.

Old Ironsides (1926)
  1. ^ "All-Time Film Rental Champs". Variety. October 15, 1990. p. M150.
  2. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Old Ironsides". Silent Era. Retrieved April 6, 2008.