The World Moves On

The World Moves On

104 mins | Drama, Romance, War, History | June 27, 1934

Two families, cotton merchants in England and America, with branches in France and Prussia swear to stand by each other in a belief that a great business firmly established in four countries will be able to withstand even such another calamity as the Napoleonic Wars from which Europe is slowly recovering. Then many years later, along comes World War One and the years that follow, to test the businesses.

The World Moves On

104 mins | Drama, Romance, War, History | June 27, 1934

The World Moves On
Two families, cotton merchants in England and America, with branches in France and Prussia swear to stand by each other in a belief that a great business firmly established in four countries will be able to withstand even such another calamity as the Napoleonic Wars from which Europe is slowly recovering. Then many years later, along comes World War One and the years that follow, to test the businesses.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers Fox Film Corporation
Original title The World Moves On
Directors John Ford
Writers Reginald Berkeley

Cast

Madeleine Carroll

as Mrs. Warburton, 1825 / Mary Warburton Girard, 1914

Franchot Tone

as Richard Girard - 1825 / Richard Girard - 1914

Reginald Denny

as Erik von Gerhardt

Sig Ruman

as Baron von Gerhardt (as Siegfried Rumann)

Louise Dresser

as Baroness von Gerhardt

Raul Roulien

as Carlos Girard (1825) / Henri Girard (1914)

Stepin Fetchit

as Dixie

Lumsden Hare

as Gabriel Warburton (1825) / Sir John Warburton (1914)

Dudley Digges

as Mr. Manning

Frank Melton

as John Girard (1825)

Brenda Fowler

as Madame Agnes Girard (1825)

Russell Simpson

as Notary (1825)

Walter McGrail

as The Duallist (1825)

Marcelle Corday

as Madame Girard II (1914)

Charles Bastin

as Jacques Girard, the Boy (1914)

Barry Norton

as Jacques Girard (1924)

George Irving

as Charles Girard (1914)

Ferdinand Schumann-Heink

as Fritz von Gerhardt

Georgette Rhodes

as Jeanne Girard

Claude King

as Colonel Braithwaite

Ivan F. Simpson

as Clumber

Frank Moran

as Frank Moran

Francis Ford

as Legionaire in Trench