The World Moves On (1934)
THE LOVE STORY OF A CENTURY THEIR love IS YOUR LOVE THEIR fear IS YOUR FEAR THEIR hope IS YOUR HOPE
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.
- Date of release
- 1934-06-27
- TMDB
- 5.9 / 10 (16)
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Genres
- Drama, History, Romance, War
- Director
- John Ford
Casting
- Madeleine Carroll — Mrs. Warburton, 1825 / Mary Warburton Girard, 1914
- Franchot Tone — Richard Girard - 1825 / Richard Girard - 1914
- Reginald Denny — Erik von Gerhardt
- Sig Ruman — Baron von Gerhardt (as Siegfried Rumann)
- Louise Dresser — Baroness von Gerhardt
- Raul Roulien — Carlos Girard (1825) / Henri Girard (1914)
- Stepin Fetchit — Dixie
- Lumsden Hare — Gabriel Warburton (1825) / Sir John Warburton (1914)
- Dudley Digges — Mr. Manning
- Frank Melton — John Girard (1825)
- Brenda Fowler — Madame Agnes Girard (1825)
- Russell Simpson — Notary (1825)
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