Trípoli

Trípoli (1926)

Old Ironsides

En 1797 se produjo la botadura del "Constitución", una de las primeras fragatas estadounidenses diseñada, en principio, para acabar con la tiranía de los piratas berberiscos, que asolaban los mares y exigían tributo a las naciones. A partir de este dato histórico, se mezcla la ficción: un joven de Salem trata de embarcar en el "Constitución", pero por el camino encontrará a un par de lobos de mar embaucadores. Los tres, por distintas vías, se reunirán en una nave que, sin proponérselo, seguirá la estela del "Constitución".

Fecha de estreno
1926-12-06
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (18)
Duración
1 h 51 min
Géneros
Historia, Drama
Director
James Cruze

Reparto

Curiosidades

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. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

Production

The movie was shot in a widescreen process that Paramount promoted as "Magnascope". This process was used to heighten the visual effects in specific points in the film by switching to a larger "widescreen" thus enhancing the visual drama of the feature. It was reported that at the premiere of Old Ironsides the audience "stood up and cheered" when the Magnascope was activated.

This lavish oceangoing epic features battle scenes with sailing ships and pirates. The Maine-built ship Llewellyn J. Morse was refitted as USS Constitution. A real 1886 ship, S. N. Castle, was burned and sunk for the film off Catalina Island.

Box office receipts from the premiere at the Rialto Theater went to the USS Constitution restoration fund.

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