The World Moves On (1934)

5.9/10 • 104 min • Drama History Romance War

Overview

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.

Cast

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

Lumsden Hare

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

Dudley Digges

Frank Melton

John Girard (1825)

Brenda Fowler

Madame Agnes Girard (1825)

Russell Simpson

Walter McGrail

The Duallist (1825)

Marcelle Corday

Madame Girard II (1914)

Barry Norton

Jacques Girard (1924)

George Irving

Charles Girard (1914)

Ferdinand Schumann-Heink

Fritz von Gerhardt

Claude King

Colonel Braithwaite

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