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
104 min
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.
- Release date
- June 27, 1934
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Madeleine Carroll as Mrs. Warburton, 1825
- Madeleine Carroll as Mary Warburton Girard, 1914
- Franchot Tone as Richard Girard - 1825
- Franchot Tone as Richard Girard - 1914
- Reginald Denny as Erik von Gerhardt
- Sig Ruman as Baron von Gerhardt
- Louise Dresser as Baroness von Gerhardt
- Raul Roulien as Carlos Girard (1825)
- Raul Roulien as Henri Girard (1914)
- Stepin Fetchit as Dixie
- Lumsden Hare as Gabriel Warburton (1825)
- Lumsden Hare as Sir John Warburton (1914)
- Dudley Digges as Mr. Manning
- Frank Melton as John Girard (1825)
Crew
- John Ford · Director
- Reginald Berkeley · Writer
- Winfield R. Sheehan · Producer
- George Schneiderman · Cinematographer