The World Moves On

IMDb 5.6 1934 • 104 min • DramaHistoryRomanceWar

Director

John Ford

Country

US

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Madeleine Carroll
Madeleine Carroll Mrs. Warburton, 1825 / Mary Warburton Girard, 1914
Franchot Tone
Franchot Tone Richard Girard - 1825 / Richard Girard - 1914
Reginald Denny
Reginald Denny Erik von Gerhardt
Sig Ruman
Sig Ruman Baron von Gerhardt (as Siegfried Rumann)
Louise Dresser
Louise Dresser Baroness von Gerhardt