{"product_id":"0738329231255","title":"Old Ironsides","description":"Long derided by film historians as a talented but visually unimaginative director, James Cruze made up for any and all past artistic sins with his rousing \u003ci\u003eOld Ironsides\u003c\/i\u003e. Per its title, this 11-reel silent film is set at the time of Stephen Decatur's defeat of the Barbary pirates in Tripoli. Decatur himself (played by comic actor Johnnie Walker) is a secondary character herein -- most of the screen time goes to the romantic leads, able-bodied seaman Charles Farrell and damsel-in-permanent-distress Esther Ralston. The acting honors go to those inveterate scene-stealers Wallace Beery and George Bancroft, cast respectively as Bos'n and Gunner. The film accommodates everything from outsized sea battles to a daring rescue from the clutches of the lustful pirates. A life-sized replica of \"Old Ironsides\" (aka the \"Constitution\") was built for the film; it remained a useful piece of bric-a-brac for many a subsequent Paramount seafaring epic. When originally released, the film utilized a wide-screen technique during many of the battle sequences. The videocassette version of \u003ci\u003eOld Ironsides\u003c\/i\u003e is, of course, unable to convey this, but it does have the bonus of a rousing musical score by Gaylord Carter. This print, incidentally, is crystal clear, enabling sharp-eyed viewers to spot Boris Karloff in a bit as a menacing Saracen.","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47085390987504,"sku":"0738329231255","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/0738329231255_p0.jpg?v=1763849438","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/0738329231255","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}