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The World Moves On (1934)

Directed by John Ford

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.

Rated NR | Length 104 minutes

Actors

Madeleine Carroll | Franchot Tone | Reginald Denny | Sig Ruman | Louise Dresser | Raul Roulien | Stepin Fetchit | Lumsden Hare | Dudley Digges | Frank Melton | Brenda Fowler | Russell Simpson | Walter McGrail | Marcelle Corday | Charles Bastin | Barry Norton | George Irving | Ferdinand Schumann-Heink | Georgette Rhodes | Claude King | Ivan F. Simpson | Frank Moran | Francis Ford