Movie: The World Moves On

Top 10 Billed 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

Raul Roulien
Raul Roulien

Carlos Girard (1825) / Henri Girard (1914)

Stepin Fetchit
Stepin Fetchit

Dixie

Lumsden Hare
Lumsden Hare

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

Dudley Digges
Dudley Digges

Mr. Manning

Frank Melton
Frank Melton

John Girard (1825)

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    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

    1934-06-27

  • Average

    5.7

  • Rating:

    2.9 starts
  • Tagline

    THE LOVE STORY OF A CENTURY THEIR love IS YOUR LOVE THEIR fear IS YOUR FEAR THEIR hope IS YOUR HOPE

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