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.
Cast & crew
John FordDirector
Madeleine CarrollMrs. Warburton, 1825 / Mary Warburton Girard, 1914
Franchot ToneRichard Girard - 1825 / Richard Girard - 1914
Reginald DennyErik von Gerhardt
Sig RumanBaron von Gerhardt (as Siegfried Rumann)
Louise DresserBaroness von Gerhardt
Raul RoulienCarlos Girard (1825) / Henri Girard (1914)
Stepin FetchitDixie
Lumsden HareGabriel Warburton (1825) / Sir John Warburton (1914)
