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
MA
Madeleine CarrollMrs. Warburton, 1825 / Mary Warburton Girard, 1914
FR
Franchot ToneRichard Girard - 1825 / Richard Girard - 1914
RE
Reginald DennyErik von Gerhardt
SI
Sig RumanBaron von Gerhardt (as Siegfried Rumann)
LO
Louise DresserBaroness von Gerhardt
RA
Raul RoulienCarlos Girard (1825) / Henri Girard (1914)
ST
Stepin FetchitDixie
LU
Lumsden HareGabriel Warburton (1825) / Sir John Warburton (1914)