The World Moves On (1934)

Drama History Romance War

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.

Updated May 25 2020

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US -

1934-06-27

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Keywords:

family relationships sinking ship

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Runtime: 104 mins Rating: 6.4

Cast

Sig Ruman

Baron von Gerhardt (as Siegfried Rumann)

Reginald Denny

Erik von Gerhardt

Lumsden Hare

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

Madeleine Carroll

Mrs. Warburton, 1825 / Mary Warburton Girard, 1914

Russell Simpson

Notary (1825)

Franchot Tone

Richard Girard - 1825 / Richard Girard - 1914

Dudley Digges

Mr. Manning

Marcelle Corday

Madame Girard II (1914)