The World Moves On

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.

• John FordDirector
• Reginald BerkeleyScreenplay

• 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)
• Dudley DiggesMr. Manning
• Frank MeltonJohn Girard (1825)
• Brenda FowlerMadame Agnes Girard (1825)
• Russell SimpsonNotary (1825)