THE WORLD MOVES ON
DIRECTED BY JOHN FORD
PRODUCED BY WINIFIELD R. SHEEHAN
FOX FILM CORPORATION
Plot Summary
The story opens 185 years ago when 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.
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Full Cast
Madeleine Carroll ... Mrs. Warburton, 1825 / Mary Warburton Girard, 1914
Franchot Tone ... Richard Girard - 1825 / Richard Girard - 1914
Reginald Denny ... Erik von Gerhardt
Sig Ruman ... Baron von Gerhardt (as Siegfried Rumann)
Louise Dresser ... Baroness von Gerhardt
Raul Roulien ... Carlos Girard (1825) / Henri Girard (1914)
Stepin Fetchit ... Dixie
Lumsden Hare ... Gabriel Warburton (1825) / Sir John Warburton (1914)
Dudley Digges ... Mr. Manning
Frank Melton ... John Girard (1825)
Brenda Fowler ... Madame Agnes Girard (1825)
Russell Simpson ... Notary (1825)
Walter McGrail ... The Duallist (1825)
Marcelle Corday ... Madame Girard II (1914)
Charles Bastin ... Jacques Girard, the Boy (1914)
Barry Norton ... Jacques Girard (1924)
George Irving ... Charles Girard (1914)
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink ... Fritz von Gerhardt
Georgette Rhodes ... Jeanne Girard
Claude King ... Colonel Braithwaite
Ivan F. Simpson ... Clumber (as Ivan Simpson)
Frank Moran ... Sergeant Culbert, Soldier in Trench
Neville Clark ... English Aviator (scenes deleted)
Eva Dennison ... English Aviator's Mother (scenes deleted)
Brooks Benedict ... Soldier in Trench (uncredited)
Anita Brown ... Dixie's Wife (uncredited)
Pierre Callos ... Chef (uncredited)
Fred Cavens ... French Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Jack Chefe ... Frenchman (uncredited)
André Cheron ... French Officer in Trench (uncredited)
Pierre Couderc ... Frenchman (uncredited)
Sidney De Gray ... Card Player (uncredited)
Mario Dominici ... French Doctor (uncredited)
Francis Ford ... Legionaire in Trench (uncredited)
J.C. Fowler ... Guest at Tavern (uncredited)
Hans Fuerberg ... Hans, Man Toasting Bride and Groom (uncredited)
Mary Gordon ... English Soldier's Mother (uncredited)
Ben Hall ... English Soldier (uncredited)
Winter Hall ... Minister (uncredited)
Ramsay Hill ... British Officer (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fred Hueston ... Frenchman (uncredited)
Hans Joby ... German Officer (uncredited)
Beulah Hall Jones ... Frenchwoman (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp ... Broker (uncredited)
Emmett King ... Card Player (uncredited)
Otto Kottke ... German Soldier (uncredited)
Louise La Croix ... Frenchwoman (uncredited)
Charles Legneur ... Frenchman (uncredited)
Jacques Lory ... Legionaire in Trench with Dixie (uncredited)
Margaret Mann ... Housekeeper (uncredited)
Alphonse Martell ... French Sergeant (uncredited)
Tony Martelli ... Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
Billy McClain ... Black Frenchman (uncredited)
Paul McVey ... Worker Saying 'Paris Calling' (uncredited)
Torben Meyer ... Head Butler (uncredited)
George Milo ... Officer (uncredited)
Benito Mussolini ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jack Pennick ... French Orderly (uncredited)
John S. Peters ... Cook (uncredited)
Albert Pollet ... Frenchman (uncredited)
Frank Reicher ... Herr Robess (uncredited)
George Renault ... Legionaire (uncredited)
Larry Steers ... Guest at Tavern (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook ... Legionaire in Trench with Dixie (uncredited)
Anders Van Haden ... German Doctor (uncredited)
Perry N. Vekroff ... Frenchman (uncredited)
Hans von Morhart ... German Submariner (uncredited)
William Worthington ... Judge of Duel (uncredited)
Writing Credits
Doris Anderson uncredited
Reginald Berkeley screenplay and story
William M. Conselman uncredited
Joe Cunningham uncredited
James Gleason uncredited
Llewellyn Hughes uncredited
Edward T. Lowe Jr. uncredited
Henry Wales uncredited
Original Music
R.H. Bassett (uncredited)
David Buttolph (uncredited)
Louis De Francesco (uncredited)
Hugo Friedhofer (uncredited)
Cyril J. Mockridge (uncredited)
Cinematography
George Schneiderman
Trivia
This was the first film to be granted the production seal of approval under new guidelines set forth by the Production Code Administration Office and the Motion Picture Producers and Directors of America. The modern US ratings system continued its numbering system, which granted certificates to over 40,000 titles by the mid-2000s.
Following the attack on a luxury liner by a German submarine, two Allied war ships are seen steaming to the datum. One is HMS Relentless (H85); the other is USS Preble (DD 345).