esther ralston

Slavery, Piracy, and Shirtless Men in Silent Film, ‘Old Ironsides’

Slavery, Piracy, and Shirtless Men in Silent Film, ‘Old Ironsides’

Kino Lorber's release of Old Ironsides offers derring-do with cannons firing and masts breaking off and hundreds of extras swarming all over each other's ships.