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.
Madeleine Carroll
as Mrs. Warburton, 1825 / Mary Warburton Girard, 1914
Franchot Tone
as Richard Girard - 1825 / Richard Girard - 1914
Reginald Denny
as Erik von Gerhardt
Sig Ruman
as Baron von Gerhardt (as Siegfried Rumann)
Louise Dresser
as Baroness von Gerhardt
Raul Roulien
as Carlos Girard (1825) / Henri Girard (1914)
Stepin Fetchit
as Dixie
Lumsden Hare
as Gabriel Warburton (1825) / Sir John Warburton (1914)
Dudley Digges
as Mr. Manning
Frank Melton
as John Girard (1825)
Brenda Fowler
as Madame Agnes Girard (1825)
Russell Simpson
as Notary (1825)
