Old Ironsides

…opus about the merchant marine, Old Ironsides. Arzner subsequently bargained with Paramount for a chance to direct her first picture, Fashions for Women, which was released in 1927. It was soon followed by Ten Modern Commandments and Get Your Man (both 1927), the latter with Clara Bow.

…The Pony Express (1925) and Old Ironsides (1926), were not as successful, and Old Ironsides, about the USS Constitution’s battles against Barbary pirates, was an especially costly failure. He was released by Paramount and formed his own production company, James Cruze Productions, which started making films in 1928. But going…