1860 ushers in the era of iron ships, Richard Sibley, a builder of wooden ships, stubbornly resists the change, which leads him to forbid the marriage of his daughter Rose to John Rhead, a proponent of the new method. This injustice outrages John's sister Gertrude so much that she breaks off her engagement to Sibley's son Sam. Meanwhile, John and Rose elope.
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Cast
Lewis Stone
John Rhead
Alice Hollister
Gertrude Rhead
Gertrude Robinson
Emily Rhead
Harvey Clark
Sam Sibley
Mary Alden
Rose Sibley
May Foster
Nancy Sibley
Boyd Irwin
Arthur Preece
Jack Donovan
Richard Sibley Jr
Correan Kirkham
Honorable Muriel Pym
Carroll Fleming
Thompson
Lionel Belmore
Richard Sibley Sr
Gerald Pring
Ned Pym / Lord Monkhurst / Young Lord Monkhurst
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