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.
Lewis Stone
as John Rhead
Alice Hollister
as Gertrude Rhead
Gertrude Robinson
as Emily Rhead
Harvey Clark
as Sam Sibley
Mary Alden
as Rose Sibley
May Foster
as Nancy Sibley
Boyd Irwin
as Arthur Preece
Jack Donovan
as Richard Sibley Jr
Correan Kirkham
as Honorable Muriel Pym
Carroll Fleming
as Thompson
Lionel Belmore
as Richard Sibley Sr
Gerald Pring
as Ned Pym / Lord Monkhurst / Young Lord Monkhurst
