The World Moves On is a 1934 American drama film directed by John Ford and starring Madeleine Carroll and Franchot Tone.

In 1825, 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.

[3] Mordaunt Hall of The New York Times called it "an ambitious undertaking, well composed and photographed, but it does seem as though the film would be all the better if it were shortened.

[5] John Mosher of The New Yorker panned it as "a completely synthetic affair" that was "padded out to the limit".

[6] The Chicago Tribune called it "a moving tale" and "well worth your time", with "but one fault – extreme length.