My Past

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My Past
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Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Written by Charles Kenyon
Based onEx-Mistress
1930 novel
by Dora Macy
Starring Bebe Daniels
Cinematography Barney McGill
Edited by Ralph Dawson
Music byDavid Mendoza
Erno Rapee
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
May 14, 1931
Running time
72–74 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

My Past is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Bebe Daniels. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and was also known under the alternative title The Ex-Mistress. [1]

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Plot

Broadway star Doree Macy is being simultaneously wooed by two men who happen to be business partners: older John Thornley and younger (and married) Robert Byrne. Which, if either, will wind up with her heart?

Cast

Preservation status

A surviving print is preserved in the collection of the Library of Congress. [2] It is also available on DVD from Warner Archive and airs occasionally on Turner Classic Movies.

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References

  1. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:My Past
  2. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress p.123 (1978)