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 (1931-05-14)
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)