The Road to Yesterday

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The Road to Yesterday
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Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Frank Urson (asst. director)
Written by Beulah Marie Dix
Jeanie MacPherson
Based onThe Road to Yesterday (play)
by Beulah Marie Dix
Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland
Produced byCecil B. DeMille
Starring Joseph Schildkraut
Jetta Goudal
Vera Reynolds
Cinematography J. Peverell Marley
Edited by Anne Bauchens
Music byRudolph Berliner
Production
company
De Mille Pictures Corp.
Distributed by Producers Distributing Corporation
Release date
  • November 15, 1925 (1925-11-15)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Road to Yesterday is a 1925 American silent romantic drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. [1] The film was based on a 1908 play of the same name by Beulah Marie Dix and Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland and was adapted by Dix and Jeanie MacPherson. Art direction for the film was done by Paul Iribe, Anton Grot, Mitchell Leisen, and Max Parker. [2]

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The film is significant because it was Cecil B. DeMille's first release from his new production company, DeMille Pictures Corporation. It was also upcoming actor William Boyd's first starring role. In DeMille's next picture, The Volga Boatman , which was a tremendous success, he cast Boyd as the solo leading man.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, [3] Malena, a young bride, has a fear of her husband Kenneth which she cannot understand but which he attributes to his unprepossessing physical appearance. Finally, angered, the young husband leaves his wife to go to Chicago and have a physical defect overcome, if this be possible. His wife leaves on the same train. The train is wrecked and the young man rescues his wife from death. Thereafter they understand each other.

Cast

Preservation and Availability

Complete prints of The Road to Yesterday are held by:

Prints also exist in private collections on 16 mm and 8mm film. [1]

On September 24, 2013, the film was released on DVD by Alpha Video. [5] Another DVD version was released on July 31, 2014, by The Video Cellar.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Progressive Silent Film List: The Road to Yesterday". silentera.com. Retrieved June 21, 2008.
  2. "The Road to Yesterday". afi.com. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  3. "New Pictures: The Road to Yesterday", Exhibitors Herald, 23 (5), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 53–54, October 24, 1925, retrieved October 23, 2022PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. "American Silent Feature Film Database: The Road to Yesterday". Library of Congress. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  5. "Silent Era Films on Home Video: The Road to Yesterday". silentera.com. Retrieved April 5, 2024.