The Road to Yesterday
The Road to Yesterday | |
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Directed by | Cecil B. DeMille |
Written by | Beulah Marie Dix Howard Hawks Jeanie MacPherson Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland |
Produced by | Cecil B. DeMille |
Starring | Joseph Schildkraut |
Cinematography | J. Peverell Marley |
Edited by | Anne Bauchens |
Music by | Rudolph Berliner |
Distributed by | Producers Distributing Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
Country | United 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 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.
Cast[]
- Joseph Schildkraut as Kenneth Paulton
- Jetta Goudal as Malena Paulton
- William Boyd as Jack Moreland
- Vera Reynolds as Beth Tyrell
- Trixie Friganza as Harriet Tyrell
- Casson Ferguson as Adrian Thompkyns
- Julia Faye as Dolly Foules
- Clarence Burton as Hugh Armstrong
- Charles West as Watt Earnshaw
- Josephine Norman as Anne Vener
- Wilson Benge as Kenneth's Butler (uncredited)
- Robert Brower as Elderly Party Guest (uncredited)
- Charles Clary as Doctor (uncredited)
- Iron Eyes Cody as Indian (uncredited)
- Frank Coghlan Jr. as Boy Scout (uncredited)
- Walter Long as Thug at Burning Stake scene (uncredited)
- Chester Morris as Guest
- Sally Rand (uncredited)
- Dick Sutherland as Torturer (uncredited)
Preservation[]
Prints of The Road to Yesterday reportedly survive at George Eastman House and in private collections.[2] On September 24, 2013, the film was released on DVD by Alpha Video. Another DVD version was released on July 31, 2014, by The Video Cellar.
References[]
- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Road to Yesterday". silentera.com. Retrieved June 21, 2008.
- ^ "The Road to Yesterday". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Road to Yesterday. |
- The Road to Yesterday at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- The Road to Yesterday (1925) A Silent Film Review at moviessilently.com
- The Road to Yesterday (1925) on YouTube
- The Road to Yesterday is available for free download at the Internet Archive
Categories:
- 1925 films
- 1925 drama films
- Films directed by Cecil B. DeMille
- American films
- American drama films
- American silent feature films
- American black-and-white films
- Producers Distributing Corporation films
- Films with screenplays by F. Hugh Herbert