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Only Yesterday (1933)
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Only Yesterday (1933)

Drama, Romance • 1h 45m

Overview

On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young businessman is about to commit suicide. With a note to his wife scribbled down and a gun in his hand, he notices an envelope addressed to him on his desk. As he begins to read, we're taken back to World War One and his meeting with a young woman named Mary Lane.

Director: John M. Stahl

Cast: Margaret Sullavan, John Boles, Edna May Oliver, Billie Burke, Benita Hume, Reginald Denny, George Meeker, Jimmy Butler, Noel Francis, Geneva Mitchell, Bramwell Fletcher, June Clyde, Jane Darwell, Oscar Apfel, Robert McWade, Onslow Stevens, Jay Whidden, Adrienne Marden, Leon Ames, Louise Beavers, Betty Blythe, Sheila Bromley, Marion Byron, Walter Catlett, Dorothy Christy, Berton Churchill, Ruth Clifford, Joyce Compton, Tommy Conlon, Herbert Corthell, James Flavin, Dorothy Granger, Jeanne Hart, Arthur Hoyt, Crauford Kent, Natalie Moorhead, Ferdinand Munier, Barry Norton, Edgar Norton, Vivien Oakland, Franklin Pangborn, Lucille Powers, Marie Prevost, Craig Reynolds, Bert Roach, Gay Seabrook, Warren Stokes, Grady Sutton, Sidney Bracey, Alphonse Martell, Sam McDaniel, Lafe McKee, Jeanne Sorel, Larry Steers, Fred 'Snowflake' Toones, William H. O'Brien, Ralph Brooks, Florence Lake, Richard Tucker, Dennis O'Keefe, Leo White, Bill Elliott, Maidel Turner, Bert Moorhouse, Jerry Frank, Churchill Ross, Edmund Breese, Jason Robards Sr., Huntley Gordon, Eddie Kane, Rafael Alcayde

Best Video Release

Unofficial DVD

Additional Info

Universal has a new 4K DCP restoration in 2025 so a new release is likely

Format

Only Unofficial Sources

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Length

105 mins

Type

Movie

Last Updated

7 months ago

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Best Video Release

Unofficial DVD

Additional Info

Universal has a new 4K DCP restoration in 2025 so a new release is likely

Format
Only Unofficial Sources
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Length
105 mins
Type
Movie
Last Updated
7 months ago
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