The Man from Yesterday

The Man from Yesterday is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic war drama film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Berthold Viertel, and written by Oliver H. P. Garrett, based on a story by Neil Blackwell and Rowland G. Edwards.[1]

For the British film, see The Man from Yesterday (1949 film).

The Man from Yesterday
Directed byBerthold Viertel
Written byOliver H.P. Garrett
Story:
Neil Blackwell
Rowland G. Edwards
StarringClaudette Colbert
Clive Brook
CinematographyKarl Struss
Music byHerman Hand
Rudolph G. Kopp
John Leipold
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • June 24, 1932 (1932-06-24)
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

In Paris at the end of the First World War, Sylvia Suffolk and British Expeditionary Force officer Tony Clyde get married, shortly before Tony leaves for the Western Front. Sylvia, newly pregnant, is given the news that Tony was killed in a poison gas attack while working as a nurse for surgeon René Gaudin. Sylvia gradually falls in love with René but is reluctant to remarry since she has no official news of Tony's death. On holiday in Switzerland with René, Sylvia is shocked to find Tony is still alive and convalescing, having been taken prisoner of war with lung damage. Sylva now finds herself torn between duty to Tony and marriage to René. She ultimately decides to stay with Tony and takes him to Paris to see their son, but he realizes that she is still in love with Rene and kills himself.

Cast

References
  1. "The Man from Yesterday". UCLA Film and Television Archive. Retrieved November 16, 2020.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.