The Road to Yesterday

1925 1h 47m EN

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★6.8TMDB · 5

FantasyDramaRomance

Synopsis

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Malena's apparent frigidity toward her husband Kenneth is a result of injustice done in an earlier incarnation when he was a knight and she was a gypsy headed for burning at the stake. This becomes evident when their unconscious minds travel back from a train wreck in the American plains to Elizabethan England.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Joseph Schildkraut
Kenneth Paulton
Jetta Goudal
Malena Paulton
William Boyd
Jack Moreland
Vera Reynolds
Beth Tyrell
Trixie Friganza
Harriet Tyrell
Casson Ferguson
Adrian Thompkyns
Julia Faye
Dolly Foules
Clarence Burton
Hugh Armstrong

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Writers: Jeanie Macpherson, Beulah Marie Dix
Languages: No Language
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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101 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, shot by J. Peverell Marley. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Anne Bauchens shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Joseph Schildkraut and Jetta Goudal and William Boyd carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0016294 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 5 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Cecil B. DeMille directs. J. Peverell Marley behind the camera. Anne Bauchens cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in No Language.

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Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $0.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2101 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, shot by J. Peverell Marley. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Anne Bauchens shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Joseph Schildkraut and Jetta Goudal and William Boyd carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0016294 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 5 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.