Only Yesterday (1933 film)
Encyclopedia
Only Yesterday is a 1933
drama film
about a young woman who becomes pregnant by her boyfriend before he rushes off to fight in World War I
. It stars Margaret Sullavan
(in her film debut) and John Boles
. The film was based on the novel Briefe einer unbekannten (Letter from an Unknown Woman) by Stefan Zweig
, though he was not credited. It is also said to have been inspired by the 1931 nonfiction bestseller Only Yesterday: An Informed History of the Nineteen-Twenties by Frederick Lewis Allen
, though there is no official credit for that claim, either. The film uses essentially the same time frame as Allen's book, but the appropriation of the title may simply have been an attempt to capitalize on the book's fame at the time.
1933 in film
-Events:* March 2 - King Kong premieres in New York City.* June 6 - The first drive-in theater opens, in Camden, New Jersey.* British Film Institute founded....
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
about a young woman who becomes pregnant by her boyfriend before he rushes off to fight in World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
. It stars Margaret Sullavan
Margaret Sullavan
Margaret Brooke Sullavan was an American stage and film actress. Sullavan started her career on the stage in 1929. In 1933 she caught the attention of movie director John M. Stahl and had her debut on the screen that same year in Only Yesterday...
(in her film debut) and John Boles
John Boles (actor)
-Early life:Boles was born in Greenville, Texas, into a middle-class family. He graduated with honors from the University of Texas in 1917 and married Marielite Dobbs in that same year. His parents wanted him to be a doctor and Boles studied and finally got his B.A. degree, but the stage called...
. The film was based on the novel Briefe einer unbekannten (Letter from an Unknown Woman) by Stefan Zweig
Stefan Zweig
Stefan Zweig was an Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer. At the height of his literary career, in the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most famous writers in the world.- Biography :...
, though he was not credited. It is also said to have been inspired by the 1931 nonfiction bestseller Only Yesterday: An Informed History of the Nineteen-Twenties by Frederick Lewis Allen
Frederick Lewis Allen
Frederick Lewis Allen was the editor of Harper's Magazine and also notable as an American historian of the first half of the twentieth century. His specialty was writing about what was at the time recent and popular history...
, though there is no official credit for that claim, either. The film uses essentially the same time frame as Allen's book, but the appropriation of the title may simply have been an attempt to capitalize on the book's fame at the time.
Cast
- Margaret SullavanMargaret SullavanMargaret Brooke Sullavan was an American stage and film actress. Sullavan started her career on the stage in 1929. In 1933 she caught the attention of movie director John M. Stahl and had her debut on the screen that same year in Only Yesterday...
as Mary Lane - John BolesJohn Boles (actor)-Early life:Boles was born in Greenville, Texas, into a middle-class family. He graduated with honors from the University of Texas in 1917 and married Marielite Dobbs in that same year. His parents wanted him to be a doctor and Boles studied and finally got his B.A. degree, but the stage called...
as James Stanton Emerson - Edna May OliverEdna May OliverEdna May Oliver was an American stage and film actress. During the 1930s, she was one of the best-known character actresses in American films, often playing tart-tongued spinsters.-Early life:...
as Leona - Billie BurkeBillie BurkeMary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke was an American actress. She is primarily known to modern audiences as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the musical film The Wizard of Oz. She was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance as Emily Kilbourne in Merrily We Live...
as Julia Warren - Benita HumeBenita HumeBenita Hume was an English film actress. She appeared in 44 films between 1925 and 1955.She was married to actor Ronald Colman from 1938 to his death in 1958; they were the parents of a daughter, Juliet...
as Phyllis Emerson - Reginald DennyReginald Denny (actor)Reginald Denny was an English stage, film, and television actor. He was once an amateur boxing champion of Great Britain.-Acting career:...
as Bob - George MeekerGeorge MeekerGeorge Meeker was an American character movie and Broadway actor who became more of a legend off-camera than on. Meeker made several movies such as Crime Inc. , and Thief in the Dark and played an uncredited part in All Through the Night .Meeker has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.-External...
as Dave Reynolds - Jimmy ButlerJimmy ButlerJimmy Butler was an American, juvenile, motion-pictures actor, active in the 1930s and early 1940s....
as Jim Jr., Mary's son - Noel Francis as Letitia
- Bramwell FletcherBramwell FletcherBramwell Fletcher was a British stage, film, and television actor....
as Scott Hughes - June ClydeJune ClydeJune Clyde was an American actress, singer and dancer. She was a niece of actress ....
as Deborah