| Return to Yesterday | |
|---|---|
 Original UK film poster | |
| Directed by | Robert Stevenson |
| Screenplay by | |
| Based on |
Goodness, How Sad by Robert Morley |
| Produced by | S.C. Balcon |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Ronald Neame |
| Edited by | Charles Saunders |
| Music by | Ernest Irving |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | ABFD |
Release date |
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Running time | 69 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Return to Yesterday is a 1940 British comedy-drama film directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Clive Brook and Anna Lee. [1] It was based on Robert Morley's play Goodness, How Sad. [2] The film was made at Ealing Studios. [1]
Synopsis
A British Hollywood star goes AWOL on his way back to Hollywood after a visit in London. The reason is an impromptu decision to leave the train on his way to the ocean liner in Southampton when it passes the seaside resort where he once worked as a struggling actor at a local theatre. Without anyone but his old landlady realising who he is, he then agrees to appear in latest production of a travelling repertory theatre company when it loses its leading man a few days before the premiere, and falls in love with the leading lady.
Cast
- Clive Brook as Robert Maine
- Anna Lee as Carol Sands
- Dame May Whitty as Mrs. Emily Truscott
- Hartley Power as Regan
- Milton Rosmer as Fred Sambourne
- David Tree as Peter Thropp
- Olga Lindo as Grace Sambourne
- Garry Marsh as Charlie Miller
- Arthur Margetson as Osbert
- Elliott Mason as Mrs Priskin
- O. B. Clarence as Truscott
- David Horne as Morrison
- Frank Pettingell as Prendergast
- Ludwig Stössel as Captain Angst
- Wally Patch as Night Watchman
- H. F. Maltby as Inspector
- Mary Jerrold as Old lady at station
- Alf Goddard as Attendant
- John Turnbull as Stationmaster
- Patric Curwen as Jim, the Guard
- Eliot Makeham as Fred Grover
- Mollie Rankin as Christine Lawford
- Bruce Seton as Journalist
Critical reception
Allmovie called it "A delightful film that begs to be rediscovered." [2]
References
- ^ a b "Return to Yesterday (1940)". Archived from the original on 10 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Return to Yesterday (1940) - Robert Stevenson - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
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- 1940 films
- 1940 comedy-drama films
- British comedy-drama films
- 1940s English-language films
- Ealing Studios films
- British black-and-white films
- Films directed by Robert Stevenson
- Films set in England
- British films based on plays
- 1940s British films
- Films scored by Ernest Irving
- English-language comedy-drama films
- 1940s British film stubs