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Return to Yesterday (1940)

69 min · Tragic Comedy Film, drama film

Popularity1.5/5
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2025-09 to 2026-08

Directors

Robert Stevenson

Cast

Clive Brook, Anna Lee, May Whitty, Hartley Power

The story

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.

Genres

Tragic Comedy Film, drama film

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