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Only Yesterday

  • 1933
  • Passed
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
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Billie Burke, John Boles, Jimmy Butler, Edna May Oliver, and Margaret Sullavan in Only Yesterday (1933)
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A one-night fling during World War I results in a young girl getting pregnant. Years later, she meets him again. Now a successful businessman, he doesn't even remember her, but tries to sedu... Read allA one-night fling during World War I results in a young girl getting pregnant. Years later, she meets him again. Now a successful businessman, he doesn't even remember her, but tries to seduce her.A one-night fling during World War I results in a young girl getting pregnant. Years later, she meets him again. Now a successful businessman, he doesn't even remember her, but tries to seduce her.

  • Director
    • John M. Stahl
  • Writers
    • Frederick Lewis Allen
    • William Hurlbut
    • Arthur Richman
  • Stars
    • Margaret Sullavan
    • John Boles
    • Edna May Oliver
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    391
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • John M. Stahl
    • Writers
      • Frederick Lewis Allen
      • William Hurlbut
      • Arthur Richman
    • Stars
      • Margaret Sullavan
      • John Boles
      • Edna May Oliver
    • 10User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Billie Burke and Margaret Sullavan in Only Yesterday (1933)
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    John Boles, Benita Hume, and Margaret Sullavan in Only Yesterday (1933)
    John Boles and Benita Hume in Only Yesterday (1933)
    John Boles and Margaret Sullavan in Only Yesterday (1933)
    Jimmy Butler in Only Yesterday (1933)
    Billie Burke, Jimmy Butler, and Reginald Denny in Only Yesterday (1933)
    Billie Burke and Margaret Sullavan in Only Yesterday (1933)
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    Margaret Sullavan
    Margaret Sullavan
    • Mary Lane
    John Boles
    John Boles
    • James Stanton 'Jim' Emerson
    Edna May Oliver
    Edna May Oliver
    • Leona
    • (as Edna Mae Oliver)
    Billie Burke
    Billie Burke
    • Julia Warren
    Benita Hume
    Benita Hume
    • Phyllis Emerson
    Reginald Denny
    Reginald Denny
    • Bob
    George Meeker
    George Meeker
    • Dave Reynolds
    Jimmy Butler
    Jimmy Butler
    • Jim Jr.
    • (as Jimmie Butler)
    Noel Francis
    Noel Francis
    • Letitia
    Bramwell Fletcher
    Bramwell Fletcher
    • Scott Hughes
    June Clyde
    June Clyde
    • Deborah
    Jane Darwell
    Jane Darwell
    • Mrs. Lane
    Oscar Apfel
    Oscar Apfel
    • Mr. Lane
    Robert McWade
    Robert McWade
    • Harvey Miles
    Onslow Stevens
    Onslow Stevens
    • Barnard - Party Guest
    Huntley Gordon
    Huntley Gordon
    • Investor
    Edmund Breese
    Edmund Breese
    • Wall Street Investor
    Jay Whidden
    Jay Whidden
    • Orchestra Leader
    • (as Jay Whidden and His Orchestra)
    • Director
      • John M. Stahl
    • Writers
      • Frederick Lewis Allen
      • William Hurlbut
      • Arthur Richman
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    • Trivia
      Film debut of Margaret Sullavan.
    • Goofs
      The film begins in 1929, flashes back to 1917-1918-1919, then forward to 1929 again; yet, all of the women's clothes are strictly and undeniably in the uncompromising styles of 1933.
    • Connections
      Version of Valkoiset ruusut (1943)

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    5/10
    Goes through the same mistakes as Max Ophüls's official adaptation "Letter from an Unknown Woman". Stahl's soap is relatable but absurd.
    Only Yesterday (1933) : Brief Review -

    Goes through the same mistakes as Max Ophüls's official adaptation "Letter from an Unknown Woman". Stahl's soap is relatable but absurd. When I saw the 1948 film version of Stefan Zweig's novel, I couldn't resist slamming it in my review. I don't know what critics and even some moviegoers liked about it, but for me it was an absurd idea completely. John M. Stahl's film is almost the same with a few changes, such as the positive climax and World War I conflict, but it couldn't score passing marks for me. I would like to mention those blunders so that the people who liked them should understand that they were fools. First, the film doesn't show you any concrete reason why and how the man forgot the girl. It doesn't even show when those two got time to make enough love to get a girl pregnant. I remember Mervyn LeRoy's "Random Harvest" (1942), starring Ronald Colman and Greer Garson, which had the same basic idea in its script. But the film explains the man's condition as being an amnesiac patient. Here you have a man who is completely healthy physically and mentally. How can he forget the girl after sleeping with her and making so many promises? The second big flaw is the girl's thinking about her life. At one moment, you know she has left it all behind and is ready to move on, but then suddenly she goes on to spend a night with the same man who has made her life miserable, and he is a great playboy too. She knows that he has had many girls in his life as he tries to seduce her despite being a married man, yet she is okay with kissing him. Wow, what a characterless woman. Suddenly, she is ill, and all of a sudden, one letter makes the man remember everything. Hands down for such intelligent writing. The only reason why I watched it was Margaret Sullavan, and she was good, and so was John Boles. Rest, it was a childish affair. I even doubt if children will find it logical. If I had seen it yesterday, I would have had it fade away from my memory right before going to sleep.

    RATING - 5/10*

    By - #samthebestest.
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    • Release date
      • November 1, 1933 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Žena ne zaboravlja
    • Filming locations
      • Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Universal Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 45 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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