The Road to Yesterday
# The Road to Yesterday

The Road to Yesterday is a 1925 American silent romantic drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The film is significant because it was Cecil B. DeMille's first release from his new production company, DeMille Pictures Corporation. It was also upcoming actor William Boyd's first starring role. In DeMille's next picture, The Volga Boatman, which was a tremendous success, he cast Boyd as the solo leading man.

## Plot

As described in a film magazine review, Malena, a young bride, has a fear of her husband Kenneth which she cannot understand but which he attributes to his unprepossessing physical appearance. Finally, angered, the young husband leaves his wife to go to Chicago and have a physical defect overcome, if this be possible. His wife leaves on the same train. The train is wrecked and the young man rescues his wife from death. Thereafter they understand each other.

## Cast

* Joseph Schildkraut as Kenneth Paulton
* Jetta Goudal as Malena Paulton
* William Boyd as Jack Moreland
* Vera Reynolds as Beth Tyrell
* Trixie Friganza as Harriet Tyrell
* Casson Ferguson as Adrian Thompkyns
* Julia Faye as Dolly Foules
* Clarence Burton as Hugh Armstrong
* Charles West as Watt Earnshaw
* Josephine Norman as Anne Vener
* Wilson Benge as Kenneth's Butler (uncredited)
* Robert Brower as Elderly Party Guest (uncredited)
* Charles Clary as Doctor (uncredited)
* Iron Eyes Cody as Indian (uncredited)
* Frank Coghlan Jr. as Boy Scout (uncredited)
* Walter Long as Thug at Burning Stake scene (uncredited)
* Chester Morris as Guest
* Sally Rand (uncredited)
* Dick Sutherland as Torturer (uncredited)

## Preservation

Prints of The Road to Yesterday reportedly survive at George Eastman House and in private collections. On September 24, 2013, the film was released on DVD by Alpha Video. Another DVD version was released on July 31, 2014, by The Video Cellar.

