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The Trail to Yesterday
The Trail to Yesterday is a 1918 American silent western film directed by Edwin Carewe and starring Bert Lytell and Anna Q. Nilsson. It was produced by and distributed by Metro Pictures. It is based on a novel, "The Trail to Yesterday" (1913), by Charles Alden Seltzer. A nitrate fragment of the print is held by EYE Institut/Filmmuseum, Netherlands.
Plot.
As described in a film magazine, David Langford (Maupain) kills his partner and accuses the son
train and meets with a just end. Jack returns to New York, and secures the girl.
Cast.
- Romaine Fielding as Jack Sueder
- Mary Ryan as Beulah
- Robyn Adair as Bob O'Connor
Production.
The full filming took place at Tucson, Arizona.
Reception.
Like many American films of the time, "The Trail to Yesterday" was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required cuts, in Reel 3