The Man from Yesterday

For the British film, see The Man from Yesterday (1949 film).

The Man from Yesterday is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic war drama film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Berthold Viertel, and written by Oliver H. P. Garrett, based on a story by Neil Blackwell and Rowland G. Edwards.^[1]

The Man from Yesterday
Directed by	Berthold Viertel
Written by	Oliver H.P. Garrett Story: Neil Blackwell Rowland G. Edwards
Starring	Claudette Colbert Clive Brook
Cinematography	Karl Struss
Music by	Herman Hand Rudolph G. Kopp John Leipold
Production company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	June 24, 1932 (1932-06-24)
Running time	71 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

In Paris at the end of the First World War, Sylvia Suffolk and British Expeditionary Force officer Tony Clyde get married, shortly before Tony leaves for the Western Front. Sylvia, newly pregnant, is given the news that Tony was killed in a poison gas attack while working as a nurse for surgeon René Gaudin. Sylvia gradually falls in love with René but is reluctant to remarry since she has no official news of Tony's death. On holiday in Switzerland with René, Sylvia is shocked to find Tony is still alive and convalescing, having been taken prisoner of war with lung damage. Sylva now finds herself torn between duty to Tony and marriage to René. She ultimately decides to stay with Tony and takes him to Paris to see their son, but he realizes that she is still in love with Rene and kills himself.

Cast

• Claudette Colbert as Sylvia Suffolk
• Clive Brook as Capt. Tony Clyde
• Charles Boyer as Rene Gaudin
• Andy Devine as Steve Hand
• Alan Mowbray as Dr. Waite
• Greta Meyer as inn proprietress
• Barbara Leonard as Steve's girl
• Yola d'Avril as Tony's girl
• Emile Chautard as priest
• George Davis as taxi driver
• Christian Rub as terrace waiter