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Four-part documentary (each part of which was also available as a short subject) relating to films and other customs of the 1910s and 1920s, consisting of: 1) "Stars of Yesterday", a parade of closeup shots of about 45 silent-era film stars ranging from Marie Dressler to Dolores Costello, Tom Mix and Tony (the horse) to Douglas Fairbanks; 2) "Time Marches Back", a compilation of about a dozen newsreel items ranging from the 1899 Jeffries-Fitzsimmons prize fight thru Babe Ruth's early days with the New York Yankees, and also personalities such as Teddy Roosevelt at home and the inauguration of Prince Edward; 3) a filmed Victoria stage melodrama, "The Drunkard", originally produced by Louis Weiss in the 1930s; and 4) a de-subtitled reprise, possibly edited, of the 1915 motion picture "East Lynne", with satirical narration and sound effects...
Original Release
09/28/1945
US Release
09/28/1945
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Dolores Costello | Self |
| Milton Cross | Narrator, 'East Lynne' |
| Marie Dressler | Self |
| John Gilbert | Self |
| Lillian Gish | Self |
| Ben Grauer | Narrator, 'Stars of Yesterday' |
| Corinne Griffith | Self |
| William S. Hart | Self |
| Johnny Hines | Self |
| John B. Kennedy | Self / Narrator, 'Time Marches Back' |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Dolores Costello | Self |
| Milton Cross | Narrator, 'East Lynne' |
| Marie Dressler | Self |
| John Gilbert | Self |
| Lillian Gish | Self |
| Ben Grauer | Narrator, 'Stars of Yesterday' |
| Corinne Griffith | Self |
| William S. Hart | Self |
| Johnny Hines | Self |
| John B. Kennedy | Self / Narrator, 'Time Marches Back' |
| Laura La Plante | Self |
| Dorothy Mackaill | Self |
| Mae Murray | Self |
| Mabel Normand | Self |
| Ethel Owen | Narrator, 'Time Marches Back' & 'East Lynne' |
| Wallace Reid | Self |
| Mack Sennett | Self |
| Ford Sterling | Self |
| Henry B. Walthall | Self |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Walter Bibo | Producer |
| Maxwell A. Finn | Producer |
| Joseph E. Levine | Producer |
| Louis Weiss | Producer |
Editors
