
Only Yesterday
A New Star is Born!
Drama Romance
On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young businessman is about to commit suicide. With a note to his wife scribbled down and a gun in his hand, he notices an envelope addressed to him on his desk. As he begins to read, we're taken back to World War One and his meeting with a young woman named Mary Lane.
Director John M. Stahl
Cast

Reginald Denny
Bob

George Meeker
Dave Reynolds

Louise Beavers
Abby (Uncredited)

Maidel Turner
Party Guest (Uncredited)

Huntley Gordon
Investor (Uncredited)

Eddie Kane
Investor (Uncredited)

Sam McDaniel
Red Cap Porter (Uncredited)

Bramwell Fletcher
Scott Hughes

Betty Blythe
Mrs. Vincent (Uncredited)

Berton Churchill
Goodheart (Uncredited)

Ferdinand Munier
Harper (Uncredited)

Florence Lake
One of Jim's Friends (Uncredited)

Benita Hume
Phyllis Emerson

Ruth Clifford
Eleanor (Uncredited)

Natalie Moorhead
Lucy (Uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse
Party Guest (Uncredited)

Margaret Sullavan
Mary Lane

Edna May Oliver
Leona

June Clyde
Deborah

Edgar Norton
George (Uncredited)

Crauford Kent
Graves (Uncredited)

Vivien Oakland
Ethel (Uncredited)

Bill Elliott
New Year's Eve Reveler (Uncredited)

Churchill Ross
Party Guest (Uncredited)

Joyce Compton
Margot (Uncredited)

Dorothy Granger
Sally (Uncredited)

Jimmy Butler
Jim Jr.

Sidney Bracey
Second Butler (Uncredited)

Leo White
New Year's Eve Reveler (Uncredited)

Rafael Alcayde
Party Guest (uncredited)

Lafe McKee
Father at Train Station (Uncredited)

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Wall Street Bootblack (Uncredited)

William H. O'Brien
Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)

Billie Burke
Julia Warren

Robert McWade
Harvey Miles

Adrienne Marden
Helen (Uncredited)

Marion Byron
Grace (Uncredited)

Dorothy Christy
Rena (Uncredited)

James Flavin
Billy (Uncredited)

Barry Norton
Jerry (Uncredited)

Marie Prevost
Amy (Uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe
New Year's Eve Reveler (Uncredited)

Tommy Conlon
Bob Lane (Uncredited)

Lucille Powers
Ruth (Uncredited)

Larry Steers
Parade Onlooker (Uncredited)

Noel Francis
Letitia

Jane Darwell
Mrs. Lane

Oscar Apfel
Mr. Lane

Sheila Bromley
May (Uncredited)

Walter Catlett
Barnes (Uncredited)

Franklin Pangborn
Tom (Uncredited)

Craig Reynolds
Hugh (Uncredited)

Bert Roach
Rex (Uncredited)

Gay Seabrook
Toodie (Uncredited)

Grady Sutton
Charlie Smith (Uncredited)

John Boles
James Stanton "Jim" Emerson

Geneva Mitchell
Patty

Arthur Hoyt
Burton (Uncredited)

Alphonse Martell
Headwaiter (Uncredited)

Richard Tucker
One of Jim's Friends (Uncredited)

Jason Robards Sr.
Investor (Uncredited)

Onslow Stevens
Barnard

Leon Ames
Lee (Uncredited)

Edmund Breese
Investor (Uncredited)