Chasing Yesterday

May 3, 1935

1h 17m

★ 3.5

Overview

An elderly bachelor, feeling nostalgic for his youth, seeks out his late sweetheart's teenage daughter, now an orphan forced to attend a strict boarding school.

Genres

Romance

Drama

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

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Cast

Jeanne Alexandre

Anne Shirley

Sylvestre Bonnard

O. P. Heggie

Mlle. Prefere

Elizabeth Patterson

Therese

Helen Westley

Coccoz

John Qualen

Mouche

Etienne Girardot

Henri

Junior Durkin

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