Chasing Yesterday is a 1935 American historical drama film directed by George Nicholls, Jr. using a screenplay by Francis Edward Faragoh, adapted from the 1881 novel, Le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard, by Anatole France. Released on May 3, 1935, the film stars Anne Shirley, O. P. Heggie, and Helen Westley.Synopsis
Sylvestre Bonnard is an aging book collector. While going through his mementos one afternoon he comes across a brief note written by a former lover. Studying it, he realizes that it is written on a page torn from a rare book that he has been seeking for decades. Excited, he decides to return to his home town, where he and the lover had their romance, to search for the book.
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