Yesterday and Today

Yesterday and Today

57 mins | Documentary | Dec. 2, 1953

A compilation of early-day silent films that serves as a glimpse back to the formative days of the movie industry as a salute to Hollywood's Golden Year, so proclaimed by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce as 1953.

Yesterday and Today

57 mins | Documentary | Dec. 2, 1953

Yesterday and Today
A compilation of early-day silent films that serves as a glimpse back to the formative days of the movie industry as a salute to Hollywood's Golden Year, so proclaimed by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce as 1953.
Producers Abner J. Greshler Productions
Original title Yesterday and Today
Directors Abner J. Greshler
Writers George Jessel

Cast

George Jessel

as Narrator (voice)

Jean Arthur

as (archive footage)

Mary Astor

as (archive footage)

John Barrymore

as (archive footage)

Lionel Barrymore

as (archive footage)

Clara Bow

as (archive footage)

John Bunny

as (archive footage)

Eddie Cantor

as (archive footage)

Lon Chaney

as (archive footage)

Charlie Chaplin

as (archive footage)

Douglas Fairbanks

as (archive footage)

John Gilbert

as (archive footage)

William S. Hart

as (archive footage)

Stuart Holmes

as (archive footage)

Harry Langdon

as (archive footage)

Harold Lloyd

as (archive footage)

Carole Lombard

as (archive footage)

Tom Mix

as (archive footage)

Tom Moore

as (archive footage)

Pola Negri

as (archive footage)

Mary Pickford

as (archive footage)

Mack Swain

as (archive footage)

Thelma Todd

as (archive footage)

Rudolph Valentino

as (archive footage)