I haven’t yet found a copy of this film to watch, but Blondes Prefer Bonds may well be the first talkie with certain time travel that’s not an adaptation of an earlier story. In the film, the heroine undergoes a scientific rejuvenation process—something to do with monkey glands according to Anthony Bald—that causes her and her husband to return to the time of their courtship. It’s unclear from the descriptions I’ve found whether the “return” is a literal return in time (and possibly the first Young Again story) or something else.

Please let us know if you run across a copy of this oddly-titled 21-minute film!
—Michael Main

Variants

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  1. Blondes Prefer Bonds, written and directed by Lewis R. Foster (at movie theaters, USA, 15 May 1931).
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