Berkeley Square (1933)

Directed by

Frank Lloyd

Genre

drama film, fantasy film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 24m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young American man in the 1930s finds his personality merging with that of his ancestor from the 1700s. He experiences life in 18th century London through this strange connection.

nostalgicintrospectivedreamlikeromanticyearningmelancholiccontemplativeslow-paced

What happens

Berkeley Square is a 1933 American pre-Code fantasy drama film produced by Fox Film Corporation, directed by Frank Lloyd, and starring Leslie Howard and Heather Angel. It recounts the tale of young American Peter Standish, played by Howard (nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor), who, explained by S.T. Joshi, is a "portrayal of a man of the 20th century who somehow merges his personality with that of his 18th-century ancestor." The film was based on the play of the same name by John L. Balderston, itself loosely based on Henry James' incomplete 1917 novel, The Sense of the Past. The play premiered in London in 1926. Howard played Standish in the hugely successful 1929 Broadway production, which he co-produced and co-directed with Gilbert Miller. The film was thought to have been lost until it was rediscovered in the 1970s. A newly restored 35mm print has been made, and the restored version was first shown at the 2011 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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