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Berkeley Square

1933-09-15 Fantasy 1hr 24m

A young American man is transported back to London in the time shortly after the American Revolution and meets his ancestors.

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A young American man is transported back to London in the time shortly after the American Revolution and meets his ancestors.

  • Released
    1933-09-15
  • Revenue
    n/a
  • Budget
    n/a
  • Runtime
    1hr 24m
  • Genre
    Fantasy, Romance
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English
  • imdb-logo
    0
  • Production
    Fox Film Corporation

Crew

Frank Lloyd
Director
John L. Balderston
Screenplay
Jesse L. Lasky
Producer
Keywords:
time travel pre-code

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Cast

Leslie Howard

Leslie Howard
Peter Standish
Heather Angel

Heather Angel
Helen Pettigrew
Valerie Taylor

Valerie Taylor
Kate Pettigrew
Irene Browne

Irene Browne
Lady Ann Pettigrew
Beryl Mercer

Beryl Mercer
Mrs. Barwick
Colin Keith-Johnston

Colin Keith-Johnston
Tom Pettigrew
Alan Mowbray

Alan Mowbray
Major Clinton
Juliette Compton

Juliette Compton
Duchess of Devonshire
Betty Lawford

Betty Lawford
Marjorie Frant
Ferdinand Gottschalk

Ferdinand Gottschalk
Mr. Throstle
Samuel S. Hinds

Samuel S. Hinds
The American Ambassador
Olaf Hytten

Olaf Hytten
Sir Joshua Reynolds
David Torrence

David Torrence
Lord Stanley
Lionel Belmore

Lionel Belmore
Innkeeper (uncredited)
Tom Ricketts

Tom Ricketts
Town Crier (uncredited)
Hylda Tyson

Hylda Tyson
Maid (uncredited)

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A Review by Geronimo1967 6

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2022-06-13

I found Oscar-nominated Leslie Howard just a little too earnest in this tale of an American scientist "Peter Standish" who inherits a London... read more

I found Oscar-nominated Leslie Howard just a little too earnest in this tale of an American scientist "Peter Standish" who inherits a London house from a distance cousin. Upon arrival, he starts to feel a curious bond with the place and as he discovers more about the house, his ancestry and a diary detailing much of the 1780s London society in which it's writer lived, he becomes - somewhat inexplicably - convinced that he is going to travel back through time. Low and behold on the exact date and time expected, he walks into an 18th century home where he meets his soon to be fiancée "Kate" (Valerie Taylor) and her beautiful younger sister "Helen" (Heather Angel). He is an instant hit in society circles but struggles to contain his knowledge of the future and after a particularly uncomfortable conversation with the Duchess of Devonshire (Juliette Compton) finds himself in immediate need to get back to his own timeline. He confides his predicament to his new love "Helen" and his dilemmas begin to mount up... It's an intriguing concept, and there is plenty of subliminal social comment too. "Standish" is abhorred by the depravity, poverty and cruelty he sees when first in London - but it has also got quite a bit of a rather ungainly American superiority complex about it, too - the "Land of the Free" stuff as though 1780s Britain was some sort of demagogue's paradise. Howard was in the original 1928 stage play, so knows the part backwards and there are some nice cameos from Alan Mowbray and Beryl Mercer to help nudge it along but it runs too much to gloopy melodrama, and though not a bad film, I just think it couldn't quite decide what it wanted to be, or for whom, and I found it's romanticised moralising a bit annoying. Stylish though, looks good.

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A Review by CinemaSerf

I found Oscar-nominated Leslie Howard just a little too earnest in this tale of an American scientist "Peter Standish" who inherits a London house from a distance cousin. Upon arrival, he starts to feel a curious bond with the place and as ...

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A Review by Geronimo1967 6

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2022-06-13

I found Oscar-nominated Leslie Howard just a little too earnest in this tale of an American scientist "Peter Standish" who inherits a London house from a distance cousin. Upon arrival, he starts to fe...

read more