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Berkeley Square (1933)

Name: Berkeley Square
Rating: 3.4

3.4 of 5 from 46 ratings

1h 25min

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Peter Standish (Leslie Howard) has just inherited a house on Berkeley Square in London from a distant cousin, although he is unsure why it was given to him, but when he moves in, he discovers a special bond with the house. Upon the discovery of further artifacts of his ancestors who had previously lived there, including a detailed diary, Peter comes to believe that he is destined to walk into the house at 5:30pm on September 3 to assume the life of one of those ancestors.
That man, also named Peter Standish, was an American officer in Washington's army who walked into the house for the first time at the same moment on the same day 149 years earlier in 1784, shortly after the American Revolution. Then it was the home of Standish's distant cousins, the Pettigrews - Lady Ann (Irene Browne) and her three offspring Tom (Colin Keith-Johnston), Helen (Heather Angel), and Kate (Valerie Taylor), who would become Mrs. Standish in an arranged marriage. Peter believes he knows what he should do to not change history by the details listed in Standish's diary. Indeed, Peter's prognostication does become his reality. Beyond doing what is stated in the diary, Peter must be careful not to divulge information which is yet unknown or that he should not know, and to limit his use of 20th-century English-language idioms. As hard as he tries, Peter's actions have the potential to alter the course of his own history and his imminent wedding in the present day to Marjorie Trant (Betty Lawford). His experience in 1784 might also bring to light the meaning of certain items as symbols of eternal love.
Actors:: Leslie Howard, Heather Angel, Valerie Taylor, Irene Browne, Beryl Mercer, Colin Keith-Johnston, Alan Mowbray, Juliette Compton, Betty Lawford, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Samuel S. Hinds, Olaf Hytten, David Torrence, Lionel Belmore, Hylda Tyson
Directors:: Frank Lloyd
Producers:: Jesse L. Lasky
Writers:: John L. Balderston, Sonya Levien, Henry James
Others:: Leslie Howard
Genres:: Classics, Drama, Music & Musicals, Romance, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Collections:: Top 10 Best Picture Follow-Ups, Top Films