Directed by:
Frank LloydCinematography:
Ernest PalmerComposer:
J.S. ZamecnikCast:
Leslie Howard, Heather Angel, Valerie Taylor, Irene Browne, Beryl Mercer, Alan Mowbray, Betty Lawford, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Samuel S. Hinds, David Torrence (more)Plots(1)
Adapted from John Balderston's successful stage fantasy (itself based on a story by Henry James), Berkeley Square is the story of a modern-day London scientist (Leslie Howard), who is romantically fascinated by the 18th century. A freak accident propels Howard back to 1784, where he assumes the identity of one of his own ancestors. Howard falls in love with his distant cousin Helen (Heather Angel), while his other relatives regard the time-traveller as a "sorcerer" due to his disturbing knowledge of future events. Gradually, Howard is disillusioned by the squalor and bigotry of the 18th century. He bids farewell to Helen, explaining that he will actually be born years after her death but that they will be reunited "in God's time". Returning to the present, Howard discovers that Helen died young without ever marrying. He renounces his own fiancee and determines to live out his life as a bachelor, to be united with his true love in death. Long considered a lost film, Berkeley Square was rediscovered in the mid 1970s. The film had already been remade in 1951 as the Tyrone Power vehicle I'll Never Forget You. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Leslie Howard
UK
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Pygmalion (1938)
The Petrified Forest (1936)
Heather Angel
UK
Best movies:
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
Alice in Wonderland (1951)
The Informer (1935)
Valerie Taylor
UK
Best movies:
Repulsion (1965)
Went the Day Well? (1942)
Anna Karenina (1961) (TV movie)
Irene Browne
UK
Best movies:
The Red Shoes (1948)
Pygmalion (1938)
The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963)
Beryl Mercer
Spain
Best movies:
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
The Public Enemy (1931)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
Alan Mowbray
UK
Best movies:
Desire (1936)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
The King and I (1956)
Ferdinand Gottschalk
UK
Best movies:
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
Les Misérables (1935)
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Samuel S. Hinds
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
David Torrence
UK
Best movies:
City Girl (1930)
Captain Blood (1935)
Lost Horizon (1937)
Lionel Belmore
UK
Best movies:
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
Three Ages (1923)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Juliette Compton
USA
Best movies:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
That Hamilton Woman (1941)
Morocco (1930)
Olaf Hytten
UK
Best movies:
The Good Earth (1937)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Casablanca (1942)
Colin Keith-Johnston
UK
Best movies:
Love Happy (1949)
The Paradine Case (1947)
The Left Handed Gun (1958)