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| Directed by | Frank Lloyd |
| Screenplay by | Sonya Levien John L. Balderston |
| Based on | Berkeley Square 1926 play by John L. Balderston 1917 novel The Sense of the Past by Henry James |
| Produced by | Jesse L. Lasky |
| Starring | Leslie Howard Heather Angel |
| Cinematography | Ernest Palmer |
| Edited by | Harold D. Schuster |
| Music by | Louis De Francesco |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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."[2] The film was based on the play of the same name by John L. Balderston,[3] 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.[4]
The film was thought to have been lost until it was rediscovered in the 1970s.[5] A newly restored 35mm print has been made, and the restored version was first shown at the 2011 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival.
- ^ "Berkeley Square". American Film Institute. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
- ^ Murray, Will (August 2009). ""The Shadow out of Time" and Time-Defiance". Lovecraft Annual (3): 169–183. ISSN 1935-6102. JSTOR 26868396.
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- ^ "Berkeley Square Movie Review (1933)". Channel 4.