Berkeley Square (1933)
September 15, 1933Release Date
Berkeley Square (1933)
September 15, 1933Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Leslie Howard
Peter Standish
Heather Angel
Helen Pettigrew
Valerie Taylor
Kate Pettigrew
Irene Browne
Lady Ann Pettigrew
Beryl Mercer
Mrs. Barwick
Colin Keith-Johnston
Tom Pettigrew
Alan Mowbray
Major Clinton
Juliette Compton
Duchess of Devonshire
Betty Lawford
Marjorie Frant
Ferdinand Gottschalk
Mr. Throstle
Samuel S. Hinds
The American Ambassador
Olaf Hytten
Sir Joshua Reynolds
David Torrence
Lord Stanley
Lionel Belmore
Innkeeper (uncredited)
Tom Ricketts
Town Crier (uncredited)
Hylda Tyson
Maid (uncredited)
Frank Lloyd
Director
Jesse L. Lasky
Producer
Harold D. Schuster
Editor
John L. Balderston
Theatre Play / Screenplay
Louis De Francesco
Music Director / Original Music Composer
Henry James
Idea
Phil M. Friedman
Casting
Dave Regan
Assistant Camera
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 15, 1933
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 24m
Content RatingNR
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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.