The House in the Square
by Ranald MacDougall and Joseph L. Mankiewicz, directed by Roy Ward Baker
John Balderston’s play Berkeley Square is updated to the 1950s where Peter
Standish, now an atomic scientist, is once again transported back to the 18th century
(unfortunately, not via a nuclear accident) to woo beautiful Kate Petigrew.
— Michael Main
Roger, I believe the 18th century still exists. It’s all around us, if only we could
find it. Put it this way: Polaris, the North Star, is very bright, yet its light takes
nearly fifty years to reach us. For all we know, Polaris may have ceased to exist
somewhere around 1900. Yet we still see it, its past is our present. As far as Polaris is
concerned, Teddy Roosevelt is just going down San Juan hill.
The House in the Square by Ranald MacDougall and
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, directed by Roy Ward Baker (at movie theaters, UK, October
1951).