Leslie Howard reprises his dual role of two Peter Standishes from the 1929 Broadway stage performance of Balderston’s Berkeley Square, which in turn was loosely based on Henry James’s unfinished novel The Sense of the Past. The timeslips result in 18th-century Peter exchanging places with his 20th-century version, and they occur via thunderstorms and an overpowering belief by present-day Peter that the house and a diary he found there are somehow calling him to the past.
—Michael Main
I believe that when I go back to my house at Berkeley Square at half past five tonight, I shall walk straight into the 18th century and meet the people living there.

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Variants

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  1. Berkeley Square by Sonya Levien and John L. Balderston, directed by Frank Lloyd (premiered at an unknown movie theater, New York City, 13 September 1933).
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Sonya Levien
    John L. Balderston
    John L. Balderston (based on a work by)
    Henry James [uncredited] (based on a work by)
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Previous Works
based on Berkeley Square by John L. Balderston and Jack C. Squire (1929)

Derived Works

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  1. The House in the Square by Ranald MacDougall and Joseph L. Mankiewicz, directed by Roy Ward Baker (October 1951).
  2. “I’ll Never Forget You” by S. H. Barnett [director unknown] (22 September 1952).

Indexer Notes

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  1. The 13 September NYC premiere (two days earlier than the IMDb data) is from Wikipedia.