Berkeley Square
by Sonya Levien and John L. Balderston, directed by Frank Lloyd
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.
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).