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Encyclopedia > Berkeley Square (movie)

Berkeley Square is the title of a 1933 film which tells the story of a young American who is transported back to London in the time of the American Revolution and meets his ancestors. It was directed by Frank Lloyd and stars Leslie Howard, Heather Angel and Valerie Taylor. Howard plays a man living in an old house who travels back in time 150 years to inhabit the body of his look_alike 18th century ancestor; he was nominated for an Academy Award for the role. The film was also an inspiration for a H. P. Lovecraft story "The Shadow out of Time" (c. 1935).


It was based on the play of the same name by John Balderston.


This movie was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor (Leslie Howard).




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Berkeley Square (132 words)
Berkeley Square is a 1998 television miniseries which tells the story of three young women who gain positions as nannies in London.
Berkeley Square is also the title of a 1933 film which tells the story of a young American who is transported back to London in the time of the American Revolution and meets his ancestors.
The movie was adapted by John L. Balderston[?] and Sonya Levien[?] from Balderston's play.
Berkeley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (381 words)
Berkeley is the name of several places, all eventually deriving from Berkeley Castle in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, UK, from whom the noble family of Berkeley derive their name, and for which several vessels of the British Royal Navy have been christened "HMS Berkeley Castle".
They honour either Sir William Berkeley, governor of Virginia and co-proprietor of New Jersey, in whose honour Berkeley Plantation in Tidewater Viginia was named; or Bishop George Berkeley.
"Berkeley" may refer to the University of California, Berkeley, also known as "UC Berkeley" or "Cal"; not to be confused with Berkeley College, which is not Berkeley College, Yale, nor the Berklee College of Music.
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