The House in the Square
December. 07,1951 NRAtomic scientist Peter Standish travels back in time to 1784, an era he has read about in his forefather's diaries. He falls in love with his forefather's cousin, Helen, but his contemporaries of 1784 are perplexed by his strange talk and the odd knowledge he possesses. Remake of Berkeley Square (1933).
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It is a performances centric movie
If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.
This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
The acting in this movie is really good.
This rarely rises above a ho hum take on the 'time traveller' genre and just off the top of my head I can think of several superior examples. It may be that my lifelong indifference/dislike of Ann Blyth plays a part; I find it inconceivable that anyone, let alone Tyrone Power could prefer Blyth over Beatrice Campbell but on the other hand, like the man said, to each his own. To my mind Power fails to convince as a man so obsessed with the past that he will literally move heaven and earth to become a part of it whilst the schtick of the love object from the past returning in a modern-day counterpart has been done to death (sorry), think Rhonda Fleming in A Yankee At King Arthur's court, released a scant two years before this one. Passable - just.
I, too, saw this film when I was young; it is a wonderful fantasy of a man getting transported back to the 18th century. Tyrone is extremely handsome and dashing, as always. The sets and costumes are lovely. I was enchanted by the pretext of the film, as time travel is a favorite film theme of mine. It fulfilled my young girl's fantasy of romance. I watched the "Eddy Duchin Story" tonight and was reminded of this film, but I couldn't come up with the name...of course it was listed on IMDb! I am disappointed, however, to see that it is not available for purchase. I hope in the future that this under-seen film can be enjoyed again! Maybe TCM will play it soon...
This was one of the best 'love story' movies that I remember when I was a teen. I haven't seen this movie also in about 40 plus years. I hope somewhere that a copy was saved and released as a DVD. I think it was one of Tyrone Powers great love stories and the cast was excellent to match. I have wanted to see this movie so many times and looked in so many places to try and find a way to either see it again or obtain some sort of copy. I'd like to think that before I drop dead I would like to be able to see this movie one last time. I hope again that it hasn't been lost forever. The movie has already been described by others at IMDb. I wish more movies were made like this one and we had more actors like the ones in this movie. I remember seeing it on a black and white TV and being brought to tears after watching it on the Late show in NYC. One thing I remember about this movie was the strong love between Ann Blyth and Tyrone Power and how one could actually die of heart break.
I saw this movie "I'll Never Forget You", about 20 year ago and it was very entertaining. The story was very fresh ,in the sense that it was not a retread as we are all use to now a days. I would go as far as to say, it's one of the best fantasy / dramas of 20th century film making. Tyrone Power and Ann Blight performances make us believe their characters. The fantasy and drama of this film really comes through. I ,for one, would like to see it re-released on DVD, so young people could get a chance to see it. You know, the violence, we call movie making now days, is not conducive to entertainment or brain power. This movie is entertaining and leaves room for thought.