Berkeley Square (1933) - (Movie Clip) An American Jest

Berkeley Square (1933) -- (Movie Clip) You Might Have Sat For It Yourself

After early scenes with Leslie Howard as Peter Standish, an American visiting England in 1784, the notion of time-travel established, we meet the housekeeper (Beryl Mercer) and fiancée ( Betty Lawford) of the contemporary Peter, who’s inherited his ancestor’s house, in Berkeley Square, 1933.

Berkeley Square (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Age Of Speed And Invention

Prologue and opening scene, Leslie Howard as American Peter Standish (a role he played on stage in London and on Broadway), traveling in 1784 England with Major Clinton (Alan Mowbray), learning of the first balloon crossing of the English Channel, from Berkeley Square, 1933.