The House in the Square
The House in the Square (also titled I'll Never Forget You in the United States and Man of Two Worlds) is a 1951 science fiction fantasy film starring Tyrone Power and Ann Blyth. It was an early film for director Roy Ward Baker.
Plot
Peter Standish is an American atomic scientist who is working in a nuclear laboratory in London. His co-worker Roger Forsyth, who is worried about Peter's lack of social activities, takes him to a house in Berkeley Square he inherited. It is there that Peter announces his wishes of living in the 18th century among the high-class family Petigrew he has studied the last years. Because of a lightning strike, he is brought back to 1784, where he is thought to be the first Peter Standish, the American cousin of the Petigrews who, according to history, will soon romance and marry Kate Petigrew.
More details
author | John L. Balderston Ranald MacDougall |
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contentLocation | London |
director | Roy Ward Baker |
editor | Alan Osbiston |
events | time travel |
genre | drama fantasy historical romance science fiction |
keywords | 18th century act ankh atomic physics atomic scientist berkeley square bethlem royal hospital crux ansata inherit lightning talk |
musicBy | William Alwyn |
producer | Sol C. Siegel |
publisher | Twentieth Century Fox |
theme | romantic drama romantic fantasy time |