A young American man comes to believe that he can will himself back to London in the time of the American Revolution and meet his ancestors, who lived in the house he has just inherited..
Is it worth your time? Honestly, only if you like movies that feel like a dusty old play. If you need pacing or, you know, stuff happening every five minutes, stay away. But if you’re a sucker for that specific brand of 1930s melancholy where everyone talks in perfect sentences while looking miserable? Yeah, you’ll dig...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Frank Lloyd
Frank Lloyd
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"Is it worth your time? Honestly, only if you like movies that feel like a dusty old play. If you need pacing or, you know, stuff happening every five minutes, stay away. But if you’re a sucker for that specific brand of 1930s melancholy where everyone talks in perfect sentences while looking miserable? Yeah, you’ll dig this. It’s not quite a ghost story, though it feels like one. Leslie Howard is playing that specific type of neurotic, dreamy guy he was so good at. He wanders around the house l..."
John L. Balderston, Henry James, Sonya Levien
United States
