Nameless thing of berkeley square villains wiki fandom. Mathews, james hayter, ernst thesiger, and wilfred hydewhite. The ghosts of two stupid 18thcentury officers, who managed to kill themselves when trying to prevent war by kidnapping the duke of marlborough, are doomed to haunt a berkeley square mansion until the unlikely event of a reigning monarch paying the house a visit. Oldie ghost horror movie film the ghost walks 1934 by sallis65. The ghosts of berkeley square 1947 two 18th century. Knowing this context puts howards moody, peculiar escapist peter standish in a strange new light especially when you consider how the ghost memory of wwi haunts the film, just as it did howard. The ghosts of berkeley square film british comedy guide. When two soldiers from the early 1800s try to rearrange their particular place in the scheme of the military hierarchy and manage to get themselves killed in the process, they are.
As well as the horror horror genre, ghost films may belong to comedy or romance genres. To this day police notice stands on the wall inside of 50 berkeley square proclaiming that the upper levels are forbidden to guests and owners alike. This is a long list of ghost filmsfilms about ghosts, or films that prominently feature ghosts. The ghosts of berkeley square a 1947 british comedy film, directed by vernon sewell. Unfortunately it had started about an hour ago and i was watching what was the middle of the film, but those few minutes i did watch were amusing enough for me. Nameless thing of berkeley square considered by most paranormal experts to fit more accurately into the realm of hauntings, the nameless thing of berkeley square has left behind tantalizing shreds of evidence and more than one corpse which suggests that the ghost which inhabits a. The ghosts of berkeley square is a period piece a weird slice of british entertainment from a time when the country was waging war with half of europe but there. Feb 24, 2016 the ghosts of berkeley square 1947 two 18th century officers desperate to prevent war, hatch a plan to capture the duke of marlborough and hold him prisoner until the threat of hostilities passes. In 1840, the 20yearold dandy and notorious rake sir robert warboys heard the eerie rumours about the berkeley square thing in a holborn tavern one night, and laughingly dismissed the tales as unadulterated poppycock. The ghosts of berkeley square is a 1947 british comedy film, directed by vernon sewell and starring robert morley and felix aylmer. Regarder film the ghosts of berkeley square gratuitement, voir film the ghosts of berkeley square en streaming vf, telecharger film the ghosts of berkeley square en entier, regarder film the ghosts of berkeley square en francais. The ghosts of berkeley square 1947 directed by vernon sewell. A guide to the ghosts of berkeley square, the 1947 film.
The ghosts of berkeley square 1947 fantastic movie. Its main problem is that its nowhere near as scary as the rest of the film, which puts it at somewhat of a disadvantage. The berkeley square horror, also known as the nameless thing of berkeley square, was an entity of ambiguous origin reported to have haunted 50 berkeley square, a townhouse located in the mayfair area of london, england from the mid to late 19th century. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming. The ghosts of berkeley square 1947 the muchderided golf segment in dead of night has few friends, which is a shame really as it is funny, intelligent and reasonably spooky. David niven signature collection the lady says no happy go lovely a nightingale sang in berkeley square 2. Two 18th century officers desperate to prevent war, hatch a. The mystery of berkeley square still remains a mystery. The crimson ghost 1946 full movie by boogeyman murders. The nameless thing of berkeley square is a particularly gruesome and feared entity from british folklore, specifically from the english city of london where it was believed to haunt the 2nd floor of house no. See more crazy credits in the opening credits, monti delyle, nina erber, and john desmond are credited as the unknown.
Having said that, the film gives a different slant on ghost lore and shows our ghosts having to learn how to do spooky things, like disappear and walk through walls, via a ghost manual they are given upon their death. For a film that practically no one has ever heard of, ghosts of berkeley square is an embarrassment of riches in the casting department. The film is an adaptation of the novel no nightingales by caryl brahms and s. At one time the house at 50 berkeley square, london, was the home of george canning who was a british prime minister. The ghosts of berkeley square a 1947 british comedy film, directed by vernon sewell and starring robert morley and felix aylmer. Firmly in the fantasy groove previously plowed by such films as the canterville ghost and the time of their lives is the 1947 british comedy the ghosts of berkeley square. It will be a movie i will pass down to my grandkids. However, it is not for this that the house was notorious in the mid 1800s, but for the number of deaths for which its alleged haunting was responsible. Simon, inspired by the enduring reputation of the property at 50 berkeley square as the most haunted house in london. The us title for the film is the ghost of rashmon hall. The secrets of berkeley square how london has been created again in hollywood for leslie howards new film by the man who made cavalcade. When two soldiers from the early 1800s try to rearrange their particular place in the scheme of the military hierarchy and.
Frank lloyds berkeley square 1933 is both saturated in this uninterrogated idea of uberbrit refinement and takes it slowly apart, excoriating itself and our lazy daydreams about the poshness and delicacy of life in the old empire. Four students enter the fabled 50 berkeley square in order to spend the night and gain enough research to write their masters theses. Jumbo and bulldog repeatedly hope to get the curse lifted and repeatedly fail, so remaining confined to berkeley square barracks. Berkeley square is an imaginative, beautiful and wellhandled production. Angelis, michael, ashworth, dicken, bird, minah, et al. The two stumbled upon 50 berkeley square and settled into one of the upper bedrooms. The berkeley square of a bygone age has been recreated in the sunshine of california frank lloyd passed for a moment as heather angel petite and charming and looking as if she had. The story goes that myers was jilted shortly before he was set to be married. The poor man had even had the house at 50 berkeley square fully furnished in preparation for the big event. It recounts the tale of young american peter standish, played by howard nominated for the academy award for best actor, who is transported back to london shortly after the american revolution, where he meets his ancestors. Robert morley and felix aylmer play a pair of fatuous colonel blimp military types, whose efforts to shorten the war results only in getting the both of them killed.
Source for information on ghosts of berkeley square. Firmly in the fantasy groove previously plowed by such films as and is the 1947 british comedy the ghosts of berkeley square. In a house on the square live two quite dead ghosts, waiting, waiting for a longanticipated eternity, anxious, always despairing, never wholly optimistic. The ghosts of berkeley square 1h 25min comedy, fantasy 30 october 1947 uk ghosts are condemned to haunt a house until it is visited by a reigning monarch.
Theres a devotion to detail and atmospherics that is almost painfully exacting. A girl saw, heard and felt such horror in it that she went mad. The ghosts of berkeley square wikipedia republished. They do not cower at the things that go bump in the night, but run to them. The ghosts of berkeley square 1947 article 2027 by dave sindelar viewing date. Nameless thing of berkley square cryptozoology, myths. The ghosts of berkeley square 1947 british horror films. The ghosts of berkeley square 1947 directed by vernon.
About the channel turn off the lights, get into bed and plug in your earphones. But whilst testing the contraption theyve designed to trap him they manage to kill themselves their stupidity incurs the wrath of queen anne in the afterlife, so as a punishment. The ghosts of general burlap and colonel kelsoe are condemned to haunt a house in berkeley square, to pay for a crime committed against queen anne. At a court in the afterlife a pair of disgraced 18th century soldiers are sentenced to haunt a mansion. The bizarre nameless thing of berkeley square mysterious. Sometimes theyre spooky dead of night, the innocents, sometimes theyre funny the ghost goes west, the ghosts of berkeley square and sometimes, theyre a bit. Directed by vernon sewell, adapted from the novel no nightingales cowritten by caryl brahms and s. The film is an adaptation of the novel no nightingales, a movie i had never seensilly, campy in the monty python style quite a. As you can see from this thousandth annual gathering of the ghost society, broadcast on television for the first time, theyre not a bit like that. The ghosts of berkeley square 1947in a desperate attempt to prevent war, two 18th century soldiers, general burlap morley and colonel kelsoe aylmer, hatch a plan to capture their warmongering military commander and imprison him in their cellar at berkeley square until the threat of hostilities passes. The ghosts of berkeley square is a lighthearted and somewhat charming ghostthemed comedy, which will bring back memories of watching old films as a kid on a saturday afternoon. Now take some steps back fifteen years in movie years and a few centuries in screen time and its the ghosts of berkeley square. The ghosts of berkeley square 1947 dvd robert morley actor felix aylmer actor format. Berkeley square is a 1933 american precode fantasy drama film produced by fox film corporation, directed by frank lloyd, and starring leslie howard and heather angel.
Ghosts of berkeley square 1947 british horror films. Berkeley square is very much an artifact of its day, then, when nothing, it still seemed, could overshadow the traumas of the great war. Sir roberts friends disagreed with him, and dared him to spend a night in the haunted secondfloor room in berkeley square. Pathe pictures presents a british national films ltd production filmed at elstree of the ghosts of berkeley square. The ghost story is a staple of british film hardly surprising, given that britain has more ghosts per square centimetre than anywhere else on earth well, probably. The atmosphere of berkeley square, london, is resurrected almost perfectly, as it is today, and presumably as it was in the 18th century. At some point, blunden began hearing ghostly footsteps before myers menacing ghost entered their room. Martin awoke to his compatriot ensnared by spectral tendrils and dashed from the room. Comedy about a pair of ghosts, condemned to haunt a london house in the time of queen anne, until such a time as a royal visits the property. The ghost goes west the ghosts of berkeley square 1947. The story of the haunted house in mayfair can be recapitulated in a few words. The leaf of a book reveals the real name is spelled rammelsham hall, which is how the characters pronounce it.