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The House in the Square

Atomic 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).

Romance, Drama, Science Fiction

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What kind of time-travel story is this?

Time travel drives much of the story.

Meets the archive’s time-travel criteria. The mechanism is classified as Consciousness transfer.

Why the archive makes this assessment (spoilers)

The scientist’s prolonged stay in 1784, future knowledge and historically constrained romance drive the film. The return and its emotional consequences matter, although most action is a single historical visit.

A lightning strike transfers Peter Standish into his eighteenth-century ancestor’s body; consciousness transfer takes priority over the electrical trigger.

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An editorial assessment based on the archive’s documented plot research.

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Scale, legacy & time

The scores

Titan32.6

Weighted archive score

Time-travel significance7/10

high confidence

Quality consensus6.6/10

Aggregate source ratings

How Titan works

Titan combines the archive’s quality, audience and legacy base with the significance of time travel. It is an index, not a score out of 100, and is distinct from the FMV archive’s scoring model.

Titan = base × [0.20 + 0.80 × (time-travel score ÷ 10)²]

This film: 55.04 base × 59.2% weighting.

Partial inputs flag incomplete source metadata. Provisional weighting flags a time-travel assessment that remains uncertain; it receives no additional confidence penalty.

The evidence

Research & sources

Research notes may reveal plot details.

These sources support the plot facts and catalog research. The numerical scores are the archive’s judgments, not ratings supplied by these sources.

Cast: Tyrone Power, Ann Blyth, Michael Rennie, Dennis Price, Beatrice Campbell

Edition by edition

Releases & formats

2 cataloged editions. Narrow by format, then check region, audio and subtitles. Missing specifications mean unknown, not absent.

These listings do not establish a best edition. Use the specifications to shortlist compatible releases, then follow the source to verify details and availability.

DVD

I'll Never Forget You (1951)

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Release date
Unknown
Studio
20th Century Fox
Resolution
480i (NTSC)
Region / playback
Region 1
Discs
DVD | Single disc (1 DVD)
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DVD

Tyrone Power: Matinee Idol Collection (1936-1951)

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Release date
Jul 29, 2008
Studio
20th Century Fox
Resolution
480i (NTSC)
Region / playback
Region 1
Discs
DVD | Five-disc set (5 DVD-10)
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