Ghosts of Berkeley Square (1947)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1947
Running Times: 85 mins
Length: 8076 ft
Format: black and white     35mm
Ratio: 1.37:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: British National Pictures
Producer: Louis H. Jackson
Production Supervisor: Fred A. Swann

SCRIPT
Adaptation: James Seymour
Novel: No Nightingales by Caryl Brahms and S.J. Simons

DIRECTION
Director: Vernon Sewell
Assistant Director: Denis Johnson
2nd Assistant Directors: Bill Shore, George K. Aldersley (both uncredited)
3rd Assistant Director: David Tomblin (uncredited)

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Ernest Palmer
Camera Operator: Moray Grant
Focus Operator: John Dean (uncredited)
Clapper: Ron Follett (uncredited)
Loader: John Bond (uncredited)
Chief Electrician: Tom Sullivan (uncredited)
Stills: Frank Buckingham (uncredited)
Assistant Stills: Charles Reed (uncredited)

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Supervising Editor: Dan Birt
Editor: Joseph Sterling
Assistant Editor: Mary Bond (uncredited)
2md Assistant Editors: Valerie Best, Peter Powell (both uncredited)

MUSIC
Music: Hans May
Assistant Music Director: Wilfred Burns (uncredited)

SOUND
Recording Director: Harold V. King
Sound Recordist: George Adams
Boom Operator: Eric Bayman (uncredited)
Boom Assistant: Derek Swynnerton (uncredited)
Sound Editor: Jim Groom
Dubbing Crew: Harold V. King, Len Shilton, H. Blackmore (all uncredited)
Sound System: RCA

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Henry Hayward
Make Up Assistant: Dave Aylott (uncredited)
Hair: A.G. Scott
Assistant Hair: Bebe Hollis (uncredited)
Costume Designer: Beresford Egan
Wardrobe Mistress: Mrs Tweedy

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Wilfred Arnold
Assistant Art Director: Geoffrey Somerton (uncredited)
Set Dresser: Bill Osborne (uncredited)
Prop Master: Frank Davies (uncredited)
Master Carpenter: Arthur Searle (uncredited)
Master Painter: Reg Wildman (uncredited)
Draughtsmen: Victor Croll, A. Mackenzie, J. Peters, Frank Willson, J. Tomblin (all uncredited)
Murals and Portraits: Olga Lehman, Gilbert Wood

MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Joan Wyatt (uncredited)
Assistant Continuity: Thelma Orr (uncredited)
Floor Manager: Arthur Moss (uncredited)

LOCATIONS
Studio: British National Studios, Hertfordshire, England, UK

CAST
Robert Morley (General Burlap)
Felix Aylmer (Colonol Kelsoe)
Yvonne Arnaud (Millie)
Claude Hulbert (Merryweather)
Abraham Sofaer (Disraeli)
Ernest Thesiger (Investigator)
Marie Lohr (Lottie)
Martita Hunt (Lady Mary)
A.E. Matthews (General Bristow)
John Longden (Mortimer Digby)
Ronald Frankau (Tex)
Wilfred Hyde–White (staff captain)
Martin Miller (professor)
Wally Patch (foreman)
Esme Percy (Vizier)
Mary Jerrold (Lettie)
Harry Fine (1914 Colonel (uncredited))

PLOT SUMMARY

In an old house in Berkeley Square in London, two ex-military ghosts explain to other dining guests who have passed over how they came to find themselves in their present situation.

CAPSULE REVIEW

Light hearted fantasy showing how old soldiers go marching on, particularly relevant after the war. The strong cast of British character actors do this sort of whimsy excellently and its good fun if a little thin.

UK
Theatrical Distributor: Pathé Pictures Ltd

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

UK
Rating: A

TIMELINE

1953
April
22: USA - television broadcast

1957
April
6: UK - television broadcast

1985
July
13: UK - television broadcast (on Channel 4)

1995
February
18: UK - television broadcast (on BBC2)

1997
August
11: UK - television broadcast (on BBC2)

2001
February
27: UK - television broadcast (on BBC2)

2003
November
10: UK - television broadcast (on BBC2)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Kinematograph Weekly no.2067 (28 November 1947) (UK)
credits

Kinematograph Weekly no.2070 (19 December 1946) (UK)
credits

Kinematograph Weekly no.2112 (23 October 1947) (UK)
review

Monthly Film Bulletin vol.14 no.167 (November 1947) p.153 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review

Picturegoer vol.16 no.699 (20 December 1947) (UK)
review

Today's Cinema vol.69 no.5559 (17 October 1947) (UK)
review

KEYWORDS

book into film, ghosts, soldiers, the supernatural

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008