While the version of this movie I watched online was low-quality, the plot of simple: a man lives in the same house as his ancestors and converses with them. He was not very good with time travel, from the present (1934) to the past (1784), making all sorts of mistakes. Even so when he gets back to the present apparently nothing has changed which seems faulty considering how much he messed with the timeline and co-founded people. Interestingly one character, Kate, was the only one who understood him and apparently could somehow see the future too, although this was not really explained. All in all, while this movie was enjoyable, it was not as good as other time travel movies I have seen and I would not recommend it.
You could say that this film is "filled with gentle humor and appealing pathos," or an "imaginative, beautiful and well-handled production" or even "artistically and handsomely produced and beautifully acted" as said at the time. But I would not say that at all, because I found this film a bit confusing compared to the later remake of this film in I'll Never Forget You (1951), which I thought was much stronger. Perhaps some day I will rewatch this film again, but likely it will not be anytime soon, as I would rather watch other films for my enjoyment as a sort of mental break from usual drugery. Danny, the movie critic of Pre-Code Hollyweird films, did review this film, and I have to agree with him that this film "feels very stagey and very proper," but also think that the idea that "that the future will revolt and isolate us no matter how wondrous its achievements" is something that can be related to, without a doubt. The Britishness of this movie is also annoying to say the least, which TCM admits in their review of the film as well.
With that, I end this review and say this film deserves a rating of 5 out of 10, if not lower.
You could say that this film is "filled with gentle humor and appealing pathos," or an "imaginative, beautiful and well-handled production" or even "artistically and handsomely produced and beautifully acted" as said at the time. But I would not say that at all, because I found this film a bit confusing compared to the later remake of this film in I'll Never Forget You (1951), which I thought was much stronger. Perhaps some day I will rewatch this film again, but likely it will not be anytime soon, as I would rather watch other films for my enjoyment as a sort of mental break from usual drugery. Danny, the movie critic of Pre-Code Hollyweird films, did review this film, and I have to agree with him that this film "feels very stagey and very proper," but also think that the idea that "that the future will revolt and isolate us no matter how wondrous its achievements" is something that can be related to, without a doubt. The Britishness of this movie is also annoying to say the least, which TCM admits in their review of the film as well.
With that, I end this review and say this film deserves a rating of 5 out of 10, if not lower.