Eight years later he is a bit despondent about life, and takes a trip to the Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, Lake Michigan. There he becomes enraptured with an old painting of an actress. He studies this and realizes it is the same person who visited him. He visits an old professor who believes in time travel. He says the clue is to immerse yourself in the other time, and blocking out of your own time, and then using self hypnosis, it is possible.
He tries this the first time, and fails. He then looks at the old register books, and finds his own name, so he knows he will eventually succeed. So he tries again, and wakes up in 1912. He at first doesn't find the actress, but eventually he does. It is with difficulty that they are able to go for a work. McKenna's manager does everything in his power to keep them apart. Richard attends the performance, and McKenna goes off script, and recites a love invitation to Richard. At intermission they agree to meet, but the manager abducts Richard and leaves him tied up in the stables. He is not able to get away until the next day, and discovers the acting company has left. However she has left the company, and finds him for a day of bliss.
All can not end happily which such a match. A penny is the cuprit, a penny from 1979, not 1912.
This movie has a sad ending, as Richard starves himself to death so he can be with his love. He does accomplish this. Love or mental illness. I am sure people called it illness, but it works as they meet in the after life in the last scene.
This love story is fantastic, and the resistance of the manager only makes the story more beautiful. However the self starvation is a bit disturbing.
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