“Leslie Howard refuses to drink tea if there is a single leaf in the cup . . . it reminds him of spinach.”
From All Joking Aside, by Jack Welch in Modern Screen, April 1933. #TuesdayTea 🫖
#BOTD in 1871, Henry Stephenson began his career on the stage and later appeared in such film classics as Mutiny on the Bounty and Captain Blood, both 1935.
In 1932’s The Animal Kingdom, he plays Rufus Collier, father to Tom (Leslie Howard).
🎭 “Leslie Howard represents one of the largest items of America’s ever-mounting post-war dramatic debt to England. This young Britisher appeared on the American stage twelve years ago . . .”
-Vanity Fair, April 1932 #TheatreThursday @vanityfair.com
Leslie Howard #BOTD and John Barrymore
on the set of Romeo and Juliet, 1936
Remembering Dooley Wilson, Leslie Howard and Doris Day on their 140th, 133rd and 104th birthdays today.
Leslie Howard in "Stand-In" (with Joan Blondell) - BOTD
Olivia de Havilland and Leslie Howard behind the scenes of Archie Mayo’s IT’S LOVE I’M AFTER (1937).
Remembering the underappreciated Leslie Howard, Oscar-nominated British actor, director, producer, writer, and military veteran, on his 133rd birthday, famous for roles in A FREE SOUL, BERKELEY SQUARE, OF HUMAN BONDAGE, THE PETRIFIED FOREST, PYGMALION, GONE WITH THE WIND, and 49th PARALLEL.
Happy Heavenly Birthday to: Washington Irving, Leslie Howard, Doris Day & Marlon Brando!!!!
Born 3 April 1893, Leslie Howard.
Leslie Howard (April 3, 1893 - June 1, 1943).
10 Classic Movie Birthdays Today 4/3 incl Marlon Brando, Doris Day, Leslie Howard, Dooley Wilson (pictured in that order), plus more. #botd
Full list: www.classicmoviehub.com/database/births/month/ap...
April 3 Hirschfeld Birthdays:
Mary Anderson, Margaret Anglin, Alec Baldwin, Marlon Brando, Arthur Byron, Doris Day, Anne De Salvo, Jennie Garth, Leslie Howard, George Jessel, Marsha Mason, David Hyde Pierce, Sally Rand, Jan Sterling, and Dooley Wilson!
View full works at alhirschfeldfoundation.org
Happy Heavenly Birthday, Leslie Howard!
I adore him in many movies but
I have a soft spot for Stand-In 1937.
A gentle screwball comedy about a film studio starring Howard & Blondell. They’re lovely together!
Throw in Bogart as a lovesick film director & you have a little gem of a film!
#tcmparty
Today in 1893 Leslie Howard was born.
Remembering LESLIE HOWARD — who was born 133yrs ago today.
English star Leslie Howard was BOTD in 1893 & died in 1943 at 50 when the plane he was on was shot down by the German Luftwaffe. Unsubstantiated rumours abounded, including that Churchill was supposed 2 be on the flight or that Howard was targeted specifically 4 his war activism
Remembering Leslie Howard born April 3, in 1893
Over 30 roles incl Pygmalion, Berkeley Square; The Scarlet Pimpernel, A Free Soul, The Petrified Forest, Devotion, Of Human Bondage, Intermezzo - & of course Gone with the Wind!
#botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/leslie-howard/
Remembering the legendary Leslie Howard on his birthday 💖
#botd Leslie Howard by Reginald G. Eves
Preparatory sketch of Leslie Howard by Reginald Grenville Eves.
#botd Leslie Howard and Olivia de Havilland while filming It's Love I'm After (1937).
