Leslie Howard

Born: 1893-04-03

Leslie Howard Steiner (3 April 1893 – 1 June 1943) was an English actor, director and producer. He wrote many stories and articles for The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair and was one of the biggest box-office draws and movie idols of the 1930s. Active in both Britain and Hollywood, Howard played Ashley Wilkes in Gone with the Wind (1939). He had roles in many other films, often playing the quintessential Englishman, including Berkeley Square (1933), Of Human Bondage (1934), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934), The Petrified Forest (1936), Pygmalion (1938), Intermezzo (1939), "Pimpernel" Smith (1941), and The First of the Few (1942). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for Berkeley Square and Pygmalion. Howard's World War II activities included acting and filmmaking. He helped to make anti-German propaganda and shore up support for the Allies—two years after his death the British Film Yearbook described Howard's work as "one of the most valuable facets of British propaganda". He was rumoured to have been involved with British or Allied Intelligence, sparking conspiracy theories regarding his death in 1943 when the Luftwaffe shot down BOAC Flight 777 over the Atlantic (off the coast of Cedeira, A Coruña), on which he was a passenger. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leslie Howard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Gone with the Wind

as Ashley Wilkes
Released: 1939-12-15

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical...

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49th Parallel

as Philip Armstrong Scott
Released: 1941-11-24

In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to...

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Of Human Bondage

as Philip Carey
Released: 1934-07-20

A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy...

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In Which We Serve

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1942-09-17

The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during...

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The Petrified Forest

as Alan Squier
Released: 1936-02-08

Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day...

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Stand-In

as Atterbury Dodd
Released: 1937-10-29

An east coast efficiency expert, who stakes his reputation on his ability to turn around a...

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The Scarlet Pimpernel

as Sir Percy Blakeney / The Scarlet Pimpernel
Released: 1934-12-20

18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely...

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Glorious Technicolor

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1998-12-07

The history of color photography in motion pictures, in particular the Technicolor company's work.

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Pygmalion

as Henry Higgins
Released: 1939-03-03

When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza...

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Intermezzo: A Love Story

as Holger Brandt
Released: 1939-10-06

A concert violinist becomes charmed with his daughter's talented piano teacher. When he invites...

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The First of the Few

as R.J. Mitchell
Released: 1942-09-14

This 1942 fictionalized biopic chronicles the true story of how two of the most remarkable men...

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Romeo and Juliet

as Romeo
Released: 1936-09-03

Young love is poisoned by a generations long feud between two noble families.

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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1983-02-25

Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas,...

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'Pimpernel' Smith

as Professor Horatio Smith
Released: 1941-07-26

Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American...

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Breakdowns of 1936

as Self
Released: 1936-12-30

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1936.

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Complicated Women

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2003-05-06

Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound...

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Ingrid Bergman Remembered

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1996-04-06

Her name conjures up beauty, grace, talent and style. One of the greatest actresses of her time,...

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Hollywood: The Selznick Years

as Holger Brandt (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1961-12-31

Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O....

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British Agent

as Stephen 'Steve' Locke
Released: 1934-09-15

An Englishman falls in love with a Russian spy.

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The Animal Kingdom

as Tom Collier
Released: 1932-12-28

Tom Collier has had a great relationship with Daisy, but when he decides to marry, it is not...

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Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2013-01-29

Uncensored. Laugh along with Hollywood's brightest stars in this hilarious compilation of...

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Devotion

as David Trent
Released: 1931-09-25

A young Londoner disguises herself to become governess of the son of the barrister she loves.

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The Gentle Sex

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1943-05-23

During the War seven women from very different backgrounds find themselves together in the...

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Secrets

as John Carlton
Released: 1933-03-16

In the 1860s, Mary Marlowe defies her father's wishes to marry a British lord and runs away with...

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Berkeley Square

as Peter Standish
Released: 1933-09-15

A young American man is transported back to London in the time shortly after the American...

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A Free Soul

as Dwight Winthrop
Released: 1931-06-02

An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects...

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Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2007-05-23

Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was,...

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Service for Ladies

as Max Tracey
Released: 1932-01-14

Max Tracey is the head waiter at a London hotel. He falls in love at first sight with Sylvia...

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The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1997-11-01

A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift...

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Captured!

as Captain Fred Allison
Released: 1933-08-19

While waiting out World War I in a German POW camp, Captain Fred Allison discovers that his...

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Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)
Released: 1984-01-01

Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they...

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Smilin' Through

as Sir John Carteret
Released: 1932-09-24

On the day of his wedding, Sir John Carteret's fiancée, Moonyeen, is killed by a jealous rival...

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Five and Ten

as Berry Rhodes
Released: 1931-06-13

John owns the largest chain of five and ten cent stores in the country. He moves his family to...

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Never the Twain Shall Meet

as Dan
Released: 1931-05-16

Dan works for Pritchard and Pritchard out of San Francisco and is in love with Maisie, referred...

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It's Love I'm After

as Basil Underwood
Released: 1937-10-08

An infatuated debutante renews a Shakespearean actor's running feud with his leading lady.

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Bogart: The Untold Story

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1997-01-05

Stephen H. Bogart narrates the rise to fame of his father, Humphrey Bogart through the use of...

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Outward Bound

as Tom Prior
Released: 1930-09-17

A group of strangers find themselves aboard an unmanned ship, surrounded by fog and uncertain of...

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The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2005-06-18

Short documentary about the making of "The Petrified Forest."

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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1988-10-01

This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests,...

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Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1942-01-01

The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of...

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Master Will Shakespeare

as Romeo (uncredited)
Released: 1936-06-13

A short biography of William Shakespeare that highlights the various jobs he worked at in the...

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The Lady Is Willing

as Albert Latour
Released: 1934-08-10

In this comedy-mystery, a private detective helps three businessmen get even with the man who...

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Bookworms

as Richard
Released: 1920-09-30

A suitor dons a disguise to woo a chaperoned girl.

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Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland

as Himself (archive footage)
Released: 2004-11-09

This documentary is featured in the 4-disc Collector's Edition DVD set, released in 2004, for...

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The White Eagle

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1942-01-03

An Oscar-nominated British documentary about the Polish people who escaped Poland and were...

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