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LESLIE HOWARD

A SPLENDID AIR OF RIGHTNESS:
"THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL" (1934)

Leslie Howard as Sir Percival Blakeney, whose foolish, foppish behavior masks the dashing and derring-do of the Scarlet Pimpernel, savior of aristocrats from the French guillotine!

"They seek him here, they seek him there
Those Frenchies seek him everywhere!
Is he in heaven? Is he in hell?
That dem'd elusive Pimpernel!"
(The ladies love Sir Percy's new poem almost as much as he does.)

One of Blakeney's disguises on the road to (and from) Paris.

Bitter love - Marguerite Blakeney (Merle Oberon) cannot figure out why her husband, despite his flowery speeches and customary protestations, has become so distant and loveless towards her.

Detail from a color lobby card.

"'PIMPERNEL' SMITH" (1941)

New twist on a classic: Leslie Howard as Professor Horatio "Pimpernel" Smith leaves aside his nerd archaeologist persona to match wits with Nazi heavyweight General von Graum (Francis Sullivan).

THE LESLIE HOWARD GALLERY

LESLIE HOWARD: STIFF UPPER LIP AND A SPINE OF STEEL
PORTRAITS OF LESLIE

A SPLENDID AIR OF RIGHTNESS
Mad Molly spotlights the best of
Leslie Howard on film!

"THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL"
"THE PETRIFIED FOREST"
"PYGMALION"

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