And of, course, as Ashley Wilkes in Gone With The Wind (1939), with Clark Gable and the mesmerizing Vivien Leigh (one of England's finest exports):
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A Gentleman’s London, Episode Twenty: Floris
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Thursday, 19 May 2011
Style Icon XXXIII: Leslie Howard
As The Scarlet Pimpernel, Sir Percy Blakeney, in the 1934 film, opposite Merle Oberon, with Raymond Massey, menacing as the evil Chauvelin:
And of, course, as Ashley Wilkes in Gone With The Wind (1939), with Clark Gable and the mesmerizing Vivien Leigh (one of England's finest exports):
And of, course, as Ashley Wilkes in Gone With The Wind (1939), with Clark Gable and the mesmerizing Vivien Leigh (one of England's finest exports):
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Howard had a great style and a subtle soft spoken manner --perfect to play Blakeny.
ReplyDeleteStrangely, Baroness Orczy did not originally favour him for the part but she could hardly have been disappointed in the result: especially when he saunters back in to reclaim "his demned fine hat" from Chauvelin, astonished that Blakeney has survived the 'firing squad'. Great film and I hope that youngsters today still watch it but I have my doubts.
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