Leslie the Man
 Leslie Howard with his mother, Lilian, his sister Dorice and his father Ferdinand Steiner. Vienna, 1895 ca. |
 Leslie Howard as a child. 1895 ca. |
 Leslie Howard with his mother Lilian, his brother Alfred and sister Dorice. London, ca. 1903 |
 Leslie Howard, ca. 1903 |
 Leslie Howard 1915 ca. |
 Leslie Howard, ca. 1915 |
 Leslie and his son Ronald, 1918 |
 Leslie and Ronald, 1922 ca. |
 With his little daughter, Leslie Ruth, 1924 |
 Leslie and Doodie, 1929 ca. |
 Leslie and his children, 1928 |
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 Ruth and Leslie Howard, and Their Daughter Leslie Ruth (Doodie) in a “Motion Picture” Article (1933) |
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 Leslie and Ruth Howard (1933) |
 Leslie and Ronald Howard on a visit to Palm Springs |
 Leslie in his dark room, working at his photos |
 Leslie correcting the script of a new play |
 Leslie and Doodie Rehearsing for a NBC Radio Broadcast (1934) |
 Leslie and Doodie on the set of The Petrified Forest |
 Leslie Howard and his daughter Doodie |
 Leslie Howard and Doodie, 1935 |
 Leslie Howard, 1934 |
 On the polo field |
 With Ruth, aboard the ship |
 At a dinner with Ruth and Ronald, 1935 |
 Leslie Howard and his wife Ruth at the Los Angeles première of Reinhard’s Midsummer’s Night Dream, 1935 |
 Leslie and Doodie |
 Leslie and Doodie |
 Leslie Howard with Leslie Howard Gargan |
 Leslie, Doodie and Winkie, Bermuda, 1935 |
 Bermuda, 1935 |
 Leslie Howard in Hollywood (1936) |
 Leslie and Ronald |
 Doodie and Leslie |
 Leslie, Ruth and Ronald Howard with Mary and William Gargan |
 Leslie and his camera |
 with Doodie on the set of It’s Love I’m After, 1937 |
 Leslie Howard with his camera on a catwalk (1937) |
 Leslie Howard relaxing on the set (1937) |
 With Violette at a party in Hollywood, 1939 |
 With Violette, 1939 |
 With Violette on the set of Gone With the Wind (1939) |
 On the set of 49th Parallel (1940) |
 Leslie Howard playing the piano |
 Doodie, Winkie and Leslie playing music |
 Leslie, Doodie and pooch with gas masks (1940) |
 Leslie and Doodie in an air raid shelter (1940) |
 Leslie with his car (1940) |
 With Doodie and Ronald (1942) |
 Ronald and Leslie Howard Playing Checkers at Home (1942) |
 Leslie Howard Directing The Gentle Sex (1942) |
I loved the photos, many of which I’ve never seen before. One can never get enough of the elusive Pimpernel. Being just south of 70 myself, I shall nevertheless try to hang around through 2025 when those classified documents concerning Leslie’s death will finally be declassified and released & I won’t be the least surprised if Herr Goebbels (and possibly others) had a hand in it.
As for now, I shall continue to take comfort in the renued interest that seems to be growing and sprouting everywhere for the “inafferrabile” Leslie. By the way, “inafferrabile,” I looked it up in Webster’s dictionary to no avail. So, what is it supposed to mean???
Intrepid
“Inafferrabile” is an Italian word; it means “which can’t be caught”. A possible English translation is “elusive”, though the meaning is not exactly the same.
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