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unusual facts about Leslie Howard


Leslie Howard

Leslie Howard Saunders (1899–1994), Canadian political figure who served as Mayor of Toronto during 1954–55 term; fervent member of Orange Order


Bijou Theatre

It was one of three theatres which hosted the premiere season of the musical Fancy Free, but primarily it presented plays by many writers including Sacha Guitry, John Galsworthy, A. A. Milne, James M. Barrie, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Leslie Howard, Anton Chekhov, Henrik Ibsen, Luigi Pirandello, Graham Greene, Eugene O'Neill, William Saroyan and Sean O’Casey.

Captured!

It stars Leslie Howard and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and was based on the short story "Fellow Prisoners" by Sir Philip Gibbs.

Gem Twist

Gem Twist had an extensive show jumping career between 1985 and 1997 under three different international level riders: Greg Best (up to 1992), Leslie Howard (1992-1995), and Laura Chapot (1995 onward).

Inside, Outside

Among the famous people Goodkind comes face to face with in the course of the book besides Nixon are Golda Meir, Zero Mostel, Bert Lahr, Marlene Dietrich, John Barrymore, Ernest Hemingway, Leslie Howard, and the brothers George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin.

Réminiscences de Don Juan

Celebrated recordings of the Réminiscences include those by Jorge Bolet, Earl Wild, Simon Barere, Grigory Ginzburg, Charles Rosen, Leslie Howard and Leo Sirota.

Supermarine S.4

Very little film and photographic evidence of the S.4 survives, but five minutes of film are preserved within Leslie Howard's Spitfire/First of the Few starring himself and David Niven.

Sutton Vane

The play came to Broadway in 1924, where it was a similarly huge success in a production starring Alfred Lunt, Leslie Howard, Margalo Gillmore, Beryl Mercer, and Dudley Digges (as the Examiner).


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