Leslie Ruth Howard: Self - Interviewee
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Self - Narrator & Host : In September of 1934, while filming, "The Scarlet Pimpernel," a more serous relationship developed with Merle Oberon.
Self - Interviewee : She was a beautiful, beautiful girl and, at that point, my father fell in love with her. He never made this stupid mistake again of falling in love with his leading lady. But, he did fall in love with her.
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Self - Narrator & Host : "A Free Soul" gave Leslie the least rewarding role of his career. Despite co-star billing, his colorless character was overshadowed by the showier parts played by Norma Shearer, Lionel Barrymore, and, a young actor who had recently failed an audition for a part in one of Leslie's plays, Clark Gable.
Self - Interviewee : Clark Gable was a very young man, he came for an audition for a very small part as a chauffeur - perhaps two lines or three lines or - anyway, my father looked at him and he said, "Oh, no, no, no. We can't have him. He's - he looks too common, even for a chauffeur." And this man, who looked too common to my father, whatever it was, ended up being, you know, the King of Hollywood - the great - the great, glamorous man that all women wanted to make love to.
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[last lines]
Self - Interviewee : He was very, very much in the background of our lives; but, he was there all the time. Interested. Anxious to help. Loving. Loving, extraordinarily so; which is why, I suppose, Hollywood didn't have any bad effect on us at all. We just grew up - and enjoyed our lives - and enjoyed our father who was really remarkable. I think those have been my final words.
