LESLIE HOWARD: THE MAN WHO GAVE A DAMN
1939 Atlanta, Georgia - Hollywood has come to town, with the most eagerly anticipated movie in film history: “Gone with the Wind”. The main cast members are all here for the opening: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Olivia De Havilland. But one face is missing….
While “Gone with the Wind” takes America by storm, it’s fourth star, the English actor Leslie Howard is ADDRESSING a quite different audience…
“On this Sunday evening, Britain is the advanced base of the free world”
So who was this Englishman - this actor - who was Leslie Howard?
“There was something about his manner that was different to other actors” (Mark Burgess)
“He was so important, for someone who never really made himself noticed” (HiS daughter)
“My impression of Leslie is of a man made of steel” (director Michael Powell)
An intimate & revealing PORTRAIT OF AN ENIGMATIC STAR, with much NEVER BEFORE seen footage of Howard, and insight from those he knew.
1hr 23m
Monty Montgomery presents
A Repo Films Ltd Production
Writer - Director Thomas Hamilton
Producers: Thomas Hamilton, Tracy Jenkins, Alistair Wyllie
Narrator: Derek Partridge - Composer Maria Antal
Executive Producers: Monty Montgomery, Craig McCall - Associate Producer: Derek Partridge
Co-Producers: Terry Pentony, John Ozment, Alex Segal, Russell & Donna Torrisi
Editors: Bob Cassidy, Brin, Thomas Hamilton & Chris Reynolds
Consultant Editor: Shael Stolberg - Rostrum & Design by Chris Laing
Script: Thomas Hamilton, Derek Partridge, Alistair Wyllie
Historical Consultant: Professor Douglas Wheeler
Cameras & Lighting: Tom Ford, Harry Clegg, David Graham Scott - Sound: Larry Currie, Thomas Hamilton
Makeup: Barbara Barkey - Asst Director/Continuity Tracy Jenkins
Toronto Segment Producers: Alistair Wyllie, Risa Shuman
A very special thanks to The Howard Family.
Howard Home Movie Footage: Courtesy of Leslie Ruth Howard
Huge thanks to Kevin Brownlow