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[Leslie Howard radio appearances including serving on the
Will Rogers Memorial Committee, Fund and Program on CBS]
International Motion Picture Almanac, 1937 - 1938

[Leslie Howard Radio Star]
The Milwaukee Journal, "A Star In Three Careers," Sunday, November 17, 1935

[One Man's Opinion]
Modern Screen, July, 1934

[Radio Stealing Away Movie Audience?]
Motion Picture, May, 1934

[Leslie Howard On The Radio]
Radio Guide, Week Ending October 12, 1935

[Leslie Howard To Be Featured Next Issue (Issue Missing From Archive)]
Radio Guide, Week Ending January 4, 1936

[Leslie Howard Mention with Photo]
Radio Guide, Week Ending February 15, 1936

[Leslie Howard and his daughter, Leslie Ruth, appear
on the cover of Radio Guide after their tremendous
success in Dear Brutus on The Rudy Vallee Show,
June 27, 1935]
Radio Guide, February 22, 1936

[The Cover Portrait]
Radio Guide, February 22, 1936

[Leslie Howard Mention with Photo]
Radio Guide, Week Ending March 7, 1936

[What the Stars Are Earning on Radio]
Radio Mirror, January, 1935

[Leslie Howard and Helen Chandler at the microphone performing
Berkeley Square in a production shot of the Sunday afternoon
Lux Theater of the Air, December 9, 1934]
Radio Mirror, April, 1935

[Another view of Leslie Howard and Helen Chandler at the
microphone performing Berkeley Square in a production shot
of the Sunday afternoon Lux Theater of the Air, December 9, 1934]
Radio Mirror, April, 1935

[Previous photo of Leslie Howard and Helen Chandler enlarged and enhanced]
Radio Mirror, April, 1935

[Leslie Howard, the favorite of stage and screen,
whose brilliant dramatic readings are a delightful
feature of the popular Yardley program. "The Radio
Hall of Fame," Silver Screen, July, 1932]

[Leslie Howard Listing for Texaco]
Variety Radio Directory, 1937 • 1938

[Leslie Howard Listing for Fleischmann]
Variety Radio Directory, 1937 • 1938

[Leslie Howard Listing for Play Adaptations, Murray Hill,
Performed on Leslie Howard's Matinee, CBS, February 9, 1936]
Variety Radio Directory, 1937 • 1938

[Leslie Howard Listing for Hamlet, at the Imperial Theatre,
NYC, 39 Performances, November 10 thru December, 1936]
Variety Radio Directory, 1937 • 1938

[Script from interview and Lucky Strike endorsement on
Your Hit Parade, Wednesday, May 19, 1937]
Variety Radio Directory, 1937 • 1938

[Leslie Howard mention in connection with writer Frank Gill, Jr.,
for Eddie Cantor's Texaco Summer Show, 1937]
Variety Radio Directory, 1937 • 1938

[Leslie Howard mention in connection with actress Edith Meiser, who
appeared in The Amateur Gentleman on CBS, a prelude to
Leslie Howard's Matinee, October 6 to December 1, 1935
Variety Radio Directory, 1937 • 1938

[Leslie Howard mention in connection with actress Eleanor Silver
who appeared on Leslie Howard's Matinee, 1935]
Variety Radio Directory, 1937 • 1938

[Leslie Howard mention in connection with assistance given by
McKnight and Jordan, Inc. in the production of The Amateur Gentleman
and Leslie Howard's Matinee both shows running consecutively
from 6 October 1935 thru 29 March 1936]
Variety Radio Directory, 1937 • 1938

[Leslie Howard mention in connection with writer Sidney H. Fields
for Eddie Cantor's Texaco Town, 1936]
Variety Radio Directory, 1938 • 1939

[Leslie Howard mention in connection with script writer Frank Gill, Jr.]
Variety Radio Directory, 1938 • 1939

[Leslie Howard's drama program moved from Sunday evenings
to Sunday afternoons on January 12, 1936. On January 26, 1936
it was renamed to Leslie Howard's Matinee. The show was
sponsored by Hinds Honey and Almond Cream.]
Variety Radio Directory, 1939 • 1940

[Leslie Howard mention in connection with writer, actor, and
in this case, Chief of Staff for Eddie Cantor, Sidney H. Fields]
Variety Radio Directory, 1939 • 1940

[Leslie Howard mention is connection with script writer Frank Gill, Jr.]
Variety Radio Directory, 1939 • 1940

[Leslie Howard mention is connection with writer, actress Edith Meiser]
Variety Radio Directory, 1939 • 1940

[Leslie Howard mention in connection with actor, director Sidney H. Fields]
Variety Radio Directory, 1940 • 1941

[Leslie Howard mention in connection with associate
director and stage manager George L. Fogle]
Variety Radio Directory, 1940 • 1941

[Leslie Howard mention in connection with script writer Frank Gill, Jr.]
Variety Radio Directory, 1940 • 1941

[Leslie Howard mention in connection with writer, actress Edith Meiser]
Variety Radio Directory, 1940 • 1941

[Leslie Howard mention in connection with actress Paula Winslowe]
Variety Radio Directory, 1940 • 1941

[Leslie Howard with Rudy Vallee,  Margaret Sullavan
and William Gargan at The Rudy Vallee Show, 1933-34]

[Leslie Howard rehearsing with Margaret Sullavan
and Bill Gargan at The Rudy Vallee Show, 1933-34]

[Leslie Howard, Margaret Sullavan and Rudy Vallee
on The Rudy Vallee Show, 1933-34]

[Leslie Howard, 1934]

[Leslie Howard and Merle Oberon appear on the

Fleischmann's Yeast Hour/Rudy Vallee Show

on NBC in a production of A Minuet, February 14, 1935] 

The Rudy Vallee Show, A Minuet, February 14, 1935

[Leslie Howard and his daughter, Leslie Ruth, performing
a short scene, "The Enchanted Forest," from James M. Barrie's
Dear Brutus on The Rudy Vallee Show, June 27, 1935]

[Leslie Howard and his daughter, Leslie Ruth, rehearsing a short scene,
"The Enchanted Forest," from James M. Barrie's Dear Brutus on
The Rudy Vallee Show, June 27, 1935]

[Leslie Howard and his daughter, Leslie Ruth, performing

"The Enchanted Forest," from James M. Barrie's Dear Brutus 

on The Rudy Vallee Show, June 27, 1935]

The Rudy Vallee Show, Dear Brutus, June 27, 1935
The Rudy Vallee Show, Full Show, June 27, 1935

[Leslie Howard in John Galsworthy's Justice, a production

of RCA's The Magic Key aired on NBC, April 5, 1936]

RCA's The Magic Key, John Galsworthy's Justice, April 5, 1936

[Leslie Howard and Elizabeth Love in The Amateur Gentleman on
CBS, 6 October 1935 thru 1 December 1936, adapted by Edith Meiser
from Jeffery Farnol's novel, in which Howard played the hero,
Barnabus Barty, with Elizabeth Love as the heroine, Leone.
Howard's daughter, Leslie Ruth, also appeared occasionally.]

[Leslie Howard with his daughter, Leslie Ruth, in The Amateur Gentleman
on CBS, October 6, 1935 thru March 29, 1936]

[Leslie Howard with his daughter, Leslie Ruth,
in The Amateur Gentleman on CBS,
October 6, 1935, thru March 29, 1936]

[Leslie Howard appears on Eddie Cantor Texaco Town

on CBS in a comedy routine, December 6, 1936]

Eddie Cantor Texaco Town, "Three Pairs of Rubbers," December 6, 1936

Eddie Cantor Texaco Town, Full Show, December 6, 1936

[Leslie Howard appears on Eddie Cantor Texaco Town

on CBS in a comedy routine, February 14, 1937]

Eddie Cantor Texaco Town, "Hamlet," February 14, 1937

Eddie Cantor Texaco Town, Full Show, February 14, 1937

[Leslie Howard appears on Eddie Cantor Texaco Town

on CBS in a comedy routine, May 30, 1937]

Eddie Cantor Texaco Town, "Aired In England," May 30, 1937

Eddie Cantor Texaco Town, Full Show, May 30, 1937

[Leslie Howard on CBS radio, 1937]

[Leslie Howard on CBS radio, 1937]

[Leslie Howard and Elissa Landi are introduced to CBS radio audiences
by Cecil B. De Mille to perform Monsieur Beaucaire
for Lux Radio Theatre, June 21, 1937]

[Leslie Howard and Elissa Landi in the CBS production of

Monsieur Beaucaire for Lux Radio Theatre, June 21, 1937]

Lux Radio Theatre, Monsieur Beaucaire, June 21, 1937

[Leslie Howard and Rosalind Russell in Much Ado About Nothing

presented as part of CBS Radio's Shakespeare Festival, July 19, 1937]

Columbia Presents Shakespeare, CBS, Much Ado About Nothing, July 19, 1937

[Leslie Howard, Herbert Marshall and Mary Astor performing
Interference for Lux Radio Theatre, November 28, 1938]

[Leslie Howard and Olivia de Havilland in Lux Radio Theatre's

production of The Scarlet Pimpernel on CBS, December 12, 1938]

Lux Radio Theatre, The Scarlet Pimpernel, December 12, 1938

[Leslie Howard and Rita Johnson on the CBS network in

The Silver Theatre production of A Study in Triangles,

January 8, 1939]

The Silver Theatre, A Study in Triangles, January 8, 1939

[Leslie Howard, Kay Francis, Virginia Weidler, Mary Nash,

Irving Pichel and Morgan Wallace in a Gulf Screen Guild

Show production of Never In This World on

the CBS network, March 26, 1939]

The Gulf Screen Show, Never In This World, March 26, 1939

[Leslie Howard, Kay Francis and Virginia Weidler
in The Gulf Screen Guild Show production of
Never In This World on the CBS network,
March 26, 1939]

[Leslie Howard, Kay Francis and Virginia Weidler
in The Gulf Screen Guild Show production of
Never In This World on the CBS network,
March 26, 1939]

[Leslie Howard, Kay Francis and Virginia Weidler
in The Gulf Screen Guild Show production of
Never In This World on the CBS network,
March 26, 1939]

[Leslie Howard, Kay Francis, Virginia Weidler and Mary Nash
in The Gulf Screen Guild Show production of Never In This World
on the CBS network, March 26, 1939]

[Kay Francis, Virginia Weidler and Mary Nash
in The Gulf Screen Guild Show production of
Never In This World on the CBS network,
March 26, 1939]

[Mary Nash and Irving Pichel in The Gulf Screen Guild Show
production of Never In This World on the CBS network,
March 26, 1939]

[George Murphy, Announcer, for The Gulf Screen Guild
Show production of Never In This World on the CBS
network, March 26, 1939]

[Leslie Howard produced this Lux Radio Theatre production

of Lady For A Day starring May Robson, Guy Kibbee, Warren

William and Jean Parker which aired on CBS, May 1, 1939]

Lux Radio Theatre, Lady For A Day, May 1, 1939

[Leslie Howard produced the Lux Radio Theatre production

of The Life of Emile Zola starring Paul Muni and

Josephine Hutchinson which aired on CBS, May 8, 1939]

Lux Radio Theatre, The Life of Emile Zola, May 8, 1939

[NBC broadcast to salute King George VI and Queen Elizabeth who
were listening with President Roosevelt in June, 1939. Front row seated:
Unknown, Freddie Bartholomew, Radie Harris (newspaper columnist),
unknown, Heather Thatcher, Edna Best. 2nd row seated: Greer Garson,
Nigel Bruce, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Anna Neagle, Will Fyffe,
Vivien Leigh, C. Aubrey Smith, Cecilia Loftus. 3rd row: unknown,
Leslie Howard, Basil Rathbone, Brian Aherne, David Niven,
Reginald Gardiner, Roland Young, George Sanders, Ronald Colman]

[NBC broadcast to salute King George VI and Queen Elizabeth who
were listening with President Roosevelt while the royal couple was
visiting the United States in June, 1939. Back row: Leslie Howard,
Basil Rathbone, Brian Aherne, David Niven, Reginald Gardiner,
Roland Young, George Sanders, Ronald Colman. Middle row:
Greer Garson, Nigel Bruce, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Anna Neagle,
Will Fyffe, Vivien Leigh, Sir C. Aubrey Smith, Cecilia Loftus.
Sitting: Freddie Bartholomew, Heather Thatcher and Edna Best]

[Leslie Howard with Greer Garson, George Sanders (in back), Vivien
Leigh, Brian Aherne, Ronald Colman and Basil Rathbone during a
broadcast to salute King George VI and Queen Elizabeth who were
listening with President Roosevelt while the royal couple was visiting
the United States in June, 1939]

[Previous photo colorized]

[Leslie Howard and Greer Garson as seen in previous photo]

[Leslie Howard and Greer Garson perform a scene from

Goodbye, Mr. Chips with an introduction from Gertrude
Lawrence during the NBC Tribute to the

King and Queen, June 11, 1939]

LeslieHowardForever, Salute - Goodbye, Mr. Chips, June 11, 1939
NBC's Radio Tribute to the King and Queen, Full Show

[Leslie Howard with Greer Garson, Vivien Leigh, Brian Aherne,
Ronald Colman and Basil Rathbone during a broadcast to salute
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth who were listening with
President Roosevelt while the royal couple was visiting the
United States in June, 1939]

[Leslie Howard, Greer Garson and Vivien Leigh
during a broadcast to salute King George VI and
Queen Elizabeth who were listening with President
Roosevelt while the royal couple was visiting
the United States in June, 1939]

[NBC broadcast to salute King George VI and Queen Elizabeth who
were listening with President Roosevelt while the royal couple was
visiting the United States in June, 1939. Pictured back row: George
Sanders, Basil Rathbone, Leslie Howard, Nigel Bruce, Reginald Gardiner,
Roland Young, Sir C. Aubrey Smith, Brian Aherne, David Niven;
Madeleine Carroll. Front row: Anna Neagle, Greer Garson, Vivien Leigh,
Will Fyffe, Radie Harris, Errol Flynn, Heather Thatcher, Edna Best,
Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Cecilia Loftus, unknown raise their glasses in toast]

[Leslie Howard with Brian Aherne, Ronald Colman, David Niven,
Nigel Bruce and Basil Rathbone as they sit chatting in the NBC
studio after a broadcast to salute King George VI and Queen
Elizabeth, June 11, 1939]

[Leslie Howard and J. B. Priestly on Britain Speaks, 1940]

[Leslie Howard on Britain Speaks, 1940]

[Leslie Howard on the BBC]

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