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| [Leslie Howard on the set for Of Human Bondage, 1934] |
Leslie Howard's initial experience with Bette Davis was one of disinterest and disapproval.
Howard was in England during the summer of 1933. Having completed Columbia's first film there, The Lady Is Willing (1934), Howard moved on to the Talbot Jennings play This Side Idolatry set in 1592 London with Howard acting as Shakespeare. According to Howard's daughter,
