Programming Note

[Leslie Howard and Norma Shearer in A Free Soul (1931)]

A Free Soul to air on TCM Sunday, January 15, 2017, at 9:00 AM PST [Please check your local listings]

Out of the Picture

Today's photo is missing Leslie Howard. Why? Because he was behind the camera, a place he would much rather be. He was an avid photographer and his interests were really behind the camera, writing, producing and directing, rather than in front of it.

Here, he snaps a photo of his friends at Los Angeles station there to retrieve him and his wife, Ruth Martin (far right), upon their return to Hollywood after one of many trips east or abroad. How would you like to have this welcoming committee?

[Leslie Howard and his wife, Ruth Martin (far right)
being met at Los Angeles station by
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Gable, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.,
Claudette Colbert, Douglas Fairbanks and Joan Crawford]

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