[nickcarraway]

One interesting thing is Leslie Howard played this character again in 1941 fighting Nazis in Pimpernel Smith. Two Years later he was killed when a plane he was in was shot down by the Luftwaffe.

He was a real life Scarlet Pimpernel against the Nazis.

[ReformationFan]

Indeed. I think I read somewhere that the Scarlet Pimpernel was Howard’s favorite role and movie, not the one he’s most famous for, i.e., “Gone With The Wind”-Lesley Wilkes. In fact, I think he actively disliked GWTW and his character in it.

It’s understandable since his character is more stronger and heroic in the 1934 film.

[skinkinthegrass]

when Gobbels; found out Howard's death, he pronounced it
gladly nationwide in NAZI Germany as if were a battlefield victory.

[ReformationFan]

In rewatching this again myself, I have to give kudos to the film’s two beautiful leading ladies: Merle Oberon(who I like here more than in her most famous role as Cathy in “Wuthering Heights”) and Joan Gardner as Suzanne. Miss Gardner was quite a stunner. I read on imdb she only made 14 films back in the 1930s and retired to become a wife and mother.