British actor (1893–1943) best remembered for his roles in such classics as the Pygmalion, The Petrified Forest, and, most famously, as Ashley Wilkes in Gone with the Wind. During World War II he devoted his energies to the war effort and was killed in 1943 when the plane he was on was shot down by German fighters over the Bay of Biscay. ALS signed “L. H.,” one page, 5.5 x 7.75, personal letterhead, November 15. Howard writes to “Freeman.” In part: “Is the enclosed any good. As you see it is the beginning of a more or less indefinite series on the same subject. If you can think of a good title please use it. I’d thought of ‘Ladies Prefer Lords,’ but all that is a bit overdone. Or—‘What no—Broadway.’ ‘At the boy-Bunne!…’ Faint intersecting mailing folds and a few subtle wrinkles, otherwise fine, clean condition. R&R COA.
