Of Human Bondage is a 1934 American drama film directed by John Cromwell and regarded by critics as the film that made Bette Davis a star. The screenplay by Lester Cohen is based on the 1915 novel Of
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Bette Davis and Leslie Howard
Bette Davis was acclaimed for her portrayal of the shrewish Mildred in Of Human Bondage.
Publicity still of Bette Davis in the 1934 film Of Human Bondage
Leslie Howard Steiner, better known as Leslie Howard, was an English actor, director, producer, and writer. He wrote many stories and articles for The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair a
Of Human Bondage (1934 film)
…learns that Mildred has died in a charity ward. With Mildred's death, Philip is finally freed of his obsession, and he makes plans to marry Sally. Leslie Howard as Philip Carey Bette Davis as Mildred Rogers…
Howard as Ashley Wilkes in Gone with the Wind, 1939
English Heritage blue plaque at 45 Farquhar Road, Upper Norwood, London
Humphrey Bogart (left) and Leslie Howard (standing center) in the Broadway stage production of The Petrified Forest (1935)
Howard as Sir Percy Blakeney (alter ego of the Scarlet Pimpernel) next to Merle Oberon as Lady Blakeney in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)