Review of Stand-In

Stand-In (1937)
7/10
My namesake is the star.
5 March 2006
For once Leslie Howard is the star of the movie.

Unlike the producers of the DVD want you to think, Bogart is actually a supporting actor. But look at the cover - photo and cast lineup. You would think it is a Bogart movie. Frankly, that is why I bought it.

Actually this movie is a Leslie Howard movie with Blondel as co-star. Bogart plays a secondary role and is a supporting actor.

I was thinking of the only other Bogart / Howard movie I know of, Petrified Forest. So finally I find a bona-fide Leslie Howard movie.

Of course I was biased but I loved it. My mother probably did too. She named me Leslie Howard (Spaiser).

P.S. This picture was released 3 years before I was born.
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