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never suspect that you were within a hundred miles of the roaring town. The stucco house, with its flat roofs and arched windows, is set into the side of a hill that rises from the dark green of fir trees to the blue of the sky. Yucca, those "candles of the Lord," dot the upper slopes.
Below the driveway is the swimming pool, flowerrimmed, with a stone terrace above the dressing-rooms, gay with yellow furniture, tilted sun-umbrellas, and water-proofed swings.
And here was Leslie Howard, slender and sunburned, in blue bathing trunks, dark glasses, and a gold medal suspended on a thin gold chain.
"Nice place for pictures," he commented, with a glance at the sunlit panorama around us. "Eventually, you know, I should get something rather interesting here." The important thing about a house, I gathered, was that
he should be able to ■ make pictures around it.
"I had cameras long before I thought of going into motion pictures," he said. "I suppose the reason anyone goes in for cameras is because he can't make pictures with oils or charcoal or water colors. As a child, I wanted to be an artist, but as I grew up I hadn't the time or opportunity to devote myself to it, so I did the next best thing and made my pictures with a lens.
"Leicas, or other miniature cameras, seem the best for my purpose because of the swiftness of the lens. It takes motion picture film, too, which {Please turn to page 90)
More samples from the huge Howard collection. Right, view from train window during the "Hamlet" tour. Below, San Francisco. Left, Hugh Walpole's home in England — a street scene — showing theatre where he played "Hamlet." Lower left, extra girl.
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