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The film world suffered a great loss in the tragic death of Leslie Howard {below). His son Ronald (right) makes his film debut in “ While the Sun Shines.” As you can see from these portraits, he is very like his father ; he has besides, much of his charm of manner and his beautiful speaking voice. RONALD HOWARD who made his screen debut in the film version of Terence Rattigan’s successful stage play, “ While the Sun Shines,” is the son of Leslie Howard, much-loved star of stage and screen, whose untimely death in the war year of 1943 shook the entertainment world. Leslie Howard was flying from Lisbon after a lecture tour in Spain and Portugal. His aeroplane never arrived here. Leslie Howard also had a stage heritage. He was a nephew of Wilfred Noy, actor and director. He served in the 1914-18 war and began his stage career after being invalided out in 1917. His first talkie film is still remembered. He made a sensation in the picture version of the famous play, “ Outward Bound.” His last was also a memorable role—that of R. J. Mitchell, the designer of the Spitfire, in the film, The First of the Few. Ronald Howard (“ Winkie ” to his friends) is Leslie Howard’s only son, born in 1918. His early ambition, while still an undergraduate at Cambridge University, was to be a writer, and he began with contributions to “ Varsity Weekly.” Leaving Cambridge early in 1939, he joined the reporting staff of the “ Sunday Chronicle,” and contributed a column, “ London Off-Licence,” composed of gossip, news and views of interesting people he met both in the course of his work and as the son of his famous father. When war broke out he left Fleet Street for Lower Deck service in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, where he served several months before being granted his commission. When he was demobilised, six years later, Anatole de Grunwald, screen producer, invited him to have a screen test. A contract followed. Under Anthony Asquith’s expert direction, Ronald Howard’s film future was assured. But he has not forgotten his early ambition to be a writer and his ambition today is to be able to portray on the screen characters of his own creation. Maud Hughes Ronald Howard in a scene from “ While the Sun Shines ” with Brenda Bruce.