Leslie Howard's Daughter __ Enjoys Home Life Here All glamour girls born of theatre II and film stars don't end up in Hollywood. One lives quietly in Toronto at 599 Spadina Rd. A-large Prefers British Films portrait of her late, famous A James Stewart fan, Mrs . Dale- JAN father Harris is looking forward to see- 30 19,17 hangs over the fireplace. His name ing his first film since the war was Leslie Howard. days. She prefers the British films, Her name is Mrs . R. B. Dale- however, because, she points out,' Harris and she is an attractive, fair- they deal with life more realisti- cally. Trevor Howard, the male haired 22. So far there has been no lead in "Brief Encounter," she yearning for -the Broadway lights thinks is a wonderful actor. nor the Hollywood weather . In fact "Pygmalion" and "Kr. V" vie for she is blissfully content with her first position among her late husband, her daughter Caroline, father's films. "Mr. V" is a par- ticular favorite, because, she says, aged 2, and Toronto. "we suffered all the birth-pangs Mrs . Dale-Harris was married at with father since he was writing, 17. She fell in love at 15 when her directing, as well as starring in husband was a second lieutenant in-I it." the artillery in the Her daughter, Caroline, came in Canadian Army' during the conversation bringing overseas. He later rose to colonel the "post" in a pretty blue smock- and is now a partner in a chartered ed dress. A black French poodle accountant firm here. They were named "Marcus," which the Dale- married in Harris' received as a wedding pres- May, 1942. Mrs . Dale- ent, completes the family. I Harris came over three weeks I after her husband, a native Toron- tonian, returned in December, 1945. She speaks candidly of her film career, having played a bit part iri the movie "Spitfire" in which her father starred . "If you sneezed you wouldn't see me," she says . "My face ended up on the cutting room floor after the rushes and I never did see the finished film." Cchats About Family Wearing a tweed suit, with a jeweled clip, Mrs. Dale-Harris chat- I ted gaily about her family. She has ~~a warm personality, -a soft English accent and uses her hands expres- sively when interested in a subject . Asked whether she is interested in the amateur theatrical groups active now in Toronto, Mrs . Dale- Harris answered, "Yes." She re- ported that to date she has had! no experience with them and has taken part only in some radio shows. She admitted she would be sore- ly tempted should a "fabulous screen offer" come her way. Cana- 149 dian film studios are a subject of WAR curiosity with her. "Of course they , wouldn't have much interest in an XLTROPEAB English accent because I expect 1939 they will be making solely Cana- dian films." After each momen- CANADA tary glow of speculation regarding ARMY a career, she adds that she has already got hers. as a housewife., MARRIAGE Mrs . Dale-Harris was brought up in Hollywood where the family still has a home. At the beginning of the war the family went back to England . Asked what she thought of Hollywood, Mrs . Dale Harris said : "A wonderful place! But you have to have a career or you will end up doing nothing." It's just that kind of place."