Leslie Howard was in his 40s & Norma Shearer in her 30s when they played this Shakespearean pair in 1936
People apparently loved hick stereotypes in the 30s, 40s, ... 
Norma Shearer, John Barrymore, Leslie Howard you know the... [DOC] [TLE] Antagony & Ecstasy: May 2014 [PAR] 30 May 2014 .... Shearer was, in those days, in the declining period of her career, 
having made ... this finery, Norma Shearer is acting her ass off, finding ways to 
underline Marie ... -The British Pygmalion, starring Leslie Howard and Wendy 
Hiller, gives ..... the marginally more intelligent of the pair, played with a spaced-
out... [DOC] [TLE] Quinn2015.pdf - University of Edinburgh [PAR] a direct influence on Mercutio and his relationship to Romeo, even though ... 
writes how Shakespeare's plays 'may reflect real women as well as