Radio review – Lux#197 – “The Scarlet Pimpernel” (1938) **1/2

Leslie Howard reprises his famous screen role and he’s very good, being particularly funny as the foppish Sir Percy. Olivia de Havilland is a spirited Marguerite – she’s better than Merle Oberon – and the story condenses well (it’s really three character piece), even though you miss out seeing the disguises. At the end of the show Howard chats about his plans to go back to Britain to make movies, saying he intends to have an eye on the American market.