 He became an undisputed Broadway star in "Her Cardboard Lover" (1927).After his success as time traveller Peter Standish in "Berkeley Square" (1929), Howard launched his Hollywood career in the film version of "Outward Bound", but didn't like the experience and vowed never to return to Hollywood.However, he did return, many times—later repeating the Standish role in the 1933 film version of "Berkeley Square".