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THE LITERARY LOUNGER: Beauty

... the bathing- machine praised for its beauty but no doubt it often is. And, as a matter of fact, in Royal Yachts, v °ht one t^ie most sumptuously produced volumes Yachts. jjas ever been my pleasure to review, there is a picture of a bathing-machine the ...

Published: Wednesday 08 February 1933
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2744 | Page: 37 | Tags: Review 

THE CINEMA

... Blockade at the London Pavilion, substitutes the rattle of wisecracks for the grim stutter of machine- guns. For that matter, Mr. Miller is something of a human machine-gun, raking all and sundry with his rapid verbal fire, and extricating himself and his pal ...

Published: Wednesday 06 July 1938
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1113 | Page: 33 | Tags: Review 

CRITICISMS IN CAMEO THE CINEMA

... nightingales (one of which is poisoned), or in the disguise of an Ethiopian physician tripping in a toga among the ladies' baths. The sumptuousness of the ancient city is displayed in numerous chorus ensembles devised by Busby Berkeley (who devised similar ...

Published: Wednesday 25 April 1934
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 915 | Page: 33 | Tags: Review 

The Literary Lounger: Dreams of Flying

... engine to warm it up- THE PRINCES LOWERED IN A RAFT TO BATHE FROM H.M.S. SHROPSHIRE I H.R.H. PRINCE GEORGE, LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN, AND (R.) H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES. When the Princes enjoyed a bathe from H.M.S. M Shropshire they were lowered in a raft ...

Published: Wednesday 31 August 1932
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2303 | Page: 37 | Tags: Review 

THE CINEMA

... on a motor cycle combination, and, later, does a solo- flight without the slightest knowledge of flying. In both cases the machines are in control, performing amazing stunts and piling thrill on thrill, regardless of Mr. Formby's sufferings. He suffers ...

Published: Wednesday 18 January 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1048 | Page: 33 | Tags: Review 

THE CINEMA

... Dark. I must believe that Martha Raye's vocal and physical energy, as heard and seen in a musical battle of saxophones and machine- guns entitled Public Melody No. i, will have its host of admirers; but Jack Benny's skirmishes with threatening bankruptcy ...

Published: Wednesday 06 October 1937
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1068 | Page: 37 | Tags: Review 

THE LITERARY LOUNGER

... heavenly choir. But and this is one of the secrets of its charm there are no high lights in the book Lady Horner's survey bathes the landscape of the past in a warm, golden light that strikes alike on tree and flower, on tower and cottage. Her children's ...

Published: Wednesday 13 December 1933
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1950 | Page: 64 | Tags: Review 

THE LITERARY LOUNGER

... LITERARY LOUNGER, By L. P. HARTLEY. RED STRANGERS is not, as the title suggests it might be, a novel dealing with the machinations of Bolshevik agents in England. The strangers in question are them selves Englishmen and Empire-builders. The first to ...

Published: Wednesday 12 July 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2455 | Page: 56 | Tags: Review 

CINEMA CAMEOS

... way with the pro fessions, not only of crib-cracking but of pocket-picking, card-sharping, street- walking, rigging, fruit-machines, dice-loading and smash-and-grab. Two if the professional fraternity, a prostitute and a burglar who is looking after her ...

Published: Wednesday 01 May 1946
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1498 | Page: 11 | Tags: Review 

AT THE SIGN OF THE CINEMA: THE COWBOY; THE MARRIAGE CIRCLE; HOLLYWOOD; JUST OFF BROADWAY; THE LIVING TARGET

... attractive costume of the Westerner is designed in a purely utilitarian sense. Some of the coloured slides placed in the machine, though rather crude, are made entertaining by an attached story. The actual films are extremely interesting, parti cularly ...

Published: Wednesday 04 June 1924
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1747 | Page: 106 | Tags: Review 

The Literary Lounger: Down and Out

... THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE LADIES' ANNUAL SWIMMING MATCH AT THE BATH CLUB THE TWO TEAMS. Our photograph shows the Oxford and Cambridge ladies' swimming teams for the annual match at the Bath Club. The names, from left to right, are, standing the Cambridge ...

Published: Wednesday 26 June 1929
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2465 | Page: 42 | Tags: Review 

The Sketch-Book

... shall also have the most perfect odern plumbing, with heated bathroom floors, eans of hot water, deep baths, boisterous showers, nd a weighing machine that lies like a gentleman. Then there must be a library of books that one always intends to read and ...

Published: Wednesday 13 October 1948
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1780 | Page: 5 | Tags: Review