... 64 Zaza at the Plaza What was once a moving, shocking play becomes an ordinary spectacular film with frillies and Claudette Colbert Tragedy on the stage was confined by classical tradition to the great of the earth emperors could go mad, princes be tortured by indecision, queens fall in love with their stepsons. But since La Dame aux Camellias the woes of anyone from journalists to mannequins ...

... Hollywood Visit (No. 2) Warner Brothers' Studio 1. James Stephenson and Edda Harrington are husband and wife in 44 On Trial, in process of shooting. In real life she is married to Walter Connolly, is granddaughter of a famous song-writer, and great-niece of Harry Braham, who introduced America to Gilbert and Sullivan. Stephenson, recently success ful in 44 Heart of the North, went to ...

... Gardener's Chronicle Looking Ahead By R. C. Jenkinson As I sit idle, all outdoor work held up, looking at trees and shrubs weighed down-- I only hope not broken-- by snow and the ground covered by nearly a foot of it, I resent the weather: I resent the fleeting escape from the high hills of their particular perquisite and glory. The snow in the plains of England makes neither a seasonable nor ...

... Film Faces at a Premiere in Hollywood Cary Grant is the host of the little party above, arriving at the Pantages Cinema in Hollywood to see the premiere of Gunga Din, an Anglo-Indian romance based on Kiplingys ballad, in which Grant has a lead. His companions are Annabella, Phyllis Brooks and Tyrone Power Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., another lead in Gunga Din, did duty in New York, as Cary Grant ...

... Sporting Occasions Indoors and Out, On Land and On Water Kings at Cannes include two of the sport-loving Scandinavian monarchs, King Gustaf of Sweden, who, as usual, is playing in the tennis tournaments, and King Christian of Denmark, who prefers sport afloat. Here is the latter in his yacht in the Bassin de Cannes, wearing the cap of the Kongelig Dansk Yacht Club Delegates to the world ...

... The pair on the right at Davos are Lord Gosford's American daughter-in-law and Sir Colville Barclay, Lady (Robert) Van- sittart's son, who has just joined the Diplomatic. Lady Achesons husband is now Air Attache in Paris. Below are three very chic Par- senners, Vicomtesse Louis de Gourcuff, Comtesse de Contades, and her sister Vicomtesse d'Espous Mr. Fuller, Miss Minshull Ford, Mr. Best Atop ...

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... By Alan C. Hess MAJOR A. T. G. GARDNER, whose miraculous little M.G. did so much to advance British engineering prestige at the end of last year when it achieved its epic records-breaking feat in Germany, has been accorded a richly-deserved honour. A meeting of the Segrave Trophy awarding committee, which consists of representatives of the Institution of Automobile Engineers, the Institution ...

... 1% J *1 The Bystander's Review of Lr6ttlH2, Married I Weddings and Engagements Joy Andrews Is Die only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur II. Andrews, of Beaconsfield Road, Black- heath, and is to marry George Roche Fearnley, eldest son of Harold Fearnley, F.R.C.S., and Mrs. Fearnley, of 103, Kidbrooke Grove, Blaekheath Ray Vaughan Jane Mary Bannatyne Is the only daughter of Lieut. Colonel and ...

... By Alan C. Hess EVEN at this early stage, entries are beginning to reach the Royal Auto mobile Club for their 1000-miles Rally which takes place from April 25th to 29th, finishing at Brighton. A finishing point so close to London means, of course, that a vast throng of spectators will watch the eliminating tests on the Friday and will stay over to appraise the coachwork on the Saturday. ...

... if *1 The Bystander's Review of (jrCttmg Married I Weddings and Engagements Pamela Gaskell Is the elder daughter of the late Wing- Comdr. A. B. Gaskell D.S.C., and Lady Bowhill and step-daughter of Air Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill Coastal Command Lee-on-Solent her fiance is Flt.-Lieut. R. G. Seys, D.F.C., eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Seys, of Arbon Grove, Chertsey Vandyk Ann Courtenay ...

... Bystander £500 Golf Trophy Week End Amateur Tournament for Men The Seventh Annual Open Amateur Tournament under handicap, for the Bystander £500 Trophy and other prizes, will be played at WESTON-SUPER-MARE on March 18th and 19th, 1939 (Headquarters The Grand Atlantic Hotel) Conditions Play will be for the Bystander ^500 Trophy and other prizes. Every competitor will play a medal round on ...