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WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO

... I - DURING the shoot ing of the flood sequences in the film, A MODERN CIN DERELLA, difficult boating operations had to be conducted in the hall of a house. MISS ANNE GWYNNE once appeared in an under water swim in a news reel. As a result of taking a small r61e in a Hollywood Little Theatre she has been offered a film contract. MA R L E N E DIETRICH, who was in Paris for the Quatorze Juillet ...

Published: Wednesday 26 July 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 458 | Page: Page 19 | Tags: Photographs 

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Published: Wednesday 26 July 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 20 | Page: Page 49 | Tags: Photographs 

THE QUEEN SEES HER DAUGHTERS' SWIMMING SUCCESSES

... . The competitors for the Children's Challenge Shield for girls over nine and under fourteen, which was won by H.R.H. PRINCESS ELIZABETH, were (I. to r. bach row MISS ANNE BARLOW, MISS SALLY BACKUS, MISS PENELOPE HAWKINGS, MISS CLAIRE BULL, and MISS ROSEMARY GRIMSTON and (in front) PRINCESS ELIZABETH, MISS KATHERINE COKE, MISS TUNE BARRIE. MISS MAUREEN DILLON. MISS DAWN HOLMAN RICHARDS. The ...

Published: Wednesday 05 July 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 235 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

PLAIN AND COLOURED.--A.P.C

... PLAIN AND COLOURED-- A.P.C. These studies of well-contrasted types have been awarded runner-up prizes in our AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS' COMPETITION. The Italian cab-driver will wake up ii he sees a customer the Medicine Man conies from Zanzibar the Vagabond from Suffolk, and the gentleman with rugs was plying his trade in Belgium. FORTY WINKS CAPRI by Mr. E. Richardson. Taken with a Rolleicord ...

Published: Wednesday 05 July 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 131 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO

... - I THESE MEMBERS OF THE ETON EIGHT FOR GOING FLAT OUT FOR VICTORY AT HENLEY REGATTA. MISS MONA FRIEDLANDER FOR BEING AN ATTRACTIVE NIGHT-FLYING TARGET THAT NO ONE SHOULD MISS. MISS PEARL TURNER and MISS EVELYN ANDERSON FOR BEING SUCH A PRETTY PAIR THAT THE GAUMONT- BRITISH HEALTH AND BEAUTY CUP JUDGES COULDN'T DECIDE BETWEEN THEM. LADY DAVID DOUGLAS-HAMILTON FOR GETTING A REAL KICK OUT OF ...

Published: Wednesday 05 July 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 372 | Page: Page 33 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

LADY ELEANOR SMITH FINDS LIFE A CIRCUS

... . Author of about eight novels, the brilliant elder daughter of the late F. E. Smith first Earl of Birkenhead has written her autobiography. Basing its title on her affection for the sawdust ring, Lady Eleanor calls it Life 's a Circus. It will be published on July 10. PHOTOGRAPH BY ANGUS MCBEAN. ...

Published: Wednesday 05 July 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 59 | Page: Page 41 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE SKETCH DIARY OF FASHION

... fm I kucw Diiiiai uw cr fASiiCN EDITED BY OLIVE CALEY SMITM WITH A SWIRL OF HER SKIRT and a light in her eye she steps out jauntily in Matita's summer suit, so cor rectly casual, so brightly debonair. The pleated skirt is of fine black jersey, and the jacket is of yellow silk spotted with white, with a monogram embroi dered on one pocket. You will find it in other colours as well, at any of ...

Published: Wednesday 05 July 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 87 | Page: Page 43 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

EMILE LTD

... EMlLEi I70R Court coiffures and indi- vidualistic hair styling, consult Emile's, the internationally famous Court Hairdressers. llli,ctrntt>rl Permnnpnt W Clv'MP VV 1 1 LC Jul IIIUJIIU^U o by appointment to Catalogue sent free on request. MM. THE OUEEN. 24-25 Conduit St., LONDON, W.1 'Phone. Mayfair 6263. 'Grams: Ondulaieur, Piccy, London EMDLEt ...

THE ATLANTIC: The Passenger Service Comes

... I \J The Atlantic: 1:1Tc2Z THE START OF THE FIRST PASSENGER CARRYING SERVICE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC Some of the twenty-one occupants, representative of the U.S. Govern ment, Congress and aeronautical circles, as they boarded the Pan American Airways flying-boat Yankee Clipper at Port Washington (Long Island) prior to her departure for this country on June 24. On arrival at Shediac, New Brunswick, ...

Published: Saturday 08 July 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 200 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

TIENTSIN: Strained Situations of Ports and Foreign Concessions

... I ICMTCIM Strained Situations at Ports I JllN ancJ Foreign Concessions THE MAN OF THE MOMENT Rear-Admiral R. V. Holt (left) whose primary job, doubly arduous at the present moment, is to command the British Yangtse Flotilla He is usually designated as Rear-Admiral, Yangtse DEFYING THE JAPANESE ULTIMATUM A view of Swatow harbour seen from the deck of the U.S.S. Isabel as she lay at anchor in ...

Published: Saturday 08 July 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 167 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

ROYAL WEDDING in FLORENCE: The Duke and Duchess of Kent Attend the Marriage of the Duke of Spoleto and Princess ..

... ROYAL WEDDING in FLORENCE The Duke and Duchess of Kent Attend the Marriage of the Duke of Spoleto and Princess Irene of Greece BY AIR TO FLORENCE: Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Kent as they arrived at Hendon Aerodrome to travel to Florence. Wing-Commander E. H. Fielder, the King's pilot, who flew the machine, is seen greeting the Duchess THE NUPTIAL MASS: A view inside the ...

Published: Saturday 08 July 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 182 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

NEW BATTLE DRESS of the ARMY: BATTLE DRESS WITH NON-POLISHABLE BUTTONS: The Same Pattern to be Used for ..

... New Battle )ress of the Army BATTLE DRESS WITH NON-POLISHABLE BUTTONS The Same Pattern to be Used for Officers and other Ranks ^pHE new battle dress is being introduced for wear on active ser- vice and training by troops, other than personnel of horsed units, at home. It is similar in design to the denim outfits which were tried out last year, but it is made of the drab serge material used for ...