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MOONTIDE: NEW DOCKSIDE DRAMA WITH JEAN GABIN

... . 1V/T00NTIDE is an I* A exciting low life drama from the novel by Millard Robertson. The scene is set in Dockland, and the characters are rough, seafaring men. Carefree Bobo has a surly friend named Tiny. One night, after an orgy, Bobo cannot reconstruct his actions, and I my tries to suggest that his memory is bad because he has com mitted a crime the murder of Pop Kelly. The next night Bobo ...

Published: Wednesday 21 October 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 290 | Page: Page 23 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Debenham & Freebody

... f)eJ)enJuim 6 -Dehenfwun 6 We have an interesting collection of beautiful coats with, quality furs The attractive style illustrated is black bouclelte with selected black Persian lamb trimming lined throughout. Three sizes. (18 coupons) LANgham WIGMORE ST., LONDON, W.1 (Dehcnhnms Ltd.) w ...

Published: Wednesday 21 October 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 42 | Page: Page 27 | Tags: Photographs 

WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO

... - THE M.P.'s HOME GUARD, for being ready to defend the talking shops with their lives as well as with their tongues. A conference of company officers of the House of Commons Home Guard comprises Capt. Glenvil Hall, M.P. (left), Maj. Edward Fellowes, M.C., Lieut. Guy Eden, and Lieut. Victor Goodman, M.C. Lieut. Victor Goodman gives battle orders to Section Commanders Sgt. Norman Robson (lobby ...

Published: Wednesday 04 November 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 385 | Page: Page 17 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WOMEN IN WARTIME: STUDIES IN CONTRAST INFORMAL DINNER FROCKS WRAPPERS ON CLASSIC LINES

... WOMEN IN WARTIME STUDIES IN CONTRAST INFORMAL DINNER FROCKS WRAPPERS ON CLASSIC LINES IT seems strange to associate the name of Fortnum and Mason, Piccadilly, with house-coats and wrappers nevertheless, they are particularly successful with them. To them must be given the credit of the model above, which is carried out in delphinium blue corded moir6 the colour and the material are both of ...

Published: Wednesday 04 November 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 306 | Page: Page 26 | Tags: Photographs 

WAR-TIME FINGER-TIPS

... BY PEGGY SAGE Long wear that is the important thing about your nail polish in war-time', says Peggy Sage. And that is why thousands of busy women are using Peggy Sage's polishes simply because they wear like diamonds, chip, peel and flake-proof for days. Every Peggy Sage polish is composed of two fine films, closely welded together. One grips and nourishes the nail fibres, and enables the ...

Published: Wednesday 10 July 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 176 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Photographs 

SOLDIER AND SAILOR BRIDEGROOMS AND THEIR BRIDES

... . SURGEON LIEUTENANT J. C. B. BESFORD, R.N., the Olympic sivimmer, married MISS PATRICIA LEVEAUX at St. Barnabas's Church, Addison Road. The bride is also a keen swimmer, and is a member of the Mermaids' Club. SECOND-LIEUT. A. T. VANNECK BORRETT, elder son of Captain P. R. Borrett and of the Countess of Leitrim, married MISS EILEEN MARY GRAHAM WATSON, daughter of Mrs. Stewart Johnson. ...

Published: Wednesday 10 July 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 215 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

ASCHWITZ REVUE AT THE COMEDY

... \SCHWITZ REVUE AT THE COMEDY. First Night, in which CHARLES HAWTREY, JUDY CAMPBELL, FRITH BANBURY, HAZEL JENNINGS, ERIC MICKLEWOOD and ALICE COTY appear. Left Evolution oj the Detective with SIDNEY BROMLEY and JEREMY HAWK as Watson and Sher lock Holmes, in the 44 Literature phase. THE FRANCO-BRITISH SWING number. CHARLES HAWTREY and JOHN BENTLEY as Natasha and IJelmuth in 44 Under Which Flag? ...

SCRAP-IRON INTO ... FORGING STEEL FROM JUNK

... SCRAP-IRON INTO JN: FORGING STEEL FRO JUNK. This horrible collection of old junk or scrap-iron collected from all over the countryside looks pretty useless, but it 's of immense value. The grab-crane is handling part of a consignment of waste metal at a British steel-works, where it will go into the furnaces to forge new guns, for which it provides the best material. The long, long barrel of a ...

IN AND OUT OF UNIFORM

... NO one has any time now for difficult fabrics, so this charming off-duty frock, in Tested-Quality Duco fabric made with Courtauld's rayon, is especially welcome. In this year's favourite pin-spot, with scalloped collar, cuffs and patch pockets, it is tailored enough to be worn without a coat in town. ANOTHER practical model, also of Tested-Quality fabric made with Courtauld's rayon, is shown ...

Published: Wednesday 10 July 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 154 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

CAN YOU RECOGNISE ALL THESE? THE BOSS OF M.-G.-M. AND HIS TOP ARTISTS

... . This is probably one of the biggest groups of headline names ever assembled together before the camera. Louis B. Mayer, the boss of M.-C.-M., is seated in the centre of the front row, surrounded by his most famous artists. See how many of them you can recognise, and, if in doubt, turn to page 302 for the key. N.B. A Coloured pi* u inserted in this issue ...

Published: Wednesday 01 December 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 80 | Page: Page 14, 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

'COR-RAY' Skirts

... m i ivMknaMm J W/k IB vH GB i Hy WUmMm The right kind of pocket, in the right place, on the right side that's the ZWOW, a feature of GOR-RAY Skirts which pleases smart women with the modern outlook. No ugly placket, no buttons or other fasteners to cause hip bulges or gaping. Drapers and Stores everywhere stock GOR-RAY Skirts in various styles. HH Issued by C. STILLITZ, Royal Leamington Spa, ...

Published: Wednesday 01 December 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 82 | Page: Page 27 | Tags: Photographs