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BRITAIN'S No. 1 LAWN TENNIS GIRL AND HER FIANCÉ

... BRITAIN'S No. 1 LAWN TENNIS GIRL AND HER FIANCE. B The engagement of MISS KAY STAMMERS, the laten tennis star, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Stammers of Wood Walk, St. Albans, to MR. MICHAEL MENZIES, younger son of the late Mr. F. Graham Menzies and of Mrs. Menzies, has just been announced, and the marriage ivill take place in January. Miss Stammers, who is Britain's No. 1 Laivn Tennis Girl, ...

Published: Wednesday 20 December 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 109 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

QUEEN CHARLOTTE'S CHRISTMAS LEAVE DINNER-DANCE

... . The first war-charity hall to be held in London since the outbreak of hostilities was QUEEN CHARLOTTE'S CHRIST MAS LEAVE DINNER- DANCE in aid of the work of the hospital for the wives of Service men. It took place at Grosvenor House and the evening's fun included a cabaret in which FRANCES DAY appeared. Douglas Byngt Alice Delysia and Brian Sheridan were the other artists. I The MARCHIONESS ...

Published: Wednesday 20 December 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 193 | Page: Page 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

TO AMUSE THE KIDS: OUR EIGHTY-SECOND FIRST-PRIZE WINNER.--A.P.C

... TO AMUSE THE KIDS: OUR EIGHTY-SECOND FIRST-PRIZE WINNER.-- A.P.C. This delightful study, which might well have been taken at Christmas -time, when fun and amusement for the kids is our chief preoccupation, has been awarded the eighty-second first prize in our AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS' COMPETITION. It ivas taken by Mr. M. E. A. Powell with a Voigtlander camera. Film Ilford. Exposure 12 seconds ...

Published: Wednesday 20 December 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 64 | Page: Page 25 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

PEOPLE

... Five Guests at an Airman's Wedding The Hon. Mrs. Max Aitken Squadron Leader Brian Thynne Flight-Lieut. Rhodes- Moorhouse Flight-Lieut. Henry Cavendish and the Hon. Max Aitken were all at the Paul Foley Cecilia Seddon wedding picture on page 301). Squadron-Leader Thynne ivas the best man. The reception icas at the Eaton Square house of Mrs. Foley the bridegroom's mother. Mrs. Montagu s husband, ...

Published: Wednesday 06 December 1939
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 664 | Page: Page 4, 5 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Julius Cæsar in Modern Dress: Henry Cass's Production at the Embassy Theatre

... Julius Caesar in Modern Dress Henry Cass's Production at the Embassy Theatre IT is not a new idea to produce Julius Ccesar in a setting of dictator-land Dallas Bower did it for television in August of last year, and we pointed out then that as Shakespeare set his drama of ancient Rome in Elizabethan times it was no solecism to move it another four hundred years forward. The easily swayed ...

Published: Wednesday 06 December 1939
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 273 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Films in the Making

... Shots Between Shots of Five Big Hollywood Produc tions which Sooner or Later will Cross the Atlantic ce We Are Not Alone. One of the biggest films on the Hollywood sets when these photographs were taken was Warner Brothers' screen version of James Hilton's novel. Edmund Goulding (who looks like a tough Gerald du Maurier) is directing it. He and camera-man Tonio Gordio discussed exposure-meter ...

Published: Wednesday 06 December 1939
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 537 | Page: Page 18, 19 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Motoring Commentary

... By Alan C. Hess UNDER a new order just made by the Minister of Transport, which came into force last Friday, it is now an offence to leave a car parked during the hours of black-out on the side of the road on which on-coming traffic approaches the front of it. Cars, in other words, must now be parked with their nearside against the side of the road. This order does not apply to one-way streets ...

Published: Wednesday 06 December 1939
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1584 | Page: Page 34, 36, 39 | Tags: Photographs 

Advertisements

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M. BEETHAM & SON

... M. BEETHAM SON, M. BEETHAM SON, CHELTENHAM, ENGLAND Tone the delicate skin-tissues of your face and hands with Larola-- and you will have a sure beauty-defence against the aggressions of Autumn winds and cold, wintry snaps. Larola makes and keeps the skin delightfully smooth, prevents roughness, redness and chaps, and thus adds immeasur ably to your beauty, charm and comfort. A. R. P. Wardens ...

Published: Wednesday 06 December 1939
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 129 | Page: Page 39 | Tags: Photographs 

PLAYER'S

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Published: Wednesday 06 December 1939
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 101 | Page: Page 40 | Tags: Photographs 

These Must Not Be Forgotten: When You Make Out Your Christmas Gift List

... These Must Not Be Forgotten When You Make Out Your Christmas Gift List British Sailors' Society When you sit down to your comfortable break fast these cold mornings, do you spare a thought to those without whose endurance and daring there would be no plentifully spread table for you? British sailors guard your security and bring your food across dangerous seas. They need warmth, shelter and ...

PLAYER'S

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