... Nudism is the sabject of Gordon Sherry's farciccd comedy, THE BARE IDEA, which has just been produced at the Comedy. Here the full company are assembled, with Mrs. Foster (ELLEN POLLOCK) and Mr. Foster (ERIC COWLEY) in the centre. The testy, designing Major (RODDY HUGHES), Mrs. Foster (ELLEN POLLOCK), owner of the land which the Nudist Colony are anxious to acquire, and Arthur Merridew ...

... Firth shep- HARD'S new show, SHEPHARD'S PIE, at the Princes Theatre, is described as a menu of song, dance and laughter, and certainly lives up to its name. Topical events are pre sented in Inside In formation, with Sydney Howard as the Minister of Misinformation, and Arthur Riscoe as the Furore himself and in Evacuees and spec tacular attractions are provided by Our Heri tage, with ...

... . Backstage views of theatrical productions have inspired many painters including Degas and Dame Laura Knight. They also provide the camera-artist with admirable subjects for his work, as these behind-the- scenes photographs of Francis Laidler's pantomime, 44 CINDERELLA, at the London Coliseum, prove. MISS CONNIE LAHEE (I. J is here 44 done up by MISS MURIEL MILLER. Right Stage work is pretty ...

... LOOKING through the very elaborate fishing- tackle catalogue of a well-known American firm, I came across an illustration of a rod-holder which at tracted my attention. It is designed for use on a boat, being fitted with a clamp, but would be equally serviceable on a pier. A novel feature 01 tne roa-noiaer is a com bination of hinge and spring which allows the rod to yield to any sudden pull, ...

... BEST -SELLER NOVEL SCREENED: THE STARS LOOK DOWN. THE s ARS LOOK DOWN/' the film version of A. J. Cronin's best seller i i el, is due at the Odeon, Leicester Square, on Monday, Jamie 22. EMLYN WILLIAMS plays the dishonest, time-serving Joe Gowlai He rebs the till tchen the starving men loot the food-shops, and makes his get-away from life as a miner. Joe Goulan (EMLYN WILLIAMS) founds a ...

... i WOMEN IN WARTIME FOR golf, for cycling in the country, keep warm in this ribbed and hooded sweater. It looks as if it were hand-knitted, but fits with a precision that most home- mades never reach. Harrods, of Knightsbridge, have it for 45s. gd. in various colours, including royal and scarlet. FURS are a safe investment this spring, quite apart from their excellent moral effect. The knee ...

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... . 4 When the war broke out the paintings and drawings at the Tate Gallery were evacuated to places of safety sometvhere in England but the statuary was not removed, as the basement is considered to provide adequate protection. This someuhat mournful-looking group of statues and busts has a ludicrously human air, and suggests that the disgusted i corks of art are holding an indignation meeting ...

... WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO- THESE PILOTS OF THE AIR TRANSPORT AUXILIARY, for being the first women ferry pilots for R.A.F. machines. Women last week made history in the youngest Service, for the first delivery flights of aeroplanes from factory to storage depot somewhere in Great Britain, were carried out by the Women's Transport Section of the Air Transport Auxiliary. There arc nine members of ...

... IN WARTIME PARIS IS STILL FULL OF LIFE. I SPARKLE l\ND BEAUTY )F THE FOLIES BERGERE. The gaiety of Paris still continues in spite of wartime restrictions and black out rules. Thus wonderful photograph shows a spectacular scene at the new FOLIES BERGERE revue. The stage hands have carefully to adjust the metal supports for the ladies who appear in this inclined-plane tableau. I One of the ...

... . I Dick (RONALD COLMAN) got a head wound in the Sudan i campaign. When at work on his picture of Melancholia he suffers from headaches, learns that he is soin° blind and drinks to keep himself going j till his masterpiece is finished. The Paramount Picture version of Rudyard Kipling's famous novel THE LIGHT THAT FAILED was due for I production at the Plaza on Friday last, January 12. RONALD ...

... . By H. E. SYMONS. QUIET as our roads may have seemed since petrol ration ing was introduced, they will be quieter still this quarter. Something like a million more cars have been laid up because of the prohibitive aggregate of the new horse-power tax, plus the increased, and doubtless increasing, price of petrol. ine dangers ot black-out driving, too, will have forced a great many motorists ...