... . As Sir Percy Blakeney, David Nivcn stepped off the Elstree set of 44 The Elusive Pimpernel 44 to be photographed away from the brilliant lighting of the Grenville Ball sequence. Baroness Orczy4s famous novel, 44 The Scarlet Pimpernel,44 brought to the screen by The Archers, for London Films, is adapted, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger; has been shot in Brittany ...

... . CAMBRIDGE oarsmen, preparing for the Boat Race, will need superb faith in their abilities next season. In 1948 they alone or almost alone have prevented Oxford striding practically unchecked to the goal of victory in every one of the major inter-Varsity sporting engagements. It has been a year of grim struggle with Oxford claiming that slight, tantalising superiority that has made them look ...

... THE Laurence Olivier Hamlet is in the main such a mag nificent piece of work that it seems ungrateful to cavil at its imperfections. But it would be dishonest to pretend to a satisfaction one does not feel, and this technically superb, artistically devoted, and maturely considered film confirms me in my belief that the greatest of all Shakespeare's tragedies is not really fit material for ...

... by Louis T. Stanley AFTER a break of ten years the Test Matches between England and Australia will be resumed next month. The bulky green caps will look even more menacing. The memory of the Southend avalanche of run-making is hard to forget. Australian batting strength is undisputed. A slight doubt exists about the bowling. there is no O Keilly or Grimmett in the team. McCool has a leaning ...

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... START HERE! Ray Singer could talk. It was a part of his job. And that night he let himself go. He had the whole thing cut and dried. It was three or four months since he had first seen Peggy Doran at a small Hollywood restaurant called The High Kick. Peggy had been working there as a waitress. He had noticed the likeness right away, but without being much impressed. Holly wood was full of ...

... GREAT- GRANDDAUGHTER OF QUEEN VICTORIA. LADY IRIS MOUNTBATTEN is the only daughter of the Marquess and Marchioness of Carisbrooke and a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, as Lord Carisbrooke's mother, H.R.H. Princess Beatrice, is the youngest daughter of her late Majesty. Lady Iris who was twenty last January, came out in Coronation year and icas one of the trainbearers to the Queen at the ...

... . 44 FAMILY PORTRAIT is an attempt to realise the life of Christ's family and to portray the influence of the Messiah on his home circle. It was first produced in New York with Judith Anderson (seen as Mrs. Danvers, in Rebecca, on another page) as Mary, a part which is exquisitely played I by Fay Compton in the English production. The theme is provided by Christ's words, 44 A prophet is not ...