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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS

... THE ILLUSTRATED LO\UO\ NEWS THE ILLUSTRATED L0\I)0\ MEWS, THERE'S A WEALTH OF ENTERTAINMENT IN INSIDE KNOWLEDGE A large number of the informative dia grammatic drawings, chiefly by that well-known artist G. H. Davis, which have been published from time to time in , are now available in collected form in a special 32-page publi cation entitled INSIDE KNOWLEDGE. This will appeal to all who ...

Published: Wednesday 24 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 195 | Page: Page 38 | Tags: Photographs 

BARONOVA-- IN SPOT- LIGHT AND SILHOUETTE FOR THE SCREEN

... BARONOVA IN SPOT- LIGHT AND SILHOUETTE FOR THE SCREEN. IRINA BARONOVA, one of the best-known and most talented of the famous young prima ballerinas of the Russian Ballet has gone to the U.S.A. in order to play the role of an exotic beauty beloved by an Archduke in M.-G.-M.'s new picture, Florian. The film deals with the fall of the Austrian Empire, and stars Robert Young and Helen Gilbert. It ...

Published: Wednesday 17 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 86 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

BLACK & WHITE

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Debenham & Freebody

... Debenbam Free body Debenbam Free body paris says 1. Charming multi-coloured flower cap, finished with veiling and soft satin bows. 2. An elegant model in panama, with satin ribbon and bow. Model Millinerv. First Floor. LANgham 4444 WIGMORE STREET, LONDON, W.I (Debenhams, Ltd.) ...

Published: Wednesday 24 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 43 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Photographs 

HAVE I A TONGUE TO DOOM MY BROTHER'S DEATH?..

... HAVE I A TONGUE TO DOOM MY BROTHER'S DEATH?. NOW YOU 'RE TALKING is one of three films designed to assist the Govern ment's ANTI-GOSSIP CAMPAIGN by illustrating how careless talk helps the enemy and endangers valuable lives. The scene is set in a munitions factory. SEBASTIAN SHAW and ALEC CLUNES, expert and assistant (left), order the guns of a shot-down raider to be brought in by lorry for ...

Published: Wednesday 03 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 313 | Page: Page 29 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

MAPPIN & WEBB Ltd

... Mappin Webb Ltd. Mappin Webb Ltd. 172 REGENT ST., W. 1 156-162 OXFORD ST., W. 1 2 QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, E.C. 4 LONDON MANUFACTORY THE ROYAL WORKS, SHEFFIELD The life of PRINCE'S PLATE has yet to be ascertained. Spoons and Forks made and sold over 30 years ago are still in daily use without the slightest sign of deterioration This fumed oak Cabinet contains a service of Prince's Plate Spoons, ...

Published: Wednesday 03 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 141 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Photographs 

TWO-PIECE PACT

... EMBROIDERY of all kinds has been steadily making its way back into fashion, and rouleau work is especially effective on the more tailored clothes. The Hershelle model above, in a warm mushroom beige, has rouleau embroidery on the bodice of the frock as well as on the bolero. This and other Hershelle models are to be found at good shops all over the country, but if there is any difficulty write ...

Published: Wednesday 03 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 215 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WINGED FEET AND FEATHERED HEADS OF AMERICA'S RESIDENT BALLET: CORYPHÉES WHOSE AUDIENCE RUNS INTO A TOTAL OF ..

... WINGED FEET AND FEATHERED HEADS OF AMERICA'S RESIDENT BALLET CORYPHEES WHOSE AUDIENCE RUNS INTO A TOTAL OF MILLIONS. These lovely photographs shotc some of the members of America's famous CORPS DE BALLET OF THE RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, NEW YORK. It is the only resident ballet in America, and is directed by Miss Florence Rogge. Thirty or forty different ballets are given annually, and it has been ...

Published: Wednesday 03 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 120 | Page: Page 18, 19 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

MOTOR DICTA

... . By H. E. SYMONS. FRANCE, the happy hunting-ground of so many British motorists, is not-- out wardly and visibly, at any rate-- changed very much as regards motoring conditions. Petrol, though restricted, is not rationed to anything like the. same extent as in England, and as there is no vehicle tax one still sees a laree num ber of cars on the road. With characteristic common sense the ...

Published: Wednesday 03 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 938 | Page: Page 28 | Tags: Photographs 

WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO

... - MR. ALBERT PERRY staged a street exhibition of his works. He hired sandwichmen, who carried, instead of the usual boards with placards, paintings of his, priced from £200 to £300. One of the sandwichmen was a girl. RALPH GROOME, twenty-four-year-old Canadian ice-hockey star known as BLONDIE, is a daring rear-gunner of the R.A.F. He has flown twenty times over Germany, and wore his old ice ...

Published: Wednesday 10 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 285 | Page: Page 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

SPRING REVEALS NEW FASHIONS

... EVEN jewellery has a military air this spring, so the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company, 112, Regent St are specialising in regimental badges. The girl above has fastened her blouse with a badge brooch m diamonds and enamel On her lapel she wears a badge watch made so ?hat it can be worn as a clip or a brooch, in two-colour gold with diamonds and enamel Even her silver, engine- turned ...

Published: Wednesday 10 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 224 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THEATRES OF WARTIME LON BY ARTIST AND CAMERA No.1. BLACK VELVET; AT THE LON STAGE AND AUDITORIUM

... THEATRES OF WARTIME LOf IFWED BY ARTIST AND CAMERA |fclo.1. BLACK VELVET; AT THE LOf loDROME-- STAGE AND AUDITORIUMJ So come and dance the polka with the whole com- i party finale of the Cafe I Royal scene. I Left I TEDDY BROWN .tricks Debrov Somers and his band. EILEEN MOORE, PAT KIRKWOOD, CAROLE LYNNE and NORMA DAWN as the Gold-diggers. My Heart Belongs to Daddy The Cold-diggers and the ...