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THE EARL OF CHICHESTER MARRIES MLLE. URSULA DE PANNWITZ

... . The marriage of the EARL OF CHICHESTER, Press Attachi at the British Legation of the Hague, to MLLE. URSULA DE PANNWITZ, daughter of the late IT alter de Pannwitz and of Mme. Catalina de Pannwitz of Hartekamp Benne- broek Holland, took place according to Dutch Civil Late at Haarlem on March 27. The Burgomaster of Haarlem officiated, and Prince Bernard of the Netherlands attended the ...

Published: Wednesday 03 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 114 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO

... - MR. JAMES CROMWELL, here seen with MRS. CROMWELL FOR being AN AMERICAN DIPLOMAT WHO HAS NO DOUBTS CONCERNING THE JUSTICE OF THE ALLIES' CAUSE. MLLE. LILY PONS, here seen with her husband M. ANDrF KOSTELANETZ FOR HAVING THE FACE AND THE PERSONALITY TO LAUNCH THIS HAT. B MISS DOROTHY LAXSON FOR HAVING THIS GLAMOROUS GET-UP AS HER WORKING SUIT. I WING-COMMANDER A. D. FARQUHAR-- FOR MAKING THIS ...

Published: Wednesday 03 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 315 | Page: Page 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

COME OUT TO PLAY--WITH JESSIE MATTHEWS AND SONNIE HALE

... COME OUT TO PLAY WITH JESSIE MATTHEWS AND SONNIE HALE. MR. CECIL MAD DEN of the B.B.C. is seen going through the script I with JESSIE MAT- I THEWS and SON- NIE HALE, with a view to picking the most suitable for I broadcast excerpts. JESSIE does a staggeringly high- kick when she sings the old- world ditty 44 Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow-wow in the scene 44 George Remembers.'* Right The songs ...

Published: Wednesday 03 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 203 | Page: Page 25 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

GILBERT & SULLIVAN

... I OILHERT&SIJLLIVAN 1 ttlLBERT&SULLIVAN .jlI A PICTORIAL >AVTl RECORD OF OPERAS This 48 page pictorial record of the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas, published bv 48 PAGES OF PICTURES 8 PAGES IN COLOUR THE SPHERE, deals comprehensively with the most popular of the famous operas. All the new stars, as well as the established favourites, are featured in their own particular roles and MANY PAGES IN ...

Published: Wednesday 03 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 154 | Page: Page 36 | Tags: Photographs 

WEDDINGS AND ENGAGEMENTS

... . The marriage of MR. ALEXANDER LEES MAYALL, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander M avail of Bealings End, Woodbridge Suffolk, to MISS REN£E EILEEN BURN, younger daughter of Mr. and Airs. Clive Burn, took place at the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a dress of chalk-white angel-skin and a sun-ray coronet of flowers. She was attended by Mrs. ...

Published: Wednesday 10 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 268 | Page: Page 21 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

NEW STAR IN NEW- STYLE CINDERELLA STORY

... . Jeannie (BARBARA MULLEN) with her miserly father (JAMES WOODBURN) and Mrs. Whitelaw (DOROTHY HAMILTON). Stanley Smith feels jealous when Jeannie decides to go out to dinner with the Count (ALBERT LIEVEN). Jeannie meets the business man Stanley Smith (ERIC PORTMAN), on the Vienna express. He drinks to her holiday she to his invention. Jeannie wears a new dress for her dinner with the Count. ...

Published: Wednesday 10 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 252 | Page: Page 23 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

SOCCER STARS IN AIR FORCE BLUE

... . Since war came, Soccer or Association football, is even more popular with the Air Force per sonnel than in peacetime. This is hardly surprising, considering that the youngest Fighting Service includes many stars of the foot ball world who will probably play in the forthcoming big match R.A.F. v. The Army at Wembley. Here are J. SMITH (Sheffield United T. BARKAS and A. J. SMITH, of Chelsea, ...

Published: Wednesday 10 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 220 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WHEN I WAS LAST A -FISHING

... WHEN I WAS LAST A -FISHING. DURING the last week in March nearly 200 salmon were killed on the River Wye, and from these figures it may be assumed that sport has been definitely good. Last year the total for the same week was not much over I00. Several -rods had one-day bags of four and of five fish. The best salmon of the week, a 44-pounder, fell to the rod of Professor Merton, who seems to ...

Published: Wednesday 17 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1170 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Photographs 

WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO

... - jj MRS. OSA JOHNSON, widow of the traveller and photographer. Mr. Martin Johnson, and heroine of many adventurous trips, is one of the most decorative people imaginable. .She plays the lead in Columbia's picture 1 Married Adventure. WHEN Sir Seymour Hicks unveiled a frieze depicting flower-girls, surrounding the hoarding which shields the Eros statue, and which is designed to further the ...

Published: Wednesday 17 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 331 | Page: Page 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

SPORTING AIR- RAID WARDENS AND SMART HATS AT THE WARTIME AINTREE

... SPORTING AIR-RAID WARDENS AND SMART X HATS AT THE WARTIME AINTREE. The HON. DAVID and MRS. ORMSBY GORE were among the young couples who went to the Liverpool Spring Meeting. She was Miss Sylvia Lloyd Thomas. j| Right MRS. PHILIP DUNNE (left and MRS. A. SMITH BINGHAM were there. MISS FRANCES DAY'S hat represents the very latest notion of chic headgear. It suits her admirably though it is not ...

Published: Wednesday 17 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 189 | Page: Page 17 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

A GLANCE AT THE NEWEST PLAYS AND PICTURES

... . DAYS IN PARIS is a new Columbia picture due at the Regal Marble Arch on April 19. It s a mixture of farcical fun and spy thrills. He r Diane de Guermantes (KAREN VERNE) and her chauffeur, Robert Ste ens (REX HARRISON), have an absurd adventure. They fall into a river, are chased up a tree by dogs, and rescued by Diane's father and fiance. TEN DAYS IN PARIS opens with Robert Stevens (REX ...

Published: Wednesday 17 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 331 | Page: Page 21 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

SPRING SUMMARY

... AS fresh as the morning is this collarless suit from Fenwick, 63, New Bond Street, in a soft Scotch tweed. The jacket, cut with link fastenings and pocket slits, is worn over a striped cotton blouse, its collar and cuffs specially treated to remain stiff. This blouse costs 25s. 6d. and the suit itself 6£ guineas, in various colours. IT may soon be difficult, if not impossible, to find leather ...

Published: Wednesday 17 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 261 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs