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WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO

... - MR. ROBERT MONTGOMERY and MISS CONSTANCE CUMMINGS, for portrayinS Dorothy L. Sayers' famous M^imscys on the screen. Lord Peter Wimsey. the famous blue-blooded detective hero of Dorothy L. Sayers detective novels is one of the most popular sleuths in fiction and he teas equally successful tehen portrayed on the stage by Dennis Arundell in the dramatised version of 44 Busman's Honeymoon ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 128 | Page: Page 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE FOOD OF LOVE.: A MUSIC ARTICLE BY EDWIN EVANS

... THE FOOD OF LOVE. A MUSIC ARTICLE BY EDWIN EVANS. AN invitation to address the Opera Circle on the subject of Voices in Ballet has had the unex pected result of con fronting me with a knotty question of the type that de lighted mediæval philosophers. lhey wasted time and energy on discussing which came first, the hen or the egg. Which really came first, opera or ballet Until the ballet ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1247 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: Photographs 

THEATRES OF WARTIME LONDON REVIEWED BY ARTIST AND CAMERA

... : The Shoic Must Go On with WILFRID HYDE WHITE, MAGDA KUN, and HUGH LATIMER as Elder Son, Mother, and Younger Son. 1 5^ j C. PETERS, NADINE MARCH, MAR- JORIE CLARK and W. HYDE WHITE I sing No Nudes is Good News. I The clever and original ANNETTE MILLS singing her own well-known number, Boomps-a-Daisy. In Spring lyric and g music by Joan Stevenson, sung by W. Hyde White. FRANK PETTINGELL as ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 149 | Page: Page 12 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

SUMMER WEDDING: BLOUSES FOR THE TROUSSEAU

... SUMMER WEDDING BLOUSES FOR THE TROUSSEAU WOMEN IN WARTIME HERE is a blouse that looks feminine but not fluffy, tailored to go with a classic coat and skirt yet gay enough for a lunch-party. The material is muslin, and Harvey Nichols, of Knightsbridge, have it in white or with white checks on pastel-coloured grounds. Even on a wartime budget you can afford several of these, for they wear well ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 197 | Page: Page 28 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THEY DID ... ... THIS VISIT TYPES OF ENGLAND'S ... FROM THE LOW COUNTRIES

... THEY DID h \N THIS VISIT: TYPES OF ENGLAND'S S FROM THE LOW COUNTRIES. A three-year-old from Antwerp with her toys and doll. Right Parents saved their children and this child saved her doll. An Englishwoman refugee from Rotterdam with her children. A mother and two children on arrival at a station in London. Light refreshment is enjoyed by this child, ivho has just reached London. Two Belgian ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 242 | Page: Page 18, 19 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

CHAMPION SKATER AND HER GUNNER BRIDEGROOM

... . I Left After the wedding at Stoke I d'Abernon Church I I CAPTAIN NOEL I MACKLIN, MISS JEAN I MACKLIN, MR. PETER j I HODGE, R.A., the I I bridegroom, I MRS. PETER HODGE, I the bride MR. LANCE MACKLIN and I MRS. NOEL MACKLIN. The BRIDEGROOM takes a snap of his BRIDE in her wedding-dress while her mother MRS. NOEL MACKLIN, watches. Beloiv The Forces drink to the bride. MR. PETER HODGE (I.), R.A ...

No. 7. EMBASSY REVUE-- COME OUT OF YOUR SHELL, SOON COMING TO LONDON

... No. 7. EMBASSY REVUE COME OUT OF YOUR SHELL, SOON COMING TO LONDON. Topolski's impression of NADINE MARCH and GRETA GYNT in I Camping is Such Fun IAGDA KUN '^singwtg^^Pleas^^Sir^^y a Song About Sex. I (NADINE MARCH), Reuben (FRANK PETTINGELL) and Gorge (Wilfrid HYDE WHITE) in Somewhere in England D ANNETTE MILLS singing her own number Mr. Jones Are You Coming to Bed? GRETA GYNT as Phyllis ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 161 | Page: Page 13 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

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WHEN I WAS LAST A -FISHING

... WHEN I WAS LAST A -FISHING. REVERTING to the pict in The Sketch of May 15, of a two- headed Eastern Brook trout at the California State Fish Hatchery, I heard quite recently that a two-headed trout had been discovered among fry in a hatchery near Winchester, and an attempt is being made to rear it. My informant sug gested that the occurrence of such a monstrosity was almost unheard of, but I ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1120 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Photographs 

WAR-WORK AND A CHRISTENING

... MA OR-GENERAL H.R.H. THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER was slightly wounded and returned to London last week. He and the DUCHESS OF LOUCESTER visited the Mansion House on Tuesday, where they are seen ivith a map of tin-foil-ccdlecting centres. H.R.H; THE DUCHESS OF KENT, President of Alexandra Day Appeal, is seen addressing a meeting at Grosvvnor House in connection with Alexandra Day. ARS. BERTRAM ABEL ...

A WINDOW IN LONDON: VIEWED FROM A CRANE CABIN

... . Pelci (MICHAEL REDGRAVE) is a crane-driver on the new Waterloo Bridge. Hi s fe Pat (PATRICIA ROC), is a night telephone operator so thev hardly ct see each other. He grows lonely and is attracted by Vivienne. Zoltini (PAUL LUKAS), the Constable (BRIAN COLEMAN), Peter and Vivienne (SALLY GRAY). Zoltini (PAUL LUKAS), in a jealous fury accuses f ivienne (SALLY GRAY) of being in love with Peter. ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 185 | Page: Page 25 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

MOTOR DICTA

... . By H. E. SYMONS. CHEERFULNESS seems to be one of the main war- winning characteristics of the men and women building Austin cars, judging by a jolly letter I have just received. Test evacuations of the factory staff to its air-raid shelters are carried out quickly and with typical Austin efficiency, but instead of being rather grim affairs these evacuations actually provide a few minutes ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 867 | Page: Page 26 | Tags: Photographs