... . By C. A. LEJEUNE. METRO- GOLDWYN MAYER, who are notoriously not afraid of long pictures, have brought out the first two-part screen bio graphy in the life of Thomas Alva Edison. In the first part Mickey Rooney plays Edison the boy. In the second part Spencer Tracy plays Edison the man. Each picture is complete in itself, and it will not be necessary, although it is obviously helpful, to have ...

... THEATRES OF WARTIME LONDON lo. 21. ONCE A CROOK .COMEDY- REVIEWED BY ARTIST AND CAMERA 1ELODRAMA AT THE ALDWYCH. _ ONCE A CROOK at the Aldwych, the melodrama enlivened with comedy by Evadne Price and Ken Attiwell, provides the subject for the first of our pictorial and literary reviews of London's wartime theatres, by The Sketch critics team. On these pages are the drawings ly l'el ...

... HIEFS OF THE R.A.F. COMMANDS: No. 6 FLYING TRAINING. AIR VICE-MARSHAL LAWRENCE ARTHUR PATTINSON, C.B.. D.S.O., M.C., D.F.C. £s the Air Officer Commanding, Flying Training Command. He teas born in 1890 and teas educated at Rugby, Wesley College, Melbourne. Australia, and Cam bridge. In 1914 he teas a 2nd Lieutenant in the Durham Light Infantry T F and in the following year was seconded to the R ...

... OUT AND ABOUT j THIS AUTUMN WOMEN IN WARTIME BUYING for the future is now one of the main principles of dress economy, especially in furs, for present prices will soon seem amazingly low. The coat above, in Canadian squirrel, for example, costs only 45 guineas at the City Fur Store, 64, St. Paul's Churchyard. The broad revers and square shoulders give it a young, tailored look, and the skins ...

... HUSBAND AND WIFE IN ONE ANOTHER'S SHOES I TURNABOUT, due at the Gaumont Haymarket on September 27, is a comedy presenting a husband and wife who change personalities temporarily as the result of magic. Sally (CAROLE LANDIS) here wears the trousers with grace, but Tim (JOHN HUBBARD) looks gloomy in feminine attire. Sally, in Tim's manly body, does a good deal of harm to his business, and Tim ...

... THUMBS UP- WE CAN TAKE IT! CHURCHILL IN THE BLITZKRIEGED CITY. MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL has twice visited the bombed areas of the City, and seen for himself the splendid courage with which Londoners are facing their severe ordeal. When he asked the assembled crowds Are we down hearted the answer No was roared back, and every man, woman and child gave the Thumbs up signal, as seen in our lower ...

... BY DAY AND BY NIGHT SUITS AND HOUSECOATS I WOMEN IN WARTIME THE English tradition of dressing, for dinner is surviving wartime difficulties in a modified but very attractive form. Women now wear gaily-coloured housecoats, specially designed for evenings at home. Walpole, New Bond Street, have a collec tion to brighten the black-out, including the model above. This is made in a soft woollen ...

... WILLIAM HOLLINS CO. LTD., WILLIAM HOLLINS CO. LTD., CLOTHES THAT LAST ARE TRUE ECONOMY The soft feel of Viyella lambs- wool warmth that is without weight the easy comfort of good tailoring there is real charm, long term economy in 'Viyella' Pyjamas. Lasting as they do, they wash beautifully and keep m.. m you safe from chills. M In spots, plain colours', and dainty floral designs from 25/9 at ...

... CHIEFS OF THE RAF. COMMANDS: No. 8.-- BALLOON. AIR VICE-MARSHAL OWEN TUDOR BOYD, C.B., O.B.E., M.C., A.F.C., w the Air Officer Commanding Balloon Command a post which he has held since 1938. On leaving Sandhurst in 1909 he entered the Indian Army, and joined the R.A.F. in 1916 He served tcith distinction in the 1914-18 war; teas A.O.C. Central Area, R.A.F., 1935-36 and Director of Personal ...

... WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO- THE ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTED By THESE UNIFORMED WOMEN, for so gallantly /y soing to it to repair air=raid damage. THE MECHANISED TRANSPORT CORPS. THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY FIRE SERVICE. J THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL AUXILIARY AMBULANCE CORPS. THE WOMEN'S VOLUNTARY SERVICE. THE RED CROSS SOCIETY and VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENTS. THE ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE. THE members of the ...

... . AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR CYRIL LOUIS NORTON NEWALL, G.C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., is the man of the hour for his position as Chief of the Air Staff and Senior Member of the Air Council means that he is in command of the Royal Air Force, which is now at grips with Goering's Luftwaffe in the Battle of London Born in 1886, he was educated at Bedford and Sandhurst, and entered the Royal Warwickshire ...

... . THE KING and QUEEN were in the street during that tour of the London areas damaged in recent air raids token the alarm sounded. Their car teas piloted to a police station, and they took refuge in the shelter-room belotc the station. As they went in, a black cat crossed their path and the Queen stoo/ted to /tat it. ...