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FILM-STAR DAVID NIVEN AND HIS FIANCEE

... FILM -STAR DAVID NIVEN AND HIS FIANCEE. The engagement of CAPTAIN DAVID NIVEN, the Rifle Brigade younger son of the late W. G. Niven and of the late Lady Comyn-PIatt, to MISS PRIMULA ROLLO, only daughter of Flight Lieut. William Rollo and of Lady Kathleen Rollo, has been announced. Captain Niven is the film-star who made big hits with Datcn Patrol 44 Raffles, 44 Bachelor Mother and 44 The ...

Published: Wednesday 25 September 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 139 | Page: Page 23 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

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Published: Wednesday 25 September 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 105 | Page: Page 33 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs 

CINEMA CAMEOS

... . By C. A. LEJEUNE. I WAS AN AD VENTURESS (Odeon) is a Hollywood remake of a French film we saw in London last year. Edwige Feuil- lere and Jean Murat were in the original, you may remember, with Jean Tissier and Jean Max. It was a bright little comedy, with a lacing of adventure, about three smart jewel-thieves, and their victim, the rich young man who marries and reforms the lady of the ...

Published: Wednesday 25 September 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1232 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Photographs 

WILLIAM HOLLINS & CO. LTD

... 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 ...

Published: Wednesday 25 September 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 78 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Photographs 

CHIEFS OF THE R.A.F.: No. 9.-- VICE-CHIEF OF THE AIR STAFF

... CHIEFS OF THE RAF. No. 9.-- VICE-CHIEF OF THE AIR STAFF. AIR MARSHAL SIR RICHARD EDMUND CHARLES PEIRSE, K.C.B., D.S.O., A.F.C., is the Vice-Chief of the Air Staff and thus one of the most important men at the top of our wonderful Royal Air Force. He is the only son of Admiral Sir Richard Peirse, was born in 1892 and educated at Monkton Combe School, H.M.S. Con way and King's College London. He ...

Published: Wednesday 25 September 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 139 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO

... - THESE TIN HATTED AND CAMOUFLAGED CAMERA MEN, for recording the Battle of Britain for the pictures. Crouching in the coarse grass to shoot a scene. British Pictorial Productions Ltd. Universal News.) MR. E. H. HAWKINS operating from camera position on cliffs during the Battle of the Convoys. (Gaumont-British News.) -A. .r _ _ Filming aerial activity somewhere in England from a camouflaged car ...

Published: Wednesday 25 September 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 284 | Page: Page 14, 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WILTON EVACUEES-- NOT VELASQUEZ DWARFS

... WILTON EVACUEES NOT VELASQUEZ DWARFS. This quaint and slightly pathetic conversation piece showing evacuees at I T ilton, the magnificent seat of the Karl of Pembroke, recalls the dtcarfs in Velasquez's famous picture Las Menenas, a masterpiece of the Prado. Alternatively, it might suggest a group of children by one of the Le JSain brothers the French seventeenth-century artists. The small ...

Published: Wednesday 25 September 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 85 | Page: Page 17 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

CAREFREE YOUTH-- AT THE LONDON SALON OF PHOTOGRAPHY

... CAREFREE YOUTH AT THE LONDON SALON OF PHOTOGRAPHY. These beautiful camera-studies from the London Salon of Photography which is holding its thirty-first International Exhibition at the Galleries of the Royal Society of Painters in Water-Colours, 26-27 Conduit Street, may serve to remind that beauty and carefree happiness still exist. 44 The Scottish Maid is from Roves forthcoming book. ...

Published: Wednesday 25 September 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 89 | Page: Page 21 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

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Published: Wednesday 25 September 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 0 | Page: Page 29 | Tags: Photographs 

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Published: Wednesday 25 September 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 31 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Photographs 

BENTLEY MOTORS (1931) LTD

... BENTLEY M°T0RS (1931) LTD:. ', '3 bentlem^R Th.e Silent Sports Car 16 CONDUll ST. LONDON, W.I. tel: M AYFAIR 44 1 2. ...

Published: Wednesday 25 September 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 25 | Page: Page 33 | Tags: Photographs 

HUSBAND AND WIFE IN ONE ANOTHER'S SHOES!

... 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 ...

Published: Wednesday 25 September 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 196 | Page: Page 25 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs