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WILLIAM HOLLINS & COMPANY LIMITED

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Published: Wednesday 09 October 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 63 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Photographs 

CINEMA CAMEOS

... . By C. A. LEJEUNE. IT is a moot point whether the cinema audi ences of this country really want to see films about Nazi Ger many at this time. Personally, I think they don't. Most of us have already made up our minds pretty clearly about Nazi Germany. We don't need persuasion to crystallise our views. As I see it, what we are looking for in film entertainment just now is the chance to relax ...

Published: Wednesday 09 October 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1224 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Photographs 

MIXED BAG OF NEW FROM FAR AND NEAR HOW LIFE GOES BRAVELY O N THIS HARSH WARTIME WORLD

... MIXED BAG OF NEV ROM FAR AND NEAR: HOW LIFE GOES BRAVELY O N THIS HARSH WARTIME WORLD. This poster advertised the strong woman act staged by Miss Alary Arnotis in the Boer War It was uncovered by bomb blast during a recent raid on London. GEN. BEAUMONT-NESBITT, BRIG. -GEN. SCANLON, BRIG.-GEN. R. E. LEE U.S.A. Alilitary and Air Attache, the U.S.A. AMBASSADOR and All COM. BOYLE lunch to ...

Published: Wednesday 09 October 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 440 | Page: Page 16, 17 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

JOY-FLYING AHERNES

... JOY- FLYING AHERNES. 1. BRIAN AHERNE and his wife JOAN FONTAINE, go joy-flying in their private machine whenever he can take a day off from his current Universal picture, Hired Wife. Here they are at their local aerodrome before embarking. 2. The sound of an aeroplane now suggests nothing but implacable warfare to raid- conscious Britishers, but in the peaceful entourage of Hollywood there ...

Published: Wednesday 09 October 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 100 | Page: Page 25 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WOMEN IN WARTIME: BLACK AND WHITE

... WOMEN IN WARTIME BLACK AND WHITE THERE may be only one special occasion now instead of a round of parties, but it still needs a special frock. Even if you only wear it at home, a dinner dress is well worth its place in your wardrobe for its tonic effect, especially a model, like the one above, which is cut on classic lines that do not date. It will last for years, too, since its fabric is a ...

Published: Wednesday 09 October 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 213 | Page: Page 30 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

CHIEFS OF THE R.A.F.: No. 10.--MAINTENANCE

... CHIEFS OF THE R.A.F. No. 10. MAINTENANCE. AIR VICE -MARSHAL JOHN STANLEY TRAVERS BRADLEY, O.B.E., holds the important post of Air Officer Commanding Maintenance Command, to which he was appointed in 1938. He teas Director, of Equipment at the Air Ministry, 1935-38, and became an Air Vice-Marshal in 1938. PHOTOGRAPH BY HOWARD COSTER. ...

Published: Wednesday 02 October 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 53 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

LUNCHING TO BALLET

... . Arriving at the Arts Theatre for a shilling's-worth of ballet and lunch. FRANK STAFF, ELIZABETH SCHOOLING and PEGGY VAN PRAAGH as the Cavalier y La Fille de Terpsichore and La Reine de la Danse of Gala Performance. Before the Performance opening scene of Gala Performance, with a group recalling a Degas picture. SALLY GILMOUR dressing for the lunch-hour production of Le Rugby, while HELEN ...

Published: Wednesday 02 October 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 138 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

CHIEFS OF THE R.A.F. COMMANDS: No.12--TECHNICAL TRAINING

... CHIEFS OF THE RAF. COMMANDS: No. 12-- TECHNICAL TRAINING. AIR MARSHAL WILLIAM LAWRIE WELSH, C.B., D.S.C., A.F.C., is the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Technical Training Command. He was Director of Organisation and Staffi Duties, Air Ministry from 1934-7, and became an Air Vice Marshal and Air Member far Supply and Organisation on the Air Council in 1937. He was born in 1891. CAMERA PORTRAIT ...

Published: Wednesday 23 October 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 65 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO

... - H£l£NE WOLSKA and KEITH LESTER, here seen f with ALICE LIDDERDALE for leaving the spot light to help their stage manager in her roof- f spotting work. LIEUT. R. DAVIES, George Cross here seen with MRS. ELINOR GLYN and MISS D. McNEAL^ for saying that it needed more guts to stand up and make an after-lunch speech than to deal with a bomb. MISS BETTY WARBOY here shown being lifted clear of the ...

Published: Wednesday 23 October 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 364 | Page: Page 14 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

BEAGLING FOR OUR-FIGHTING-FIT ARMY

... BEAGLING FOR OUR- FIGHTING FIT ARMY. MISS R. H. CHARLESWORTH and MISS R. M. BRIGHT chatting with MAJOR PALMER COOK. MAJOR R. P. H. EYRE with MISS V. CARLETON. CAPTAIN R. T. CADBURY, MR. P. J. EGGAR and LIEUT. JOHN GARLE, Master of the West Kent Foxhounds. The opening meet of the ALDERSHOT COMMAND FOOT BEAGLES took place last week at Aldershot. A LIEUT. R. S. GILCHRIST, CAPTAIN D. HANCOCK, and ...

Published: Wednesday 23 October 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 206 | Page: Page 16 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

SUIT-CASE CRADLE IN A TUBE STATION DORMITORY HOW MODERN LONDONERS SEEK SAFETY AND SLEEP O' NIGHTS

... SUIT -CASE CRADLE IN A TUBE STATION DORMITORY: HOW MODERN LONDONERS SEEK SAFETY AND SLEEP O' NIGHTS. spi eighteen-months-old baby, its feeding-bottle beside it, reposes peacefully on a pile of coats a pillow and a mattress. Uneasy sleep in the capital of the Empire a Loiul huddle together, while a child rests on a rug. photograph; BEATON. This were a bed but cold to sleep s'u Blitzkrieg was ...

Published: Wednesday 23 October 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 157 | Page: Page 18, 19 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Graphic

... Cradled in a suit-case, with cups arranged by the hinge a mother watches over her crowing child. ...

Published: Wednesday 23 October 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 17 | Page: Page 19 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs