... FLEET AIR ARM IN ACTION: SHIPS WITH WINGS. Ships with wings, due at the Gaumont, Haymarket, ou November 9, shows us the Fleet Air Arm in action. Many of the scenes were taken on board an aircraft-carrier, and officers and men of the Fleet Air Arm co operated in the thrilling active- service sequences. The controversy over the use of big guns or big 'planes in war provides drama, and the ...

... THE WESTERN DESERT BLOSSOMS WITH LONDON- VARIETIES. AN EXCELLENT programme of vaudeville recently arrived in the Middle East in order to make the desert blossom with entertainment for troops in camp. The show is known as London Varieties of 1941, and is one of the E.N.S.A. companies of the entertainments branch of the N.A.A.F.I. Alice Delysia tops the bill, and numbers are given by many ...

... . PHOTOGRAPH 11Y CECIL BEATON. MRS. JOHN G. WINANT, wife of H.E. the American Ambassador, has a business-like desk in her London flat, large enough to accommodate many papers and also to hold vases of the flotvers which always surround her. She had her first air-raid experience soon after her arrival in London, and watched the early part of the attack from the Embassy roof with the Ambassador ...

... . Vtsl'v Vllo. ANN SHERIDAN, Hollywood's gay, laughing modern redhead oomph girl, transformed into the likeness of Vesta the Roman goddess of the hearth and of its fire. She was the protector of the State, guardian of the sacred fire, and was served by the Vestal Virgins. 0 As the Venus of Milo, most famous representa tion of the Goddess of Love, and one of the glories of the collection of ...

... DARING, TRAGEDY AND ROMANCE OF HUDSON'S BAY, Lord Edward Crewe (JOHN SUTTON) takes leave of his fiancee, Lady Barbara (GENE TIERNEY), before returning to Canada. The Indians flock to trade with the Company, for Radisson insists that they get a fair deal. Barbara hears the King (VINCENT PRICE) condemn Edward and his companions to prison. Prince Rupert (NIGEL BRUCE), Radisson (PAUL MUNI) and ...

... I VERA LYNN'S fan mail is a problem. She gets over a hundred letters a week from admirers at home and abroad. Left Digging for victory Vera finds time to plant cabbage seed in her garden at Barking. 44 All my own work Vera Lynn with some of the records of her own songs. Off to the London Palladium for the first house of 44 Applesauce. with her mother at the gate to watch her start. Giving one ...

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... - THE marriage of MISS EILEEN WILKINSON, only daughter of the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of London, to CAPTAIN J. MACNAUGHTON SIDEY, the Royal Tank Regiment, was followed by a reception at the Mansion House. Members of the staff knelt on the floor and looked down through the banisters at the festive scene. The bride wore a lovely pearl- tinted satin wedding dress and was attended by the ...

... MARCH winds are uncertain, and an extra jacket helps to temper them to your first spring frock. Swan and Edgar, Piccadilly Circus, have the house dress above in a fine woollen material, made in clear, vivid colours. Three rows of buttons on the frock are repeated on the short coat with its cut-away front, shown in the picture on the right. In the same department they have a youthful-looking ...

... . MRS. JOHN G. WINANT, wife of the newly-appointed United States Ambassador. Another study of MRS. WINANT, who is reported to be planning to join her husband in England. MR. JOHN G. WINANT, first Ambassador to be met by the Sovereign in person on arrival in this country ivith his family. They are (I. to r., standing) MR. CARLOS VALANDO MRS. VALANDO, formerly Miss Constance Winant MR. JOHN ...

... : MR. GEORGE WILLIAMS, the Royal Fusiliers younger son of the I late Mr. Owain Williams, married MISS PENELOPE ANN MITCHELL, I only daughter of Sir Frank and Lady Mitchell at All Saints', I Crowborough. H.R.H. the DUCHESS OF KENT attended the opening of the Silver Jubilee celebrations of the Royal College of Nursing, and chatted to ANNA IVANAVA, after watching her dance recital. Left MR. ...

... Quiet Wedding PRACTICAL BEAUTY NEWS FOR a wartime wedding, or indeed for any special occasion, Marshall and Snelgrove, Oxford Street, have planned the model above. In a fine boucle material, it has a short cape trimmed with American opossum and can be copied in several shades, in cluding turquoise and a soft honey colour. Darts above the waist give a slim line to the dress, which has unpressed ...