... RED CROSS DAUGHTER OF A GREAT FIELD- MARSHAL. LADY ALEXANDRA HAIG is the eldest daughter of the late Field-Marshal Earl Haig of Bemersyde, one of the great soldiers of the last war. She is serving as a Red Cross nurse and, as our photograph shows, looks very well in the severe hospital uniform. She has one brother, the present Earl Haig and two sisters, Lady Victoria Montagu Douglas-Scott and ...

... LADY HAMILTON'S TRAFALGAR DAY SITTING-- BY DOROTHY DICKSON. DOROTHY DICKSON appears as Nelson's Emma, the lovely Lady Hamilton, in a new sketch just introduced into the second edition of the successful show, Diversion at Wyndham's, Emma is seen giving a sitting to a distinguished artist (PETER USTINOV) on October 21, 1805, a famous date in English history. She docs not know that the Battle of ...

... At Your Service WAR WORK IN AND OUT OF UNIFORM THE first spring sunshine often throws a far from flattering light on one's face, so a becoming hat is more welcome than ever. This year's models are simple and practical, classics that can be worn equally well in town or in the country. Henry Heath, 172, New Bond Street, have established their reputation for this type of hat. Their model above is ...

... HATS JiY (Sattersk, LONDON The Friend that never fails Friend of the penniless, the young, the old, the sick, the friendless, the fatherless The friend quietly waiting every where to help and cheer the unfortunate The Salvation Army. Please remember the work it is doing and help Gifts and Enquiries welcomed by GENERAL GEORGE L. CARPENTER, 101, Queen Victoria Street. London, E.C.4. THE ...

... I ou can almost hear the cheers, so vivid is this impression of officers and ratings of the Royal Naty in a moment of splendid exhilaration! The picture is one of the fine photographs in the exhibition of pictorial work by the camera by the President of the Royal Photographic Society, F. J. MORTIMER, HON. F.R.P,S F-R S.A., which will remain open at the Society's Gallery, 16, Prince's Gate, S. ...

... T^HE BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE'S COMMITTEE have just delivered themselves of their opinion as to which are the twelve stars who have made the greatest contribution to the cinema at crucial points in its history. Ihey are the actors and actresses depicted on this page, and it is interesting to note that although some of them are dead, the majority continue to wield an important influence on the ...

... KATHARINE HEPBURN has been given the annual award of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (com monly known in the film world as an 44 Oscar for the best individual piece of acting of 1940, for her performance in 44 Philadelphia Story. This fdm, which has not yet been seen in England, is based on the play by Philip Barry, in which Miss Hepburn scored such a big success on the New ...

... . MRS. OSBORNE is the wife of Major Anthony Hope Osborne, and was Miss Primrose Salt. She and Major Osborne were married in India and have one small son, aged four. They are now in England, and Mrs. Osborne is doing civil defence work as an air-raid warden. She and her husband share a passion for horses, and this season she is racing under her own colours. She is also fond of dogs and, as our ...

... NEW SADLER'S WELLS BALLET AT THE NEW: THE WANDERER. Frederick Ashton's new ballet, THE WANDERER, was presented for the first time by the Sadler's Wells Ballet at the New Theatre last week. The ballet is danced to Schubert's great pianoforte sonata in C major, which is always known as The Wanderer. No clear argument is given to explain the symbolism, and no characters are assigned to the ...

... NOTTINGHAM ALADDIN'S PRINCESS. PAT KIRKWOOD, who sprang to fame in 44 Black Velvet is the principal girl for Nottingham's pantomimet Aladdin produced by Lupino Lane in conjunction with Tom Arnold. Here she is in two of the attractive celestial dresses which she wears as the daughter of the Emperor of China. Lupino Lane plays Aladdin and Barry Lupino is the Widow Twankey PHOTOGRAPHS BY VERA ...

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... . By C. A. LEJEUNE. WITH due respect to its stars, Claudette Col bert, Ray Milland and Brian Aherne, I would say that SKY LARK (Plaza) owes its chief success to Walter Abel. Come to think of it, a lot of films have owed a lot of their success to Walter Abel. Again and again this clever stage-actor has appeared in character parts that covered weaknesses of plot and lack of distinction in the ...