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AIR-RAID WARDEN MRS. OSBORNE

... . 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

... 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 ...

Published: Wednesday 05 February 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 181 | Page: Page 24 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

NOTTINGHAM ALADDIN'S PRINCESS

... 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 ...

Published: Wednesday 05 February 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 66 | Page: Page 25 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

BURBERRYS LTD

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Published: Wednesday 05 February 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 84 | Page: Page 33 | Tags: Photographs 

WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO--THE LUPINOS, for being the Royal Family of Greasepaint and in four hundred years ..

... WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO-- THE LUPINOS, for fcd„3 th Royal Family of C,.sp^ and in four hundred years travelling from the stocks to the stars. LUPINOS AND LANES AND BRITANNIA HOXTON TRADITION. Traditional clown JOSEPH GRIMALDI, Drury Lane, 1795. Tradition carried on GEORGE LUPINO as a clown, Drury Lane, 1912. Seventeenth-century French Punchinello, which, as a puppet show, was brought to England ...

WEDDINGS, ENGAGEMENTS RACING, AND U.S.A. AID TO THE ALLIES

... WEDDINGS, ENGAGEMENTS, RACING, AND U.S.A. AID TO THE ALLIES The HON. JEAN WILLIAMSON, only daughter of Lord and Lady Forres of Gleno- gil Lodge, Angus, is engaged to Fit. Lieut. Longmore, son of Air Chief-Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore. FLT. LT. W. J. LONGMORE, R.A.F., son of Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore, C.-in-C. R.A.F., Middle East is engaged to the Hon. Jean Williamson. Right LADY ...

Published: Wednesday 05 February 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 451 | Page: Page 16, 17 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

FRED ASTAIRE PLOTS OUT NEW DANCE ROUTINES

... . FRED ASTAIRE, famous screen dancer, has a home in Beverly Hills, but spends much of each year at Aiken, S.C., where his wife's uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Worthington Bull, own a large and charming estate. Here Fred Astaire plotted his routines for his forthcoming picture, 44 Second Chorus, and recently repeated them and gave some new ones for the benefit of Life's photographer, ...

Published: Wednesday 05 February 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 244 | Page: Page 18, 19 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

TIN PAN ALLEY SISTERS

... . BETTY GRABLE plays Lily Blanc in 20th Century- Fox's new picture, Tin Pan Alley. ALICE FAYE takes the part of Katie Blane in Tin Pan Alley ichich tvas due at the Regal on February 3. _ Tin Pan Alley, new 20th Century-Fox Picture, with Jack Oakic, John Payne, Betty Grable and Alice Faye, was due on Monday last at the Regal. It 's a gay, light-hearted musical picture which offers, to quote ...

Published: Wednesday 05 February 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 135 | Page: Page 23 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

ALADDIN JESSIE AT BIRMINGHAM

... . JESSIE MATTHEWS is Birmingham's principal boy, and plays the title-role in Emile Littler's Aladdin, at the Prince of Wales's Theatre of that city, with grace, gaiety and humour. She 's a delightful dancer and puts her songs over in real pantomime manner. Sonnie Hale is the Widotc Twankey, and the production is both spectacular and full of good fun in classic panto, stvle. PHOTOGRAPH BY H. J ...

Published: Wednesday 05 February 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 74 | Page: Page 27 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

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Published: Wednesday 05 February 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 62 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Photographs 

SPRING ON PARADE

... EVEN in wartime, spring still brings the same feeling for new clothes something gay and fresh-looking for the first sunny days. Margaret Marks, of Knightsbridge, has an attractive collection of suits and three-piece outfits. The dress and jacket above, in contrasting colours, are simple and practical, with the tailored look that appears so often in this season's models. For special occasions ...

Published: Wednesday 05 February 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 249 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

GORRAY

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Published: Wednesday 05 February 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 69 | Page: Page 35 | Tags: Photographs