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The Sketch

KING OF THE NATION WHICH HAS FOUND ITS SOUL

... . I have great news far you and the whole country. Early this morning the Yugoslav nation found its' soul With these words, Mr. Churchill announced that the Yugoslavian Government which surrendered to the Axis had been overthrown, and that seventeen-year-old KING PETER had taken over the reins. His manifesto said Serbians, Croatians, Slovenes, at this moment so grave for our people I have ...

Published: Wednesday 02 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 110 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

COLLECTION AND RECOLLECTION

... . Susan, aged four, is trying out her mother's Penny a Week Red Cross collecting-box: on the engine- driver oj a Vest Country express as it goes through her home station, and unconsciously giving a most excel ent re-creation of the famous Southern Railway poster, South for Sunshine reproduced in miniature m the corner of this page. This poster was used all over Great Britain and also on the ...

Published: Wednesday 02 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 109 | Page: Page 13 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

BOMBER CREW'S DRESSING-ROOM

... . This photograph and those on the following pages tell the story of a day in the life of a bomber pilot or at least show how he starts out for a flight over enemy territory and what the procedure is on his return. Here the CAPTAIN, HIS SECOND PILOT AND THE FOUR SERGEANTS WHO FORM THE REMAINDER OF THE CREW are dressing in the crew room before the raid. PHOTOGRAPH BY CECIL BEATON. ...

Published: Wednesday 02 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 76 | Page: Page 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

NO TIME COMEDY IN ITS FILM FORM

... I NO TIME COMEDY IN ITS FILM FORM. VTO TIME FOR 1M COMEDY, play by Sam Behrman, was due to arrive at the Haymarket last week, with Diana Wynyard, Rex Harrison and Lilli Palmer in the leading roles and was also scheduled for presenta tion in its screen form with James Stewart, Rosalind Russell and Genevieve Tobin, as Gay- lord, Linda and Amanda, at the Warner Theatre, Leicester Square. The ...

Published: Wednesday 02 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 277 | Page: Page 29 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

BOMBER CAPTAIN AND HIS SECOND PILOT

... iOMBER CAPTAIN AND HIS SECOND PILOT. This magnificent portrait-study shows the captain of a bomber at the controls, with his second pilot standing beside him. They are about to start for a raid over enemy territory. This captain, typical of the Royal Air Force, is i9J years of age, has made thirty flights over Germany and Italy, and won the D.F.C. The programme of a bomber-pilot's working day ...

Published: Wednesday 02 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 81 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE BERNHARDT OF ATHENS--TORPEDOED IN THE ATLANTIC

... THE BERNHARDT OF ATHENS TORPEDOED IN THE ATLANTIC. MADAME PAXINOU, distinguished Greek actress, came to England two years ago with the Royal Greek Theatre Company and appeared in Electra and Hamlet, and also as Mrs. Alving in an English performance of Ghosts. She was recently in a ship which was torpedoed. She was rescued by a British destroyer and reached England again. Her adventures are ...

Published: Wednesday 02 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 136 | Page: Page 21 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO--

... WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO- OF AIR COMMODORE P. HUSKINSON Lord Beaverbrook says: He designs bombs. Fat bombs. Thin bombs. And beautiful bombs. He is Director of Armament Develop ment at the Ministry of Aircraft Production, and one of Lord Beaverbrook's Back-room Boys. ALICE PUGH, of Worcestershire, was a schoolgirl who used her spare time to go fishing with the boys. Now she has been appointed ...

Published: Wednesday 02 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 469 | Page: Page 12 | Tags: Photographs 

CHELSEA ARTIST AT WORK

... . 44 No, No. A Thousand Times No is the title of JAMES PROUDFOOT'S por trait of a lay figure. Ellen Pollock as Mrs. Siddons, Mrs. Moore Raymond, and extreme right Diana Gould are the subjects of the other pictures. famous model, and daughter and granddaughter odels, is helping James Proudfoot to settle a small technical question. Right The painter is at work, the model resting for a moment in ...

Published: Wednesday 02 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 222 | Page: Page 19 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

MARRIED LIFE--BY CAROLE LOMBARD AND ROBERT MONTGOMERY

... MARRED LIFE-- BY CAROLE LOMBARD AND 'ROBERT MONTGOMERY. THE troubles* diffi culties and pitfalls of married life are amusingly demonstrated by Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery in MR. AND MRS. SMITH. Ann and David have a domestic bliss plan. One rule is that in the event of a quarrel neither is to leave their bedroom until it 's made up. After a three- day bedroom session, David goes to ...

Published: Wednesday 02 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 247 | Page: Page 25 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE LADIES OF FAYGATE: LADY HAWKE AND HER DAUGHTERS

... . f 44 Catch LADY HAWKE and her elder daughter, the HON. CAROLINE HAWKE, enjoy a game in spring sunshine. Lady Haivke, Caroline and Ranger find something to interest them in the park. Lady Haivke is a daughter of Mr. Henry Faure Walker. 44 Swing high, swing low Lady Hawke plays with her younger daughter, the HON. ANNABEL HAWKE, in their outdoor 44 nursery The first Lord Haivke, victor of ...

Published: Wednesday 02 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 200 | Page: Page 14 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

BEFORE AND AFTER THE RAID: BRIEFING IN AND INTERROGATION

... . map -Before ^hey. set out on Mc^long-dLunc8 %hj, bomMng -LbdCf0paotStaondg CTews mf^Uowed is' h giv by moans *h at their canteen. They have always had a good meal shortly before taking off so th/v rln i 1 purchase. This they spend as thev something to chew, largely to relieve the monotony of a long flight when a cigarette' is out of th 'If j Wlth them' bllt' likl' to have Officer makes ...

Published: Wednesday 02 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 152 | Page: Page 16, 17 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

DALI MYSTIFIES DALI

... . SALVADOR DALI turns author. A library study of the Surrealist artist at work. And the statue? Just to make people ask questions he says. A typically Dali picture of which the artist gives no explana tion. lie is reported to have remarked that it even mystifies himself. MRS. DALI seems less surprised than SALVADOR when looking over the MS. of his book, The Secret Life of Salvador Dali. ...

Published: Wednesday 02 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 189 | Page: Page 18 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs