... . PHOTOGRAPH BY CECIL BEATON. This ruined amphitheatre is all that the Luftwaffe have left of the QUEEN S HALL, London's most famous concert hall the home of the Proms., and the building where great conductors, including the incomparable Toscanini, have given concerts to closely packed audiences, and to listeners-in all over the world. The building was opened in 1893 with a concert by the ...

... SIR COLENSO RIDGEON-- BY RAYMOND MASSEY. RAYMOND MASSEY wears this immaculate morning coat and grey topper as the fashionable specialist. Sir Colenso Ridgeon, in The Doctor's Dilemma, ivhich has been revived by Katharine Cornell at the Shubert Theatre, Neto York. It will be remembered that in this play George Bernard Shaiv turns himself loose on the medical profession and presents a group of ...

... THE DIETRICH-- DIRECTED BY RENE CLAIR. Working for an ideal camera angle DIRECTOR RENE CLAIR, the battery of cameras, and STAR MARLENE DIETRICH making a scene in Universalis new picture, THE FLAME OF NEW ORLEANS. This Joe Pasternak production is the first American picture directed by Rene Clair, who was making films in Paris when France collapsed and caught the last boat to America. The Light ...

... BETTE DAVIS AS A MAUGHAM MURDERESS- THE LETTER. UHHr 1 Leslie Crosbie (BETTE DAVIS), trembling but determined, goes out to buy the incriminating letter. Acquitted but guilty! Leslie and Howard Joyce (JAMES STEPHENSON; right tell Robert Crosbie (HERBERT MARSHALL) the truth. Murder by moonlight Leslie pours shots into the dead body of Jeoffrey Hammond. ■■■■V J* Mrs. Hammond (GALE SONDERGAARD), ...

... . By C. A. LEJEUNE. THERE are many signs, quite apart from the whacking kiss Fran chot Tone gives her in NICE GIRL?, that Deanna Durbin has grown clear out of her childhood, and has to be regarded these days as a seri ous romantic subject. Her voice, for in stance, always developed for her years, has now taken on the mature roundness of a woman's. The coltishness has gone out of her ...

... BIG -MONEY BABIES WHO PAY BIG 1 INCOME TAX. I LARRY SIMMS, six-year-old star of the famous 44 Blondie film series. JOAN CARROLL, stage success of 44 Panama Hattie and due for more screen fame in 44 Obliging Young Lady. JANE WITHERS, soon to be seen in 44 A Very Young Lady, is a close rival to Shirley Temple in salary. Left VIRGINIA WEIDLER, cast importantly in 44 Keep ing Company has earned ...

... Flower -Trimmed Hats MAYFAIR POSIES TO HARMONISE THE CLASSIC TAILORED SUIT NOWADAYS fashions are more or less quintessential. Nevertheless, there are slight changes, including the higher neck-line and slightly longer skirt. There are many variations on suits of the classic character. For instance, the one pictured above was designed and carried out by J. Nicoll and Co., of 120, Regent Street, ...

... . Posed beside a Ming stone Kylin two W.A.A.F. officers' on a refresher course held in a beautiful country house. Eyes RIGHT The march-past with two instructors taking the salute. General inspection takes place every morning before the routine of 1 1 1 L 1 11 daily study starts. The young officers are standing smartly at attention. Lecture-room study. A typical W.A.A.F. officer at her desk. ...

... LOVELINESS A L'AMEiRICAINE GLORIFIED ZIEGFELD GIRLS AND EARL CA L BEAUTIES. GEORGIA CARROLL was chosen from among 600 applicants as one of the twelve outstanding Ameri can beauties for M.G.M.'s 44 Ziegfeld Girl and was selected by photographer Clarence Bull as one of his two ideal Ziegfehl girls. She was formerly a famous John Powers model from New York. Left HARRIET BENNETT, all ostrich ...

... CATEGORY C- VERY FRIENDLY ALIENS. Right 44 This has been a very chilly spring f MAXIMILIAN and TRUDY approve of the electric radiator. k4 Save water Certainly but don't do me out of my bath and beauty treatment SmiZin' thro\ TRUDY gazes sentimentally up at her bath attendant whilst being dried. Manicure must not be neglected even in wartime TRUDY has her toenails clipped. Getting ready to go ...

... . PATRICIA BURKE, charming young star of UP AND DOING, the successful Firth Shephard show whichhas just returned to London for a run at the Saville Theatre, finds time to scribble a letter a long one too in between the scenes of a performance. LESLIE HENSON and CYRIL RITCHARD as the Pukka Sahibs who interrupt the Elocutionist giving The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God. Left A long pull ...

... WOMEN IN WARTIME Coats and Frocks FOR Your Collection CLOTHES this summer have to be adaptable. For many women a complete new outfit might be an unjustified expense, but a coat or frock that will go with other things is a practical addition to the wardrobe. The model above from Gorringes, Buckingham Palace Road, is in a soft biscuit shade that could be worn over almost any frock. Simply cut, ...