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THE CAMERA TRAINED ON THE NAVY

... . Liberty men going ashore from H.M.S. Worcester Outboard hoping to get inboard. Training guns in a motor torpedo-boat. On the mess deck of a mine-sweeping trawler. PHOTOGRAPHS BY CECIL BEATON. Cecil Beaton's camera has recently been trained on the SENIOR SERVICE, the result being these splendid pictures. They include picturesque and dramatic studies, which allow land-lubbers to get a glimpse ...

Published: Wednesday 13 August 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 76 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE PRINCESSES IN THEIR OWN KITCHEN GARDEN

... . T.R.H. PRINCESS ELIZA BETH and PRINCESS MAR GARET, the daughters of the King and Queen, are keen gardeners, but since the out break of war have devoted their energies to cultivating vegetables rather than flowers, in accordance with the 44 Grow More Food slogan which has made us all kitchen-garden enthusiasts. Princess Eliza beth's lettuces were grown, interspersed with strawberry plants, ...

Published: Wednesday 27 August 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 176 | Page: Page 12 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

ZIEGFELD GIRL- A THREE-ST STORY, WITH JUDY GARLAND HEDY LAMARR D LANA TURNER

... ZIEGFELD GIRL- A THREE-SI STORY, WITH JUDY GARLAND, HEDY LAMARR D LANA TURNER. 7 IEGFELD GIRL, the new M.G.M. picture, is due at the Empire on Friday next, August 29. It 's a spectacular, big-scale production, with music, lovely girls, effective stage- scenes, and a plot which presents the life-stories of three glorified Ziegfeld Girls. They are Susan Gallagher, a young vaudeville I ...

Published: Wednesday 27 August 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 302 | Page: Page 16, 17 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

HEDGEROW AND WOODLAND HARVEST OF HEALTH

... . LADY DEMETRIADI and MRS. R. DE LANGLEY Helen Haas (he sculptor) gathering herbs in the well-stocked border of a private garden. Left How to differ entiate between the mint for sauce and that for tea. The latter is the broad- leaved variety on the right. Right A bed of i balm, an aromatic plant of the natural or (/erLabiatae, which has a delicious lemon scent and soothes the nerves. The elder ...

ROYAL OCCASION, PRESENTATIONS, WEDDINGS, ENGAGEMENTS PICTURED NEWS OF VARIED EVENTS AND LIFE IN WARTIME

... . GORDON VICTOR MATTHEWS, winner of 'he Gold Medal, the King's annual prize to the most promising cadet of H.M.S. Worcester, was chaired round the grounds oy nis oromer-caaeis on Speech Dav. MISS BRIDGET GIBSON HARRIS. twenty-one-year-old London A.F.S. girl, was awarded the British Empire Medal for her courage in an air raid. MARTHA O'DRISCOLL posed for BRADSHAW CRANDALL for his Victory ...

Published: Wednesday 13 August 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 430 | Page: Page 14, 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

HOW I GOT MY START BY KISS THE BOYS GOOD-BYE CINDY LOU: MARY MARTIN SINGS THE STORY IN A STRIP-TEASE SEQUENCE

... . 44 Once I met a dry-goods drummer, Never was a drummer dumber 44 And now my wardrobe *s ample here fs a sample. And that 's how I got my start. 44 I got this bit of knitting merely sitting, And that s hoxv I got my start. 44 Why is it they re so kind to me, Men who have all made a mint 44 Nobody f on me, 1 m jusi the air 44 Why do they act so 1 'ml Couldn t somebody dr Here 's the full ...

WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO--

... WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO- MRS. PAMELA HOWLEY CAHAN, daughter of Gertrude Lawrence, the English stage star, is seen wearing the uniform she designed for the British-American Ambulance Corps' women field workers. The colour scheme includes ochre, olive-green, beige and red. THE famous Crazy Gang comedians JIMMY NERVO and TEDDY KNOX added a topical note to a hospital procession fete when they rode ...

Published: Wednesday 13 August 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 373 | Page: Page 18 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

SPY-THRILLER COTTAGE TO LET AS A FILM

... SPY-THRILLER COTTAGE TO LET AS A FILM. 44 COTTAGE TO LET, the film adapted from Geoffrey Kerr's spy-thriller stage play and directed by Anthony Asquith, was due for production at the Gaumont Haymarket, on August 10. CARLA LEHMANN plays Helen Barington, daughter of the scientist who has invented a new bomb-sight. A Fifth Column gang plans to kidnap Barington, working through a spy who has been ...

DANGEROUS MOONLIGHT SYMPHONY PLAYERS

... DANGEROUS MOONLIGHT SYMPHONY PLAYERS. PVANGEROUS MOON- LIGHT, new R.K.O. Radio picture, begins its run at the Regal to-morrow, August 14, with a special performance in aid of the R.A.F. Benevolent Fund. Carole Peters and Stefan Radetzky meet and fall in love during an air raid on Warsaw, during which he is playing the 44 Warsaw Symphony, marry, and quarrel because he joins the Air Force ...

Published: Wednesday 13 August 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 181 | Page: Page 24 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

BLACK & WHITE

... BLACK f, WHITE 'BLACK WHITE %^k'}n£tMd Each of the fine whiskies used in blending Black White is carefully selected for its individual qualities, and then per fectly matched to achieve the distinctive flavour and character for which Black White is renowned the world over. Jtstk' Scotch! ...

Published: Wednesday 13 August 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 46 | Page: Page 27 | Tags: Photographs 

TAKE ENO'S

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Published: Wednesday 13 August 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 6 | Page: Page 29 | Tags: Photographs 

AUTUMN BERETS IN BURGUNDY VELVET: PLAQUE AND MORTAR-BOARD CROWNS; FLOWERS SHADE FROM BURGUNDY TO PINK

... AUTUMN BERETS IN BURGUNDY VELVET PLAQUE AND MORTAR- BOARD CROWNS FLOWERS SHADE FROM BURGUNDY TO PINK WOMEN IN WARTIME IT has been said by many important medical authorities that therejis no better mental tonic than a new hat, nor is there a more effective letter of introduction. Therefore, Harrods, Knightsbridge, have sponsored the trio pictured on this page. They are all carried out in rich ...

Published: Wednesday 13 August 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 307 | Page: Page 30 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs