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AMAZONS OF THREE ELEMENTS

... . WRENS, as the members of the Women s Royal Naval Service are called, don't j.0 to sea, but, as our photograph shows, they are not unacquainted with their Service's oivn element. When off duty they thoroughly enjoy a trip in a sailing-boat. In the background some Naval ratings are seen at boat-drill in a cutter. -.i I he BALLOON BARRAGE W.A.A.F.'S wear smart aircrew suits. Here some of the 44 ...

Published: Wednesday 13 August 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 175 | Page: Page 19 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

BLONDE BOMBER

... . VERONICA LAKE, who ploys bad girl Sally in Paramount'' s I WANTED WINGS (now generally released), is a dramatic film find whose dynamic personality earned her the name of blonde bomber. She meant to be a doctor, but changed her mind when a friend took her to R.K.O. studios. In August 1940 she had a test, after playing three small parts under her real- life name of Constance Keane. This ...

Published: Wednesday 13 August 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 101 | Page: Page 21 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

PERSONALITIES OF THE WEEK-- INCLUDING STATESMEN, BRIDES-ELECT, WOMEN IN UNIFORM AND YOUNG HOPEFULS

... PERSONALITIES OF THE WEEK INCLUDING Statesmen, brides-elect, women in uniform AND YOUNG hopefuls. MAJOR JOHN CHURCHILL (right) stood proxy for his brother, the Premier, as godfather to WIN STON JONATHAN MALAN, son of fighter-pilot ace WING COMMANDER A. G. MALAN, D.S.O. [and bar], and MRS. MALAN. Right: DEPUTY- DIRECTOR MISS GOOD- ENOUGH, W.R.N.S., CHIEF CONTROLLER MRS. KNOX, A.T.S., MR. ...

Published: Wednesday 27 August 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 402 | Page: Page 14, 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

MARY OF HATTER'S CASTLE

... DEBORAH KERR, who made a hil in the screen production of Love on the Dole, will play the leading role of Mary Brodie in the Paramount -British film version of Cronin's best-seller 44 Hatter's Castle, which has gone into production at Denham studios under the direction of Lancelot Comfort. Miss Kerr, who was born in 1921, studied at a dramatic school run by her aunt, and then joined the ...

Published: Wednesday 27 August 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 149 | Page: Page 21 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE YOUNG MR. PITT BY ROBERT DONAT

... . ROBERT DONAT, absent from the screen since 44 Good-bye Mr. Chips, has one of his longest roles as 44 THE YOUNG MR. PITT, for Twentieth Century. Here he is as the statesman who was Premier at twenty-four and, with a brief interval, ruled the country for twenty years during the fierce struggle against Napoleon, and through his threat of invasion. The film is being shot in the London of ...

Published: Wednesday 27 August 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 136 | Page: Page 23 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

MOSS BROS & COMPANY LIMITED

... MOSS BROS 6 COMPANY LIMITED MOSS BROS 6 COMPANY LIMITED J ONE GOOD SUIT Strange to think of a lounge suit ;in terms of coupons. But there or rather, here it is And on the allowance it looks as though more than one suit a year is out of the question. You will have to make that suit work pretty hard so be certain it is the best value money can buy. At Moss Bros, you can choose your suit from one ...

Published: Wednesday 13 August 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 169 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs 

Whitbread & Co. Ltd

... Whitbread (sf Co. Lta. Whitbread (sf Co. era. ..I went all out When the great and final moments of this war come and Democracy thunders out the doom of tyrants, will you be able to claim that you, too, did all you could We cannot all fight but we can all get behind the fighting man and hand him up the tools. And one way to see that he gets the tools is to save till it hurts to spend not a ...

Published: Wednesday 13 August 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 134 | Page: Page 29 | Tags: Photographs 

CHAMPION SPARKING PLUG COMPANY LIMITED

... The unique gas-fight construction* of Champion Sparking Plugs largely explains their supreme power-with-economy, and their complete dependability, so essential in automotive transportation of every character. €M^HPNN The only plugs with the patented SILLMENT seal which prevents gas-leakage. ...

Published: Wednesday 13 August 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 47 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: Photographs 

ATLANTIC CROSSING

... . Under I he big guns of II. M.S. Prince of Wales, the PRIME MINISTER took a constitutional as the battleship made her safe course across the Atlantic for his astonishing, historic sea rendezvous with the President of the United Stales. F.D.R.'s invitation was handed to the Premier by Mr. Harry Hopkins, over here on his way to Moscow. The Eight Points declaration issued later underlines the ...

Published: Wednesday 27 August 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 74 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE FUTURE LADY PETRE

... . i'L f paptatn T ORD PETRE the Kssex Regiment, to MISS MARGUERITE (PEGGY) o} a? Mr Yon hZoZ and of Mrs. Hamilton Wesncood Nettlebed, (Iron. Ims been announced. Miss Hamilton, who comes of well-known Oxfordshirefamdy, has appeared on (he stage and in (he Dorchester cabaret, and us The \tYny ia Petre, seventeenth Baron, was born in 1914 and .,UcceCd6dh.s/a ...

Published: Wednesday 27 August 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 83 | Page: Page 13 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

COMEDY NOVELTY AND NEW DÉCOR-- THE INTERNATIONAL BALLET

... COMEDY NOVELTY AND NEW DECOR-- THE INTERNATIONAL BALLET. The INTERNATIONAL BALLET, new British ballet organisation has arranged to open a three-weeks season at the Lyric Theatre on Tuesday, August 26. The programme includes a new ballet, 44 Planetomania with choreography by Mona Jnglesby, organiser and one of the principal dancers of the company, to music by Norman Demuth. This represents a ...

Published: Wednesday 27 August 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 173 | Page: Page 19 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THIS MAN REUTER --AND HIS RED-HOT NEWS SERVICE

... . In 1833y the importance of a news service is impressed on thirteen-year-old Julius Reuter (DICKIE MOORE) and Max Wagner (BILLY DAWSON), as they see the news courier arrive by coach. HPHIS MAN REUTER J- opens at the Warner Theatre, Leicester Square, on Friday, September 5. It is the story of the development of Reuter's News Service. Young Reuter is early im pressed with the importance of ...

Published: Wednesday 27 August 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 319 | Page: Page 20 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs