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80TH-BIRTHDAY MATINÉE PORTRAIT

... 80TH-BIRTHDAY MATINEE PORTRAIT. CYRIL MAUDE appeared as Sir Peter Teazle, with VIVIEN LEIGH as Lady- Teazle, in quarrel scenes from 44 The School for Scandal at his eightieth- birthday gala matinSe at the Haymarket, in aid of the R.A.F. Benevolent Fund and the Actors Benevolent Fund, tchich, between them divided nearly £1000. The occasion teas a first-class entertainment, as well as the ...

Published: Wednesday 06 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 147 | Page: Page 13 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

DO YOU KNOW WHO THIS IS?

... Can you recognise the identity of this glamour girl She 's a world-famous screen-star whom you have seen in many great picture rdles, but this period costume and coiffure of the early years of the century is something of a disguise. She 's starring in Universal s The Spoilers a hint to guide your guess and you 11 find the answer to the puzzle on page 257 of this issue. ...

Published: Wednesday 06 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 76 | Page: Page 16 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

PEACEFUL PICTURES FROM THE ROYAL ACADEMY

... . CELIA'S AUNTS by STEVEN SPURRIER. WAITING IN THE CAR by FRANCIS DODD, R.A. HOLIDAY BREAKFAST by STEVEN SPURRIER. FLEET STREET TO KING'S LANGLEY by PY2ER COWEN. BRIONY- CADBURY by DAME LAURA KNIGHT, R.A. FROM THE ROYAL ACADEMY PICTURES. COPYRIGHT RESERVED FOR ARTISTS OR OWNERS BY THE ROYAL ACADEMY ILLUSTRATED. THE third war time Royal Academy is, on the whole, escapist in tone, for the war ...

Published: Wednesday 06 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 224 | Page: Page 19 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

CICELY COURTNEIDGE AND JACK HULBERT CHASE THE MISSING LETTER: FULL SWING SECRET SERVICE FUN AND FOOLERY AT THE ..

... CICELY COURTNEIDGE AND JACK HULBERT CHASE THE MISSING LETTER: Jack Millett (JACK HULBERT) and the beautiful Secret Service Agent, Carole Markoff (NORA SWINBURNE), who assists him. GABRIELLE BRUNE as Sally, the dancer of the Cafe Rosa, Rio de Janeiro. I Ankle-deep disguise CICELY COURT- NEIDGE as a dowdy typist in Dr. Carlos' s consulting-room. Dr. Patmore (FRED KITCHEN, JR.) and Dr. Carlos, ...

Published: Wednesday 06 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 324 | Page: Page 20, 21 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

FIRESIDE CHAT

... . This charming intimate snapshot of THE KING and QUEEN enjoying a joke at their oivn hearth-side is one of a set for which their Majesties graciously gave a special sitting for the Centenary Number of our sister-paper The Illustrated London News The actual anniversary date was May 14, and the photographs appear in natural colour in the issue of May 16. Another photograph from the same set, ...

Published: Wednesday 20 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 95 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

ROYAL OCCASIONS, WEDDINGS, ENGAGEMENT AGE STARS AND OTHER NOTABILITIES

... ROYAL OCCASIONS, WEDDINGS, ENGAGEMEN1 ^GE STARS AND OTHER NOTABILITIES. H.M. THE QUEEN travelled up the harbour in a motor-launch MANNED ENTIRELY BY WRENS when she and the King visited Plymouth. This was the first occasion tchen her Majesty's standard had been flown in a naval vessel. She conuratu- lated Ldg. Wren M. Jefferies, who broke the colours on her expert handling of the craft. Right ...

Published: Wednesday 20 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 423 | Page: Page 10, 11 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WHAT YOU SHOULDN'T DO! BE WARNED BY THE NEXT OF KIN

... WHAT YOU SHOULDN'T DO I BE WARNED BY THE NEXT OF KIN. HPHE NEXT OF -1- KIN, secretly produced War Office film, was due for public presentation at the London Pavilion and the Carlton, Haymarket, simultaneously on Friday, May 15. It will be generally released on June 1. The picture was produced by Michael Balcon for the Director ate of Army Kinema- tography, and was made to show to soldiers ...

Published: Wednesday 20 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 269 | Page: Page 16 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER--STAGE AND SCREEN

... THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER-- STAGE AND SCREEN. The man who came to DINNER, brilliant satirical American high-speed comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, began its suc cessful run at the Savoy last year, with Robert Morley in the title rdlc. It was due in its picture form last Friday, May 15, at the Warner Theatre, Leicester Square, with Monty Woolly as Sheridan Vt hiteside, the part ...

Published: Wednesday 20 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 247 | Page: Page 21 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

INTERNATIONAL DRAMA: WATCH ON THE RHINE

... XX^ATCH ON THE RHINE,** by Lillian Hellman, was awarded the prize for the best native American play produced in the U.S.A. last year. The English production at the Aldwych is by Emlyn Williams. 1 he piece is a moving drama with an anti-Nazi German for hero. Kurt brings his American-born wile Sara and their children back to the safety of the U.S.A. and continues to carry on his dangerous ...

Published: Wednesday 20 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 323 | Page: Page 23 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

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SALVADOR DALI'S

... The perfumed pads are applied to c lids, compressing the eyeballs, and the treatment has begun to work, for the artist is just beginning to sketch. ...

Published: Wednesday 20 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 30 | Page: Page 13 | Tags: Photographs 

COLUMNIST LEARNS COOKING: KATHARINE HEPBURN'S NEW PICTURE

... . \A/0MAN 0F THE year. V V Katharine Hepburn's new M.-G.-M. picture due at the Empire Theatre on Friday last, May 15, is reviewed by Miss C. A. Lejeune on our Cinema Cameos page. International columnist Tess and sports- writer Sam have a feud, yet when they meet, they fall in love and marry. But success rather than domesticity is what Tess cares about, and the marriage nearly crashes when she ...

Published: Wednesday 20 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 192 | Page: Page 20 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs