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THE MINIVERS AND THEIR CIRCLE FILMED

... . Inspecting the bomb damage at Starlings Mrs. Miniver (GREER GARSON), Carol Beldon (TERESA WRIGHT), Clem (WALTER PIDGEON), and Fin (RICHARD NEY) (I. to r.). Left GREER GARSON as Mrs. Miniver, the character created by Jan Struther in her 44 Times articles. Foley (REGINALD OWEN), Lady Beldon (DAME MAY WHITTY), and Carol Beldon (TERESA WRIGHT) in one of the sequences of the new M.-G.-M. film. ...

Published: Wednesday 03 June 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 229 | Page: Page 21 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE Vitabuoy LIFE-SAVING COAT

... -Vitabuoy Regd. Trade Mark. LIFE-SAVING COAT -Vitabuoy Regd. Trade Mark. LIFE-SAVING COAT And this man is still alive! Most Naval men choose the Vitabuoy because its buoyancy might be invaluable in emergency. Paymaster Lieutenant R.N., found its fire-resisting properties almost as valuable. After a long spell on the bridge, he lay down on the chart-house floor. Sud denly he woke. There was the ...

Published: Wednesday 03 June 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 338 | Page: Page 28 | Tags: Photographs 

THIS ABOVE ALL: BEST-SELLER WAR-STORY FILM

... THIS ABOVE ALL: BEST-SELLER I WAR-STORY FILM. A London air raid reconstructed in Hollywood a graphic presentation of the damage in one of our worst 44 blitzes JOAN FONTAINE as Aircraftwoman Prudence Cathaway, entering a London pub with Monty (THOMAS MITCHELL). I A.R.P. services in action on the Hollywood set fire engines at work on ruined and burning buildings. JOAN FONTAINE at Prue. She ...

Published: Wednesday 03 June 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 234 | Page: Page 16 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

AMY JOHNSON'S LIFE AS A FILM STORY: THEY FLEW ALONE

... AMY JOHNSON'S LIFE AS A FILM STORY: THEY FLEW ALONE. The schoolgirl with personality and drive Amy Johnson (ANNA NEAGLE) leads a revolt against the hideous regulation straw hat. The anxious parents wait for news in Hull EDWARD CHAPMAN and JOAN KEMP WELCH as Mr. and Mrs. Johnson. ROBERT NEWTON as Jim Mollison, the well-known pilot, toasting i the success of his wife. Amy Johnson, C.B.E. ...

Published: Wednesday 03 June 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 258 | Page: Page 23 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

FASHIONS FOR SUMMER DAYS: TWO-IN-ONE DRESSES-- FOR THE NOT SO SLENDER

... FASHIONS FOR SUMMER DAYS TWO-IN-ONE DRESSES- FOR THE NOT SO SLENDER. IN the world of fashion to-day the needs of the younger woman who is not as slender as she would like to be are frequently overlooked by the claims of the older woman, although her troubles are no less acute. Swan and Edgar, Piccadilly, are making a feature of dresses for them. There is no monotony about them. The model above ...

Published: Wednesday 03 June 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 281 | Page: Page 26 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

'CORRAY'

... M AD E TO) MEASURE eoR-RAV' ii°4 5 coupon j Three permanised pleats front, one back, and a fashionable patch pocket could there be a more stylish skirt All you need to do is to take your own 54-inch material (not CC41) to any GOR RAY SKIRT AGENT and have your measurements taken. Within a reasonable time you will have a beautifully fitting skirt, made by the makers of the famous Koneray. Cost ...

Published: Wednesday 03 June 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 128 | Page: Page 27 | Tags: Photographs 

WEDDINGS, ENGAGEMENTS, AWARDS, DOUBLES A HAPPY CADET, AND QUEEN'S MESSENGERS

... . 41 STINKER MURDOCH, familiar to radio listeners and note an Intelligence Officer is handing the squadron mascot, Thirsty to one of a bomber crew. Thirsty is a veteran who has made many operational flights over enemy territory. Left MISS ELIZABETH C HARRINGTON'S marriage to Major Rollo Hoare, R.A., younger son of Mr. Henry and Lady Geraldine Hoare, is fixed for June 6, Right America has ...

Published: Wednesday 03 June 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 416 | Page: Page 10, 11 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WEARING THE BADGE OF THE GRENADIER GUARDS--PRINCESS ELIZABETH, COLONEL

... WEARING THE BADGE OF THE GRENADIER GUARDS-PRINCESS ELIZABETH, COLONEL 4 Last week PRINCESS ELIZABETH inspected the Grenadier Guards, of which she was appointed Colonel last February. This is her first official position and her introduction to the Army and for the first time in its history this famous regiment has a lady for its Colonel. ...

Published: Wednesday 03 June 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 55 | Page: Page 17 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

BATTLE OF BRITAIN PICTURE--UNPUBLISHED STORY

... BATTLE OF BRITAIN PICTURE UNPUBLISHED STORY. w tmmmrnm imih Ti!''. S&J2 BS £35? ^4 familiar sight to Londoners during the autumn of 1940 a little girl hugging her toys as she stands in the ruins of her home. Carol Bennett tries to telephone to her newspaper office while the raid is in full swing VALERIE HOBSON in a noicnant spmipnrp Right The paper must go to press though the editorial office ...

Published: Wednesday 03 June 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 274 | Page: Page 19 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

National Savings Committee

... National SavinQt COmmiUf/ National Savings COmmiUfr I'm a sort of godmother to savings groups says Mrs. Yenning, of Crouch House, Rickmansworth, Herts. T TOOK on the organisation of War Savings Groups for the town nearly three years ago Mrs. Venning, busy wife of a Rickmansworth doctor, is crisp and confident in tell ing of her splendid work for National Savings. It's gone like clockwork no ...

Published: Wednesday 17 June 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 448 | Page: Page 28 | Tags: Photographs 

GINGER AS THE COMPLEAT ANGLER

... . PHOTOGRAPH BY HOB LANDRY. In case you don't recognise this young sportswoman in waders and a sweater with hair plainly drawn back from her forehead, she 4 s GINGER ROGERS on holiday. When you go and see 44 ROXIE HART,44 her latest picture, which is due at the Odcon, Leicester Square, on June 19, you will find her looking very different, for as Roxic she plays a really boisterous, spicy role ...

Published: Wednesday 17 June 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 139 | Page: Page 21 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs