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LEADER OF THE BOUL ... COMMANDO RAID MAJOR LORD ... AND LADY LOVAT

... LEADER OF THE BOUL NE COMMANDO RAID MAJOR LORD' LO\ AND LADY LOVAT. N.B. Colour pl rt'd in thin issue. STUDIO K v HARUr. TV yfAJOR LORD LOVAT, fifteenth Baron of Lovat, Inverness led the daring Commando raid near Boulogne on the eve of St. George's Day, and of the twenty-fourth anniversary of the Zeebrugge raid. He has been in the Commandos for over twelve months and was in the- first Lofoten ...

Published: Wednesday 06 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 233 | Page: Page 14, 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WOMEN IN WARTIME: SAVE OUTDOOR FROCKS MANY-PURPOSE DRESSES CAMEL AND WOOL COATS

... WOMEN IN WARTIME SAVE OUTDOOR FROCKS MANY PURPOSE DRESSES CAMEL AND WOOL COATS. ANEW slogan has come to the fore and that is Save your Outdoor Frocks by wearing a hostess frock or wrapper. Swan and Edgar, Piccadilly, are making a feature of wrappers at pleasantly moderate prices. One is portrayed above and is of a light wool material. As will be seen, it buttons down the front and is trimmed ...

Published: Wednesday 06 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 307 | Page: Page 26 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

SCHWEPPES

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Published: Wednesday 06 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 9 | Page: Page 27 | Tags: Photographs 

WM. SANDERSON & SON LTD

... WM. SANDERSON SON LTD. WM. SANDERSON SON LTD. mCmm Sande\d#nd LUXURY BLEND SCOTCH WHISKY VAT 69 L E I T H ...

WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO--

... WE TAKE OFF OUR j HAT TO- SALVADOR DALI, for showing how scented dreams are the stuff of which Surrealism is made. SURREALISM FOR ALL might be the title of these two pages, since here SALVADOR DALI goes as far as he photographically can to let us all into the secret of the subconscious-automatic nature of his art, Surrealism. Here we see Dali with scented essences pressed upon his eyelids, ...

ROYAL QUARTETTE AT HOME

... . N.B. Colour plate inserted in thin issue. SPECIALLY TAKEN BY FOX PHOTOS FOR THE CENTBNARl r the illustrated london news. This picture of the KING and QUEEN with PRINCESSES ELIZABETH art their fireside occupations, will carry special appeal to the giant fnmw one of a set taken to commemorate the Centenary Number of 44 The h illustrated weekly paper in the world was born, on May 14, 1842, ...

Published: Wednesday 20 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 119 | Page: Page 14, 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

DRAMA AND TRAGEDY OF THE NEXT OF KIN

... DRAMA AND TRAGEDY OF THE NEXT OF KIN. 44 HPHE NEXT OF KIN is not -h only a picture with a message of warning on the importance of keeping one's mouth shut, but is a splendid, dramatic film. The script was written by actor dramatist Captain (now Major) Sir Basil Bart- lett (military supervisor of the film), whose wife plays the role of a W.A.A.F. The picture was made with the help of officers ...

Published: Wednesday 20 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 246 | Page: Page 17 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

LAUGHTER, BEAUTY AND WIT AT THE SAVILLE

... . FINE AND. DANDY, the new Firth Shephard musical show, is a winner. To begin with, it has Leslie Henson, Dorothy Dickson, Stanley Holloway and Douglas Byng to head the bill, and this strong team is well served by witty scenes, admirable fooling and attractive dance numbers to put over. The burlesque of the Brains Trust is one of the most inspired moments, and Douglas Byng touches the top in ...

Published: Wednesday 20 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 206 | Page: Page 18, 19 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

HUNTLEY & PALMERS

... TAR always takes highest toll of the choicest products. It is these which require the best ingredients and the best ingredients are the most severely rationed. So if you have difficulty in getting your favourite Huntley Palmers Biscuits, please remember that their scarcity is the best tribute to their quality. To meet Government requirements Huntley Palmers Biscuits are now made of National ...

Published: Wednesday 20 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 70 | Page: Page 25 | Tags: Photographs 

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 

WOMEN IN WARTIME: TAILORED COATS AND SUITS UTILITY FASHIONS SIMPLE LINGERIE GAS-MASK CARRIERS

... WOMEN IN WARTIME TAILORED COATS AND SUITS UTILITY FASHIONS SIMPLE LINGERIE GAS-MASK CARRIERS NO wardrobe is complete unless among its occupants is to be found a wrap-coat which is warm, light in weight and perfectly venti lated: To Liberty's, Regent Street, must be given the credit of the one pictured above, which is carried out in tweed. They have assembled in their salons an infinite variety ...

Published: Wednesday 20 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 268 | Page: Page 26 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs