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CHRISTENING PARTY AT THE BRITISH EMBASSY, CAIRO

... . The 44 christening party for the fine new utility car presented by Miss Ahhond V^A.D., to the 44 Cairo 4 V.A.D. foofr p/ace of t/ie British Embassy, Cairo. LADY LAMPSON, wife of H.E. the British Ambassador, is the president of the British Red Cross Society in Egypt, with Mrs. Blosse-Lynch as her assistant and is Commandant of the 44 Cairo 4 detachment raised at the beginning of the war. This ...

Published: Wednesday 01 July 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 139 | Page: Page 12 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

ROCKETTE MANNED! A TANK WHICH THE GERMANS HAVEN'T GOT

... . Whatever new and overpowering tanks the Germans may or may not have, it is certain that they do not possess any armour of this calibre of umpteen beauty power and oomph. The vehicle is the mighty tank in Leonidoffs gala stage production To the Colors at the Radio City Music Hall, New York, which is manned by a crew of Rocke'.tes, the famous precision dancers. When it comes to precision, ...

Published: Wednesday 01 July 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 148 | Page: Page 13 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WHEN BONEY THREATENED BRITAIN AS HITLER DOES TO-DAY!

... WHEN BONEY THREATENED BRITAIN AS HITLER DOES TO-DAY I HpHE YOUNG MR. PITT, J- important Twentieth Century Productions film directed by Carol Reed, is due for presentation at the New Gallery and Marble Arch on July 6. It is a striking historical picture, highly appropriate to the present day, for it 's a re construction of England 150 years ago, when Napoleon stood where Hitler stands now, ...

Published: Wednesday 01 July 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 313 | Page: Page 14, 15 | Tags: Photographs 

MRS. WOOD AND HER TWINS JOIN UP

... . MRS. DOROTHY WOOD, aged thirty-seven, and her eighteen and a half year old TWIN DAUGHTERS MURIEL and JOAN used to run a riding school at Nottingham. When war broke out the school was closed, and the Woods joined the Land Army. Later they worked for several month driving lorries for a firm of contractors to the R.A.F. When the contract finished they unanimously decided to join the A.T.S., and ...

Published: Wednesday 08 April 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 204 | Page: Page 16 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

MARLENE IN HIGH-TENSION DRAMA: MANPOWER

... 4t TV /f ANPOWER, the new Warner Brothers picture which was due at IV J. the Warner Theatre, Leicester Square, on April 3, stars Marlcnc Dietrich with Edward G. Robinson and George Raft in a triangle drama. Marlene is Fay Duval, bad girl who has been in prison, hut, of course, she 's not really had, only unlucky. Hank, linesman of the Pacific Power and Light Company, marries her, and she ...

Published: Wednesday 08 April 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 233 | Page: Page 20 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

CINEMA CAMEOS

... . By C. A. LEJEUNE. AS we came out of the show of MRS. MINI VER (Empire), a colleague of mine, who has recently come back from Hollywood, remarked to me: That film is the best propa ganda for England that has been made since the war started. It 's worth a whole division to us in America. I have no doubt at all that he is right. Mrs. Miniver, which was made in Hollywood, explains the ...

Published: Wednesday 29 July 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2225 | Page: Page 8, 9 | Tags: Photographs 

CAMERA COMMUNIQUÉ ON THE LIGHTER SIDE OF WARTIME LIFE SOME WEDDINGS, ENGAGEMENTS A CHRISTENING AND NOTABILITIES

... CAMERA COMMUNIQUE ON THE LIGHTER SIDE OF WARTIME LIFE: SOME WEDDINGS, ENGAGEMENTS A CHRISTENING AND NOTABILITIES. The marriage of H.H. PRINCE ANDREW OF RUSSIA, eldest son of H.I.H. the late Grand Duke Alexander and of H.I.H. the Grand Duchess Xenia daughter of the late Emperor Alexander to MISS NADINE McDOUGALL, eldest daughter of Lieut. -Colonel Herbert McDougall, of Catcston Manor, Norfolk, ...

Published: Wednesday 29 July 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 417 | Page: Page 10, 11 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

YOUNG AMERICA AT WAR BEFORE THE U.S.A. CAME IN EAGLE SQUADRON--A NEW FIGHTER PILOT FILM

... YOUNG AMERICA AT WAR BEFORE THE U.S.A. CAME IN: EAGLE SQUADRON --A NEW FIGHTER PILOT FILM. Dispersal hut Squadron Leader Carson (JOHN LODER) giving his pilots instructions before a raid. Chuck tries to comfort Anne Partridge (DIANA BARRY MO RE), whose father has been killed in a London 44 blitz Rescue Chuck Brewer (ROBERT STACK) picked up by British sailors after being shot down in the sea. ...

Published: Wednesday 29 July 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 346 | Page: Page 14, 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO: GREER GARSON, for her flawless interpretation of the part of Mrs. Miniver

... WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO- GREER GARSON, for her flawless interpretation of the part of Mrs. Miniver. JAN STRUTHERS' Mrs. Miniver (Empire), brought to the screen by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, has in the title-role a part which GREER GARSON has thoroughly absorbed and perfected. She makes of the typical well-off English middle-class mother a sympathetic, warm and living human being, and any slight ...

Published: Wednesday 29 July 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 192 | Page: Page 16 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

GIRLS WHO FEED THE GUNS

... . Completing the assembly of fuses. The girl at the end of the line is screwing the cap into a fuse which will then be ready for fitting to the shell. Other girls in the line are carrying out various operations in the final assembly of fuses. And here a paint brush is wielded to carry on war industry. The filled bombs have arrived in the painting and packing shop. The girls first stencil on ...

Published: Wednesday 29 July 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 260 | Page: Page 18 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

BRIDE OF A ROMANOV

... . The marriage of Prince Andrew of Russia eldest son of the late Grand Duke Alexander of Russia and of the Grand Duchess Xenia to MISS NADINE McDOUGALL, eldest daughter of Lieut. -Colonel Herbert McDougalL of Cawston Manor, Norfolk, and of Mrs. McDougall, of Provender F aver sham, took place recently. The bride wore a lovely wedding dress of white slipper satin and a high Russian head-dress of ...

Published: Wednesday 21 October 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 149 | Page: Page 13 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

SPOTTING THE LEADER--BY PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY

... SPOTTING THE LEADER- BY PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY. What does the word Invasion make the candidates think of Trying out reactions on psycho analytical lines. Practice in impromptu speaking a candidate holds forth on whether 44 Saluting is a Waste of Time or not. This obstacle must be crossed without being touched by the competitor hence the need for making an improvised 44 trestle Over he goes ...

Published: Wednesday 21 October 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 474 | Page: Page 14, 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs