... . 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 ...

... 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 ...

... OSCAR INVESTITURE SCENES: THE OLLYWOOD HONOURS LIST FOR 1941. THE presentation of the 44 Oscars, or annual Awards of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences, is always a big night in Holly wood. This year, though 1600 people attended the 44 Oscar L gathering, the occasion was I not quite so splendid as in peacetime. Many of the men wore uniform, including Lieut. Colonel Darryl ...

... . HOW to provide health ful and enjoyable leave for members of the garrison of Gibraltar set the authorities a difficult pro blem, which they solved by instituting rest camps at some distance from the routine of parades and the tunnelling of the Rock. Governor's Cottage has been transformed into a Country Club, with its own inn, combined theatre and cinema, library, and games section largely ...

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... WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO- THESE GIRLS, for looking so pretty in utility frocks. A Esthetic shivers went rippling down thousands of elegant spines when the Government announced its wartime intention of sponsoring utility garments. The word suggested ugliness, adequate attire as opposed to grace, trimness, chic. But here you have FOUR ATTRACTIVE GIRLS to demonstrate quite otherivise. Far from ...

... . PHOTOGRAPH BY STUDIO LISA. HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS ELIZABETH, elder daughter of T.M. the King and Queen and heir-presumptive to the Throne will celebrate her sixteenth birthday on April 21. This has been an eventful year for her. In February it was announced that the King had approved her appointment to be Colonel Grenadier Guards. This is the first official position which her Royal ...

... HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY, the 20 th Century-Fox Production based on the best-seller novel by Richard Llewellyn, has been awarded the Oscar, or Gold Statu ette, by the U.S. Motion Picture Academy for the best cinema direction of 1941. It was directed by John Ford, and has won six out of seven Academy Awards, as, in addition to being listed as the outstanding picture of 1941, it is labelled as ...

... - LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN, for being Vice-Admiral, Lieutenant- General and Air Marshal all in one, and to LADY LOUIS MOUNT- BATTEN, for beins head of the Hampshire Order of St. John in London. THE Premier recently announced the appointment of LORD LOUIS MOUNT- BATTEN as Chief of Combined Operations, holding the acting ranks of Vice-Admiral, Lieut.- General and Air Marshal. On taking up his ...

... THE CAMERA'S NEWS-REEL: THE WEEK'S PEOPLE AND THEIR DOINGS. SIR KINGSLEY WOOD, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and LADY WOOD faced the camera before he went off to introduce his 44 Battle-dress Budget. JULIET, daughter of film-star JOHN MILLS and MRS. MILLS (centre), was christened at Brompton Oratory. She's in the arms of godmother VIVIEN LEIGH with LADY OXFORD Utft). Juliet makes her film debut ...

... OF OUR AIRCRAFT IS MISSING (Odeon, April 24) is written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. The picture had the co-operation and advice of the Air Ministry, the Admiralty, and the War Office. Many of the incidents in Holland are based on actual secret information. The story tells how the bomber 44 B for Bertie raided Stuttgart. On the return journey the crew had to ...

... POPULAR R.A.F. ENTERTAINERS-- MR. RAMSHAW AND CAPTAIN KNIGHT. CAPTAIN C. W. R. KNIGHT, M.C., F.R.P.S., F.Z.S., the explorer, author, photo grapher and lecturer, and his eagle, Mr. Ramshaw, had a miraculous escape when the ship in which they were crossing the Atlantic was torpedoed. Captain Knight was picked up by a British destroyer, whilst Mr. Ramshaw, who had been left on the abandoned ship, ...