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Published: Wednesday 23 September 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 216 | Page: Page 28 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs 

AIRBORNE!

... AIRBORNE Energy allied to grace characterises this fine action photograph by' Mr. C. T. Baker from the 87th Exhibition of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, which was due to open on Saturday, September 5, at 16, Prince's Gate. Other notable pictures from this show arc reproduced elsewhere in this issue. FROM THE PHOTOGRAPH M DANCER, BY C. T. BAKER. COPYRIGHT RESERVED. ...

Published: Wednesday 09 September 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 63 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

SHIRLEY ATTAINS GROWN-UP GLAMOUR: MISS ANNIE ROONEY

... SHIRLEY ATTAINS GROWN-UP GLAMOUR MISS ANNIE ROONEY. SHIRLEY TEMPLE achieves near-grown-up glamour and a romantic kiss in her new picture, 44 MISS ANNIE ROONEY, which was due at the London Pavilion on September 6. The story features- the social and business contacts of the dreaming, impecunious Rooney family and the smart, rich, prominent Whites. Rooney pere has invented a rubber substitute ...

Published: Wednesday 09 September 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 155 | Page: Page 16 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

ALL HOME COMFORTS FOR THE DOUGHBOYS IN LONDON THE WASHINGTON CLUB FOR U.S. SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND AIRMEN

... ALL HOME COMFORTS FOR THE DOUGHBOYS IN LONDON: THE WASHINGTON CLUB FOR U.S. SOLDIERS,. SAILORS AND AIRMEN. L Centre of activities for the U.S. Forces in London A W THE WASHINGTON CLUB, formerly the Washington Hotel. I Learning the way round London boys from Connecticut and Michigan concentrate on the Underground map. First-aid NURSE EILEEN BARDWELL attends to the injured hand of a Private 1st ...

Published: Wednesday 09 September 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 365 | Page: Page 18, 19 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

UTILITY, ROMANCE, DRAMA, ART AND SERVICE

... . Contemporary paintings to be sold at Christie's on October 9, in aid of the Duke of Gloucester's Red Cross and St. John Fund, are on view at 15, Old Bond Street. FRANCES DAY opened Simpson's 44 Count Your Coupons exhibition of utility clothes last week, and is seen with one of the models. Right: An enemy shell made this hole large enough for the pilot and two of his crew to stand in while ...

Published: Wednesday 23 September 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 152 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO--

... WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO- THIS HOME GUARD SCHOOL, for having their own 44 French village to practise Commandos in. IN order to practise street-fighting with a first-hand background, the Home Guard of a bombed Mid lands town has created from its wrecked buildings in a certain street a splendid reproduction of a French village. 44 X Street is the wing where members are taught to instruct in ...

Published: Wednesday 23 September 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 284 | Page: Page 12 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THIS ABOVE ALL: BEST-SELLER AS A FILM

... THIS ABOVE ALL: BEST-SELLER AS A FILM. This above ALL, screen version of Eric Knight's novel, was due at the Empire, Leicester Square, on Friday, September 18. Prudence Cathaway is a' W.A.A.F. She meets Clive on a blind date, and they fall in love, though she comes from a family with old school-tie ideals, and he has Left Wing views and a working-class back ground. There is a mystery about ...

Published: Wednesday 23 September 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 279 | Page: Page 16 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

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Published: Wednesday 23 September 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 48 | Page: Page 27 | Tags: Photographs 

WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO--

... WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO- Rudy vallee, famous screen crooner, has joined up in the U.S. Coast Guards as a hand- master, with the rank of Chief Petty Officer. He is seen in our photograph taking the oath, adminis tered by the Per sonnel Officer, Lieut. J. H. Snydow. IT will be remem bered that MISS PAULINE CORD- WELL, of Chiswick, was chosen as model for the Girls' Train ing Corps poster. Now, ...

Published: Wednesday 09 September 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 285 | Page: Page 12 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

NEW TREATMENT OF AN OLD STORY SET TO MUSIC: WILD ROSE, WITH JESSIE MATTHEWS, AT THE PRINCES

... NEW TREATMENT OF AN OLD STORY I SET TO MUSIC: WILD ROSE, WITH JESSIE MATTHEWS, AT THE PRINCES. 'Sally (JESSIE MATTHEWS) makes a big hit at Diamond Jim Brady's party tchen she masquerades as Gaby Deslys. Charm of the costumes of the early Nineteen Hundreds the Bridesmaids of 44 The Little Church Around the Corner RICHARD HEARNE as Maxie, Archduke turned waiter, who has undertaken to deputise ...

Published: Wednesday 09 September 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 424 | Page: Page 20, 21 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WEDDINGS, A CHRISTENING, ENGAGEMENTS, WORK AND PLAY HOW THE WORLD WAGS ON IN WARTIME CONDITIONS

... WEDDINGS, A CHRISTENING, ENGAGEMENTS, WORK AND PLAY: HOW THE WORLD WAGS ON IN WARTIME CONDITIONS.. MRS. MOLLY TAYLOR is on a platform manipulating the barrel of a six-pounder anti-tank gun on an overhead crane. Over half the workers in this factory are women, many of whom are doing skilled work. Some are girls in their teens, others middle-aged mothers. The engagement of MISS VIRGINIA GILLIAT, ...

Published: Wednesday 09 September 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 366 | Page: Page 10, 11 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs