... . Right The SHAH OF PERSIA and the QUEEN received MR. R. G. CASEY, Minister of State in the Middle East, and MRS. CASEY, when they visited Teheran. They are on the tetrace of the Marble Palace, Teheran, with SIR READER BULLARD, British Min ister to Persia, on the right. The Shah Mahoituned Reza acceded in September 1941, on the abdi cation of his father, Reza Shah Pahlevi. His marriage to the ...

... REBECCA, WITH AN ALL R.A.F.-- W.A.A.F. CAST. A T an R.A.F. Station not far from London, Daphne du Maimer's novel-play-film suc cess 44 Rebecca was recently produced with great eclat. The sinister atmosphere was ad mirably maintained by a cast of the Station personnel, some of whom are fighter aces, such as F/O. JACK HODGKINSON, D.F.C., and F/O. JOSEPH HALL, who was a pilot at Malta during ...

... , J. Dr. Kurtz (FREDERICK VALK), Viennese refugee of the nineteenth century, and his daughter Melanie (LILLI PALMER). 2. MICHAEL REDGRAVE plays David Charleston in the film 44 Thunder Rock the part he created in the stage production of 1939. 3. Misery of life in the Potteries ninety years ago Harry (GEORGE CARNEY), Briggs (FREDERICK COOPER) and Mrs. Briggs (JEAN SHEPEARD). 4. Melanie, charming ...

... TRANSATLANTIC AMBASSADOR- A.T.S. CHIEF MRS. JEAN KNOX. Efficient and youthful A.T.S Chief Controller MAJOR-GENERAL JEAN KNOX is back from her visit to Canada and the I .S.A. In Canada she helped in the formation of the Canadian Women's Army Corps the Dominion's A.T.S. equivalent and in the I .S.A., where she was a three-davs guest at the If kite House she described the work of England's women, ...

... M FERRANTI LTD lU , FERRANTI 1 j ^adiarif FMHE j| FIRST FOREMOST 1 HOTTEST I jj (jd the keatlunn 1 JjWEN with maximum thrift, in I, cold weather a cwt. of coal IU a doesn't go far. But a 1,000-watts |U [1 [J A fll Ferranti Fire provides fully 50 hours lU II of healthy radiant warmth. 'Using ly Cy the switch wisely, as you enter and lU 1U leave the room, a lounge or IV Ik drawing-room can be ...

... ALL IN THE SPOTLIGHT OF THf WEEK: A PAGE OF NOTABILITIES AND NEW! PICTURES. Life in the Middle East for members of the A.T.S. is not all duty there 's sight-seeing too. This party started for the top of the Pyramids, but they didn't all get there. The DEAN OF CANTERBURY was interested by MR. SAMSON SCHAMES'5 plaque constructed of broken glass and china from bombed houses when he opened the ...

... WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO- THE PREMIER, lor demonstrating physically the perfect balance he has maintained during two and a half years of war. Watching battle exercises in the South-Eastern Area recently, MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL not only displayed his agility by walking up one of the greasy, inclined logs of the 44 battlefield but symbolically enacted that perfect balance ivhich he has shown ...

... LET 'S FACE IT WITH LAUGHTER, SONG AND DANCE: BOBBY HOWES IN A HIGH-SPEED SHOW FROM THE U.S.A. T ET 'S FACE IT, the new show at the London Hippodrome, hails from -L/ America and is, at the moment, enjoying a big success in New York, which it seems likely to repeat in London. The music and lyrics are by Cole Porter, and Bobby Howes and Pat Kirkwood are the principal stars. The plot has not ...

... TALES OF MANHATTAN Comedy and drama H1TCHEC o TAILS. HP ALES OF MANHATTAN, new Twentieth -1- Ccntury-Fox picture, directed by Duvivier, is a big-scale film with the longest list of star performers ever, perhaps, assembled in the cast of one picture. Moreover, the story, which consists of a scries ot episodes built up round the 44 life of a tail-coat, is the work of ten of the best-known ...

... . QHOCK TROOPS, or COMMANDOS, of the NATIONAL FIRE SERVICE O are now being trained to a standard of toughness that will enable them to meet any fresh onslaught on this country. Invasion of the Continent is possibly another reason for this training, as, if a Second Front is established in Europe, heavy raids may well be expected on our bases at home. The new Commando training, with its ...

... THE PIED PIPER-- NEW MONTY WOOLLEY PICTURE. HPHE PIED 1 PIPER, starring Monty Woolley, was due at the Carlton on November 2 9. Woolley, who created the role of Sherry in the American film and play, 44 The Man Who Came to Dinner, is Howard, who does not like children, but finds himself shepherding a n ever growing party across France during the German invasion. He is about to embark when ...

... TWEED UTILITY OUTFITS HATS OF KID AND FELT N'O one can cavil at the Utility outfit portrayed above, which consists of all wool tweed coat and trousers. As will be noticed, the trousers are not turned up at the hem. Lillywhite, Piccadilly, are making a feature of the same in small and large checks, as well as in plain colours. If desired, a skirt may be substituted for the trousers, both of ...