... Theatre Personalities at Home and Overseas News of Stage and Screen Stars from London, New York, Cape Cod and The Rock Major Anatole Litvak? the Russian-born Hollywood film director who made 44 Mayerling and 44 This Above All, has just arrived in London from Morocco. His latest film, a documentary called 44 Prelude to War is now being shown in this country. Major Litvak is serving with the ...

... Murder for Fun Unlimited Arsenic and Old Lace Twists an Orgy of Corpses into a Riot of Laughter Murder is a Virtue, Insanity a Grace This American comedy by John Kesselring, presented by Firth Shephard at the Strand, is still running in New York, after two years. No wonder, for it is the cutest, craziest joke ever woven ropnd the theme of murder as a gentle art. By the time the saintly ...

... The Tatler and Bystander's Review of Weddings Dawborn Royal 2nd Officer R. Dauiborn Merchant Navy f&fer son of Mr. atid Mrs. Ronald Dawborn, of Latchmere Road, Kingston, married Lillian Royal, daughter of Mr. atui Mrs. F. Royal, of Burnham Drive, Worcester Park, at St. Philip's Church Worcester Park Drew Lambert Arthur Drew son of the late Arthur Drew, ami Mrs. Drew, of 41, Ennerdale Road, ...

... WAY OF THE WAR By Foresight Warning SEVERAL Ministers have been at pains to warn us that 1943 will be a grim year. Some prophesy that we shall break in on Europe, others forecast greater hardships, and Lord Woolton hints at the possibility of bread rationing. Obviously this is a new policy line to offset increasing optimism. The Government cannot afford to allow any slackening of the war ...

... This Time an Exciting Melodrama Sans Crosby and Sans Hope against a Background of Spies and Refugees in Casablanca Victor Laszlo Paul llenreid head of the vast underground movement in Europe arrives in Casablanca with his wife Ilsa Ingrid Bergman) hoping to obtain visas for Lisbon. His plans are frustrated by Captain Heinrich Strasser of the 'hird Reich (Conrad Veidt) and Captain Louis Renault ...

... You Have Been Warned The Drunkard, by the Arts Theatre Club, Paints the Evils of Drink in the Lurid Colours of Victorian Melodrama Double Exposure to Temptation The photographer emphasises the dangers of drink by double exposure. The hero (Wilfred Fletcher) by now in [the final stages of degradation, is unable to resist the temptation of draining the bottle to the last drop The Proposal The ...

... lCL' :Y//''he\ the pe°ple °f London Courtaulds a house destined offered asylum to the to be known for the beauty of its Huguenots nearly three centuries silks and later, for its rayon yarns ago, there was little reason to and fabrics, suppose that this act of hospitality A n£ National Service would have far-reaching effects first but when the war is ?he worfd C thrOUgh°Ut over, Courtaulds ...

... The Staff of an R.A.F. O.T.U. Somewhere in England D. R. Stuart Front row: Rev. H. W. R. Lillic, S.J., M.A., F/Lt. C. W. Poulter, S/Ldrs. J. II. Barrett, G. P. Seymour-Price, P. Fish, Colonel S.' Astir, M.C., T.D., Wing Cdr. W. A. Opie, G/Capt. H. M. Massey D.S.O., M.C., Wing Cdr. A. H. Owen, M.C., S/Ldrs. R. J. H.' Holland, T. B. Thomson, D.S.C., H. G. Vyse, H. Walters, M.B.E., II. G. Travcrs ...

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... fhe Standard Motor Co. Ltd., [he Standard Motor Co. Ltd., This vigilance His yes, his cars keep watch on the skies of Britain. The eyes must not falter, these ears must not grow dul -they are the vital faculties of our defence. We an't all be in the anti-aircraft services. But we c n all bring this vigilance to our own wartime tasks. This is the spirit that is always ready to dciend and attack ...

... 0 A Wartime Chronicle of Town and Country Racing Hopes HOPES of victories for the King's colours this coming season are high in the Royal Stables, Captain Moore, manager of His Majesty's thoroughbred stud, was saying the other day. It is, of course, too early to say whether there is a potential Derby winner among the horses Fred Darling has in training for the King, but the presence of likely ...

... MYSELF AT THE PICTURES Three Films By James Agate THE You-be-damned-ness of the English became in the course of time a superiority- complex. Being a nation polite in heart if not in manner, we naturally express that com plex in terms of diffidence. Hence the reticence and understatement of films like In Which We Serve. In the case of our good friends the Americans the thing works the other way ...