... Two Wars Past and Present Abraham Lincoln at the Playhouse Men in Shadow1' at the Vaudeville IX SHADOW is a play about British airmen in this present ^ar, shot down over France, nursed and tended by French patriots and working, with them, for the Allied cause in the shadow of Nazi- occupied country. It reached its 300th performance a week ago. The cast has recently been joined by Michael ...

... The Earl of Denbigh married in 1940 the widow of Lt.-Coloncl Paget Fielding Johnson and their small daughter, Imelda Clare, was born in 1941. Lady Denbigh was formerly Miss Verena Barbara Price, daughter of Mr. W. E. Price. Lord Denbigh, who succeeded his grandfather as tenth Earl in 1939, is in the Coldstream Guards. His father, the Hon Francis Feildiug, died in 1936. and his uncles, Lt. ...

... M OF THE WAR By Foresight Offensive WE are about to enter a new phase in the war. One which must bring us to closer grips with the enemy, and ulti mately nearer to complete victory. Already the Germans are trying to dodge the blow. They have had a series of invasion alarms on the Continent which have proved false. Troops have been suddenly rushed from one place to another, and coastal guns ...

... MYSELF IT THE PICTURES The War And Hollywood By James Agate LET us not be mealy-mouthed about it-- the war has been a godsend to Hollywood. The Thin Man couldn't go on being thin for ever. Good Little Wives couldn't in the nature of things rescue many more Big Husbands from Vampire's Clutches. And the Gangster was more or less washed up. Then the war broke out and in every Hollywood studio the ...

... Are Married in London olonel Howard Kerr, the bridegroom's cousin walked from the church with his wife and son. nother son, Andrew, was a page at the wedding Lady Bedingfeld and Mr. William Bell were at the reception, held at the Hon. Mrs. R. C. Bruce's house in Cadogan Square Captain and Mrs. Michael Angas, who ivere married in November, were there. She was formerly Miss Christian Grant Lord ...

... -/4 By Sabretache Naming Their Shots THE ONE: Alexandria, Cairo (including Shepheard's Hotel and the Pyramids), Suez, the Organ-Grinder's Abyssinian Empire, Aden, Iran, Irak, India, Burma, Russia, China, Japan, the British Empire (not excluding Buckingham Palace), and then America. The Other El Alamein, Tobruk, Benghazi, El Agheila, Tripoli, Mareth, Akarit, Gabes, Sousse, Eufidaville (all in ...

... By Elizabeth Bowen Challenge A TIME FOR GREATNESS, by Herbert Agar (Eyre and Spottiswoode; 7s 6d.), has made a sounding impact on America. Its appearance in this country was preceded by praise from the Archbishop of Canterbury. The book, in fact, addresses itself to both great English-speaking democracies. It is by now beginning to be apparent, even to the most idle and cloudy minds, that ...

... ITTT^TjTTni ^Ljn The British Museum Library, with its collection of nearly 5,000,000 volumes, manuscripts, and other items, is one of the largest libraries in the world. Opened in 1857, it is distinguished by its circular domed reading room-- 140 ft. in diameter and 106 ft. high. A famous rendezvous of study for authors, journalists, playwrights, historians and scholars. Well might we say of ...

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... MYSELF AT THE PICTURES The Mixture As Before By James Agate THE scene of Mademoiselle France (Empire) is-- France. The year is 1940, just after the German occupation. The action is mainly concerned with the adventures, mis adventures and peŕadventures of a French lady, one Michele de la Becque (Joan Craw ford). Her adventures include a visit to a Nazi party where she is introduced to a ...

... 64 The Quest (1) A Story from Spenser's Faerie Queene Danced by the Sadler's Wells Ballet, with Choreography by Frederick Ash ton, Music by William Walton, Decor by John Piper Nearly two years ago, Frederick Ashton, choreographer and dancer of the Sadler's i was called up. Early this year he was given special leave from the R.A.F., in which he ii Flying Officer, to create a ballet for the ...