... INTERESTING FACTS AND POWERFUL FICTION --By Vernon Fane France is Still Full of Frenchmen Charles Graves, The Compleat Home Guard The Progress of Simenon Rex Stout and James M. Fox in Classic Detection and Tough Fiction DURING the past year there have been two novels written by men who have understood, loved and respected the French people, and who have been able to portray them with all their ...

... By Horace Horsnell Everyman: International Ballet (Lyric) IN the old days one of the minor pleasures of the ballet was the Argument, or synopsis of the plot, printed on the programme. This was written in a style all its own, romantic and elusive; and, often less explicit than the action it sought to explain, it fascinated rather than enlightened. One read it hurriedly before the house-lights ...

... . By C. A. LEJEUNE. THE old spacious days of the Continental cinema are recalled this week in TARAKANOVA, the French film at Studio One. inis is a costume piece about the court of Catherine of Russia, and it has been presented with a camera eye for beauty that amounts almost to a passion. Beautiful sets, beautiful faces', beautiful compositions of figures are tenderly lit and photographed ...

... . By L. P. HARTLEY. DESCRIBED by Mr. Priestley as a novel about an aircraft fac tory, Daylight on Satur day is a story with a strong topical interest. Many people who do not know how a factory works would like to; and many who do know will be interested to see the impression it makes on a writer of Mr. Priestley's understanding and discernment. duui groups, cue ignorant and the initiated, ...