... HPHESE studies of LADY LYELL, widow of Captain Lord Lycll, V.C., Scots Guards, who was posthumously awarded the highest decoration for gallantry in recognition of his outstanding courage, leadership and self-sacrifice in the attack on Djebel Bou Arada on April 27, were taken at Kinnordy, Angus, her Scottish home. She was Miss Sophie TrafTord, is a daughter of Major Sigismund W. J. Tra fiord, ...

... N.B. A Coloured plate is inserted in this issue. STALLION. PHOTOGRAPH BV A. G. RIGO DK RIGHI. KILTIE GIRLS. PHOTOGRAPH II V f. T. liAKKR, A.R.P.S. This .splendid haute ecole study of a stallion and that of the two reel dancing girls on the right lay great emphasis on the dramatic value of movement in photography and the necessity of snap closure in choosing the psychological moment to ...

... Southern seas, hot sun, tropical foliage are suggested by this cleverly-arranged fantasy photo graph of glass girls in a swimming interlude, and the photographer achieves an unusual sense of reality which is both nostalgic and tantalising. It is on view at the R.P,S Exhibition. FROM THE PHOTOGRAPH BY E. HF.IMANN, F.R.P.S. ...

... TO MARRY THE AIR C.-IN-C. MEDITERRANEAN FLIGHT OFFICER BLACK. It is reported in the 44 Daily Mail, the 44 Evening Standard and the 44 Star that the engagement of FLIGHT OFFICER MARIE BLACK, W.A.A.F., to Air Chief- Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, K.C.B., will shortly be announced. Thirty-five-year- old Flight Officer Black is the younger daughter of the late Colonel Sir Bruce Selon, Bt., of ...

... f BALLET WITHOUT COUPONS. Wit and grace characterise this aptly-titled picture from the London Salon of Photography, which is holding its thirty-fourth annual exhibition at the R.W.S. Galleries, Conduit Street. ROM THE PHOTOGRAPH BY E. HEIMANN. ...

... The penguin provides an appealing subject for the artist but fete camera-men have succeeded in finding a more perfect pose than this or in naming it more happily It is one of the admirable studies on vietc at the London Salon of Photography Exhibition. FROM THE PHOTOGRAPH BY A. N. ACRAMAN. ...

... t4rpHE WINGLESS VICTORY, by Maxwell Anderson, was J- recently produced at the Phoenix Theatre. It is a period piece set in the year 1800, the tragedy of a New England sea-captain who marries a Malay Princess and brings her home to his native Salem. His Puritan family, bigoted and resentful, make life a torment for Nathaniel and Oparre. Finally he banishes his wife, who then recalls her royal ...

... MERLE OBERON (in private life, Lady Korda) and DAME MAY WHITTY introduce Chinese airmen to the boys in the canteen. GEORGE RAFT does his bit as a washer-up at the famous Stage Door Canteen Stage and screen actress HELEN HAYES helps to entertain two sailors and introduces them to a Junior Hostess. GYPSY ROSE LEE, the celebrated striptease,' does her act for the benefit of the enthusiastic boys ...

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... . VERONICA LAKE views the game tcith both clear eyes in the netc Paramount film 44 So Proudly We Hail due shortly for its Plaza premiere. Her irresistible peek-a-boo bang has gone and her forehead is free, for her part is that of a U.S. Army nurse. Her co-nurses are Claudctte Colbert and Paillette Goddard the venue Rataan and Corregidor. ...

... WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO- MISS ENID BAGNOLD (Lady Jones): For making a first-rate thriller from her thwarted ambition. Lottie dundass, miss en id bagnold's successful thriller at the Vaudeville, is of amusingly personal origin. In 1939, Lady Juliet Duff being ill, Miss Bagnold deputised at short notice during the run of Mr. Cecil Beaton's revue 44 Heil Cinderella, at the Theatre Royal, ...

... A BATTLE OF BRITAIN PARTY; WEDDINGS; WAR-WORKERS. SUBALTERN MARY CHURCHILL inspected the chevrons on the sleeve of an American J V.A.C. ALICE MARBLE, of laicn tennis fame and our lawn tennis star MARY HARDWICK, are on the left Left GROUP CAPTAIN G. MALAN, D.S.O., D.F.C., replied for the fighter pilots at the lunch in celebration of the Battle of Britain held at Simpson s Services Club. MISS ...