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STAND BY FOR AUTUMN

... Darkening evenings, chill winds at dawn herald the coming of the colder months. For now and on through the approaching winter, under a warm coat we suggest one of these two suits designed by Harella. Left For city-country efficiency, a button-up jacket which can be worn with or without a blouse the skirt is slimly tailored, with two panel pleats in the front and an inverted pleat in the back. ...

Published: Wednesday 20 September 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 121 | Page: Page 26 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

CINEMA CAMEOS

... . By C. A. LEJEUNE. ONE of the best Pacific war-films Holly wood has ever made comes in under the horrid title WING AND A PRAYER (Odeon). This picture belongs to the documentary order of things, and the style oddly reminds me of C. S. Forester's fine novel The Ship. The subject of the film is a single aircraft-carrier that becomes a pawn in the game of the battle of Midway. Three months ...

Published: Wednesday 20 September 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2201 | Page: Page 10, 11 | Tags: Photographs 

WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO: TOMMY, for having the time of his life!

... WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO- TOMMY, f°r having the time of his life I Just icatch TOMMY'S step as he marches into Continental towns freed from the Nazis There are cakes and kisses for him the cider barrel is rolled out, the bottle of t cine is uncorked, the people mad with pleasure and relief at the disappearance of the Boche after five years of his company, give Tommy such a welcome as he will ...

Published: Wednesday 20 September 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 120 | Page: Page 12 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

BARBARA STANWYCK AND FRED MACMURRAY AS MURDERERS

... BARBARA STANWYCK AND FRED MacMURRAY AS MURDERERS. TROUBLE INDEM- NITY, the Para mount picture version of the James M. Cain thriller, was due at the Plaza on Friday last, September 15. Edward G. Robinson, Bar bara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray appear in un accustomed rfiles, for Ed ward G. is the man on the side of law and order who hunts down the criminals, and Barbara and Fred are the ...

Published: Wednesday 20 September 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 233 | Page: Page 23 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

ROMANTIC CURVILINEAR: AT THE LONDON SALON

... ROMANTIC CURVILINEAR GOLDEN SLIPPERS, by B. Vincent Abbott. BABETTI P. H. Oelman. AT THE LONDON SALON. PLEASANT REFLECTIONS, by Thclma Mason. TN the sixth year of wa of the London Salon fine work on the part of it preceding page. Compoi careful and ingenious th ...

Published: Wednesday 20 September 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 117 | Page: Page 14, 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

BEAUTY AND BREEDING AT THE R.P.S

... rJ^HE three excellent camera shots on this page are on view at the Eighty-ninth Annual Exhibition of the Royal Photo graphic Society at 16, Prince's Gate. Everyone who has tried to photograph animals knows how difficult it is to choose the split second in which these lively sub jects may be snapped, and cer tainly the ratty fox-terrier is not the easiest to catch, but these three are perfect ...

Published: Wednesday 20 September 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 125 | Page: Page 16 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

PIN-UPS OF THE AIR TWENTY R.A.F. PILOTS

... PIN-UPS OF THE AIR TWENTY RAF, PILOTS, ON these pages we give portraits of twenty well known pilots decorated for outstanding feats. G/Capt. Gordon- Finlayson, son of General Sir Robert [Continued in centre. Gordon-Finlayson, is a born leader. He commanded a Bomber Squadron in the Middle East for some time; W/Cdr. E. P. Hawkeve- Wells is a New Zealander, an Ace Spitfire pilot and friend of ...

Published: Wednesday 20 September 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 455 | Page: Page 18, 19 | Tags: Photographs 

WIFE AND DAUGHTER OF THE YOUNGEST ALLIED GENERAL

... H WIFE AND DAUGHTER OF THE H YOUNGEST ALLIED GENERAL. MRS. 14 dan SPRY is the wife of Major-General Daniel Charles Dan Spry, who ot the age of thirty-one is the youngest Allied General. He is the son of the late Major-General Spry, who served in the 1914-18 War and was still serving when he died a few years ago. Born in Winnipeg, 44 Dan Spry married Miss Forbes, of Nova Scotia, in 1938, when ...

Published: Wednesday 06 September 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 156 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

VIVIEN LEIGH AND CLAUDE NS IN CÆESAR AND CLEOPATRA

... VIVIEN LEIGH AND CLAUDE F MS IN CAlSAR AND CLEOPATRA. By Jupiter I will do that too 1 Ccesar (CLAUDE RAINS) dives into the sea after Apollodorus, to the horror of his secretary, Britannus (CECIL PARKER), Cleopatra (VIVIEN LEIGH) and Rufio (BASIL SIDNEY). Old Gentleman, don't run away Cleopatra, sheltering between the Sphinx's paws, gets her first sight of Catsar and is attracted by his ...

Published: Wednesday 06 September 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 386 | Page: Page 14, 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

MODERN PUB.: BIRD IN HAND, AT THE ST. MARTIN'S

... . The solicitous innkeeper, Thomas Greenleaf (HERBERT LOMAS), brings out his best wine for Ambrose Godolphin, K.C. (GEORGE BISHOP). Joan (FELICITY LYSTER), Mrs. Green- leaf (KATHLEEN BOUT ALL), Thomas Greenleaf, Mr. Blanquet (IVOR BARNARD), Cyril Beverley (FRITH BANBURY), and Godolphin (I. to r.J. Cyril Beverley helps Gerard Arnwood (RICHARI STAPLING) to climb into the inn in order to exploit ...

Published: Wednesday 06 September 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 242 | Page: Page 18 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

2000 WOMEN IS AN INTERNEE FILM

... 2000 WOMEN IS AN INTERNEE FILM. 44 I '11 leave you in your Group Leader's hands Frau Holweg (CHRISTINA FORBES right) hands the new batch of internees over to Teresa King (BETTY JARDINE left). They are Freda (PHYLLIS CALVERT), Miss Meredith (MURIEL AKED), Bridie (JEAN KENT), Miss Manningford (FLORA ROBSON), and Rosemary (PATRICIA ROC). Just as she is saying good-night to her pin-ups, internee ...

Published: Wednesday 20 September 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 270 | Page: Page 20 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs