... FAMILY HISTORY IN REVERSE THE BANBURY NOSE. DETER USTINOV'S 1 comedy, THE BAN BURY NOSE, at Wynd- ham's, puts the history of a family into reverse. The play opens in 1943. Lieut. -General Hume-Ban- bury, aged eighty-three, is a domestic tyrant of the worst type, obsessed by the military tradition of his family typified by the Banbury nose. His grandson, however, has 44 revoked. Though he ...

... RENDEZVOUS FOR DOMINION AN U.S FORCES: THE CHURCHILL CLUB, SET IN HISTOR ASHBURNHAM HOUSE. 1 1 *HE CHURCHILL CLUB, for members of the United States and Dominii Forces stationed in London 44 who find interest in those aspects of Brita which are of enduring value and beauty, and form the cherished heritage of ti English-speaking peoples/4 was founded in 1943, with the Prime Minister as i ...

... Windsmoor have long been famous for their casual jackets of brilliant colour ings. Indoors and out, they superbly high-light the sombre backgrounds of our wartime wardrobes. Really well tailored, with interest centred on the shaped pockets and striking stitch ing, they button high and can be worn equally well with a blouse, with just a scarf at the throat, or over a dark dress. FroM Dickins ...

... royalty, leaders, heroes and ROMANCE: PRINCESS ELIZABETH made her first public speech in Scotland and her first public appearance alone when she received purses in Edinburgh for various good causes. When MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL arrived home from Quebec with MRS. CHURCHILL they uere met at the station by two of their daughters. Here they are with the youngest, SUBALTERN MARY CHURCHILL, A.T.S. ...

... . By C. A. LEJEUNE. ALTHOUGH Hollywood, for all its ex perience, has not yet found the Philosopher's Stone of picture-making, there is one type of film with which it rarely goes wrong. When it comes to murder in a big way, the sheer, hard melodrama of vice, then Hollywood knows exactly what to do with it. That is why DOUBLE INDEMNITY (Plaza), for all its nastiness, is one of the best made ...

... - REJECTING their suggestion of a face-saving mock battle, twenty-four- year-old LIEUT. S. W. MAGILL, of Ashtabula, Ohio, was mainly responsible for the surrender of 20,000 Germans to twenty-four American soldiers near Orleans. The Nazis were well armed, and had made efforts to join up with German forces in the north of France, but constant harrying by Allied troops and aircraft forced their ...

... FABRE'S INSECT WORLD TO ROUSSEL MUSIC: SADLER'S WELLS BALLET, LE FESTIN DE L'ARAIGNEE. The insects dance merrily unaicare of the dangerous proximity of the Spider's web. The Spider (CELIA FRANCA) gloats over the Praying Mantises (GORDON HAMILTON and RAY POWELL) caught in her eh. N.B. A Coloured plate is inserted in this issue. THE SADLER'S BALLET arranged to open their ten-weeks season at ...

... W.A.A.F. PLOTTERS FOR FIGHTER AND COASTAL COMMAND OPS. EVERY time a home-based Tem pest, Spitfire, Beaufighter or Typhoon becomes airborne, W.A.A.F. personnel play a great part in the success of their flight. Behind even- story of attack by aircraft of Coastal Command, of the vast necessary arrangements and detailed planning much is done by W.A.A.F. officers and airwomen. And at Bomber ...

... . ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■I 1-mHu THE KING and QUEEN and PRINCESS ELIZABETH visited a wartime nursery at Graigentinny School during their recent stay in Edinburgh. His Majesty held two Investitures at the Palace of Holyroodhouse. GROUP CAPTAIN PETER RUSSELL r Johnnie 91 WALKER is an R.A.F. Ace, who won the D.S.O. in 1942 and the D.F.C. in 1940. In our issue of Sept. 20 ice published this ...

... JENNY JDNES -SET IN COAL-MINE, COTTAGE AND ABBEY. CAROLE LYNNE as Dilvs in George Black's new musical shoic Jenny Jones' at the London Hippodrome. 44 An Episode in Havannah speciality dancer TOMMY LINDEN and f/ie Corps de Ballet in the operetta set in Nelson's day. Dilys and Penry as the lovers in An Episode in Havannah CAROLE LYNNE and RONALD MILLAR. 44 The Story of St. Ceiriog spectacular ...

... c (Pin=up r^/irl. )/a 10. (SMhe'ffyilkams. Beautiful swimming champion ESTHER WILLIAMS heads the spectacular Water Ballet, featured in M.-G.-M.ys new Technicolor production, Bathing Beauty and appears in some decorative bathing, diving and swimming sequences. Red Skelton stars in the picture, and Harry James and his band add to its attractions. The film, which is showing at the Empire, ...

... MARIENE-- CAMP-SHOWS STAR. A Here 's MARLENE DIETRICH, glamorous and vital as ever in her neat U.S. (Camp Shows) uniform. She 's just arrived in London from Hollyivood, via Iceland and Greenland, to entertain troops in Britain. She 's all for audiences of uniformed min, and says that they are specially enthusiastic over her old songs, such as The Boys in the Back Room, and altcays demand the ...