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RECORD-BREAKER ANN CURTIS

... . T OOKING uncommonly like a pin-up girl, ANN CURTIS arrived home in San Francisco recently, from a Kansas swimming meet, with a triumph of eight national championships to her credit the greatest girl swimmer of the year. To welcome her a horde of 1500 fans crowded round the Fleischhacker Pool to watch the eighteen-year-old Ann demonstrate the powerful stroke that won her the 100-metre, 400 ...

Published: Wednesday 10 January 1945
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 220 | Page: Page 17 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

HOLLYWOOD HIGH-LIGHTS AS THEY ARE IN PRIVATE LIFE ALL THE STARS AT A VICTORY CELEBRATION PARTY

... HOLLYWOOD HIGH-LIGHTS AS THEY ARE IN PRIVATE LIFE: ALL THE STARS AT A VICTORY CELEBRATION PARTY. jp^LSA MAXWELL, America's No. 1 Party Hostess, recently excelled herself by throwing a Victory Party to celebrate the Liberation of Paris. It took place on September 9, though Paris was freed on August 24 but the point is that Elsa sent out her invitations when the Allies were in Brittany, on Mid ...

Published: Wednesday 10 January 1945
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 390 | Page: Page 20, 21 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

LONG SKIRTS ARE BACK AGAIN

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Published: Wednesday 10 January 1945
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 62 | Page: Page 26 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

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Published: Wednesday 10 January 1945
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 14 | Page: Page 27 | Tags: Photographs 

EVA BRAUN--WAS SHE AS BEAUTIFUL AS THEY SAID?

... EVA BRAUN-- WAS SHE AS BEAUTIFUL AS THEY SAID? EVA was athletic could master a ballerina pose. Snapshots of EVA BRAUN sunbathing, minus lipstick or make-up, her fair hair simply dressed and tied with a black ribbon, come from the album collection discovered by the U.S. Intelligence officers. Right She was lithe. Acro batics for, perhaps, her FUhrer's camera. As a bathing beauty she bears ...

Published: Wednesday 28 November 1945
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 186 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WEDDINGS, ENGAGEMENTS, SOCIAL, SPORTING AND DRAMATIC OCCASIONS REVIEW OF THE WEEK'S EVENTS AND PERSONALITIES BY ..

... WEDDINGS, ENGAGEMENTS, SOCIAL, SPORTING AND DRAMATIC OCCASIONS: iEVIEW OF THE WEEK'S EVENTS AND PERSONALITIES BY PICTORIAL REPORT. The WOODLAND PYTCHLEY met recently at lovely and historic Rockingham Castle, Northants. Dickens once stayed there as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Watson, and described his visit in a letter. LORD and LADY ROTHERMERE at the premiere of 44 The Wicked Lady, at the ...

Published: Wednesday 28 November 1945
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 413 | Page: Page 8, 9 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WIFE OF THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR IN WASHINGTON

... . c VISCOUNTESS HALIFAX, C.I., is the wife of Viscount Halifax, K.G., P.C., G. C.S.I. G.C.I. E., British Ambassador in Washington since 1940. He was Viceroy of India from 1926-31, and was Secretary of State for Foreign A ffairs from 1938-40. Lady Halifax is a daughter of the fourth Earl of Onslow, and was married in 1909. She and Lord Halifax have two surviving sons (their second boy was ...

Published: Wednesday 25 July 1945
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 112 | Page: Page 13 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO: THESE GENTLEMEN, for being the ten handsomest men in America

... WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO- THESE GENTLEMEN, for being the ten handsomest men in America. CARY GRANT, film-star, Bristol-born. RAYMOND MASSEY, stage and film-star, Canadian-born. REAR-ADMIRAL R. E. BYRD. U.S.N. Polar explorer. PHILIP MERIVALE, actor husband of Gladys Cooper. GENERAL DOUGLAS MacARTHUR, U.S. five-star General. GARY COOPER, film-star. FREDRIC MARCH, film-star. GREGOR PIATIGORSKY, ...

Published: Wednesday 25 July 1945
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 222 | Page: Page 18 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE CARLTON HOUSE SET ON THE STAGE AT THE NEW

... . PRINCESS CHARLOTTE, daughter of the Prince Regent, is the leading woman in u The First Gentleman, and much of the drama deals with her marriage to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg. Princess Charlotte died in childbirth in 1817, and her widower was the IJncle Leopold whose sage counsel was such a support to Queen Victoria. The Prince Regent's sisters also appear in the play, which closes in ...

Published: Wednesday 25 July 1945
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 205 | Page: Page 21 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Pin=up Girl: No. 31. Goan Caulfield

... c tfln-ufi irl: Olo. 31 (jdan (^aiitHeld JOAN CAULFIELD is a blue-eyed blonde. She was born in Neic Jersey in 1922, and from her earliest days aspired to be an actress. While at Columbia University she began work as a Canova model. When she decided to take up a stage career she won an interview with producer George Abbott and got a small role in his musical, Beat the Band. Then she was given ...

Published: Wednesday 25 July 1945
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 118 | Page: Page 23 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Clarks

... C^JaaaM^ i White suede with tan calf is choice for a light summer court shoe but don't make it your choice until you know which styles your retailer has in stock. There are others which will please you. 1 of Street have retailers in nearly every town. Please choose from the styles you find available. C^L-IoaMS: ...

Published: Wednesday 25 July 1945
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 59 | Page: Page 25 | Tags: Photographs