... STETTINIUS'S SUCCESSOR-- THE NEW U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE. MR. JAMES F. BYRNES, former Justice of the Supreme Court nominated by- Mr. Truman as Secretary of State in succession to Mr. Stettinius, becomes not only the first member of the Cabinet, but next in succession to the Presidency. He was promoted before the present war from the Senate to a seat on the Supreme Court, and then left this ...

... Abigail Sarclet (MARY MORRIS) starts with horror when Stephen Cass (JOHN MILLS) plays the mysterious and forbidden tune which recalls the sinister and beloved Guy. Dr. Edward Sarclet (ELWYN BROOK-JONES) and Stephen Cass, the young poet on whom he has performed an amazing and miraculously successful grafting operation. Ella Sarclet (ELSPETH MARCH) looks at the mysterious and alien hands which ...

... . The second edition of the Sweeter and Lower revue at the Ambassadors runs and runs and runs. HERMIONE GINGOLD has been given a fresh a very fresh number, Exception to the Rule, Britannia.' Written by Alan Melville, with music by Charles Zwar, this new finale to the first part is introduced to celebrate the second anniversary of a record-breaking revue. PHOTOGRAPH BY ALEXANDER BENDER. ...

... . *T*HE first-class presentation of these two Gilbert and Sullivan operas i 1 by the Ofladium Theatre -prisoners of war of Stalag 383, Germany was given in 1943. They had an orchestra, under the direction of J. H. Rymer, and a chorus a wardrobe master, whose very ingenious productions can be observed in these photographs. In our last issue we gave reproductions of the well-designed and printed ...

... JOAN FONTAINE AS FOUR- I PERSONALITY SUSAN. Susan (JOAN FONTAINE), heroine of 44 THE AFFAIRS OF SUSAN, seems to Richard Aitken (WALTER ABEL) to be a cultured, charming and correct lady his ideal for a dependable wife. I m But to theatrical producer Roger Berton (GEORGE BRENT) this same Susari (JOAN FONTAINE) appears as a charming child of nature, unspoilt by conventional ideas, or 44 stuffy ...

... For the few precious hours when sun and leisure coincide, Rima has designed a lovely playsuit of brown rayon linen, with a trim tailored line and a free-and-easy air to go over the play Fin„ig ...

... . MRS. CHURCHILL and JUN. COMM. MARY CHURCHILL, M.B.E., who accompanied the Prime Minister on his short pre-Potsdam-ronference holiday in France, spent a good deal of time on the lovely sandy Hendaye plage. Here they are enjoying the Basque sunshine and keeping in touch with English news by close study of the papers. Miss Churchill is concentrating on a copy of cur sister-paper, The ...

... . I MAJOR-GENERAL TREMLETT, C.B., watched the Eton and Harrow match I from a chairback seat. He is with MRS. TREMLETT, JOHN and ELIZABETH j TREMLETT (right) and, on chairs, ANGUS CAMPBELL-GRAY, and a friend. lhree generations of DoolitUes make up this group. They s are left and right) GENERAL DOOLITTLE, famous Com f mander of the U.S. Eighth Air Force, and his son, JAMES H. DOOLITTLE, JUNIOR, ...

... . A week ago, on. the disbandment of the Second Tactical Air Force, AIR CHIEF- MARSHAL SIR W. SHOLTO DOUGLAS, K.C.B., M.C., D.F.C., R.A.F., took over command of the British Air Force of Occupation in Germany. The newly named force comprises upwards of 90,000 R.A.F. officers and men, many of whom served under him at Fighter Command, Middle East Command and Coastal Command. The H.Q. will be at ...

... . MR. CHURCHILL'S famous siren suit served as practical and comfortable beach mttire for him at Hendaye. He and MRS. CHURCHILL both enjoyed bathing from the lovely sands there. MISS MARY DRUMMOND-PAYNE, only child of the late Capt. George Drummond- Payne and of Mrs. Drummond- Payne, has served in the W.A.A.F. since 1942. i She is a keen winter-sports enthusiast. I _ 'is THE HON. RUTH SHAW, ...

... . By C. A. LEJEUNE. WHAT a talent Hollywood has for bluff ing the customers with an amiable conceal ment of the common place; for dressing up the commonplace in fine trappings; for photographing it bril liantly and alluringly; for endowing the most threadbare situations, by lively playing and smart cutting, with the illusion of wit; for insinuating into the mediocre mass a line of poetry, a ...

... ICH DIEN --THE HEIR-PRESUMPTIVE TO THE THRONE AS AN OFFICER OF THE A.T.S. N.B. A Coloured plate is inserted in this issue PHOTOGRAPHS B,0R°' iTHY WILDING. It was announced on March 5 last, just lefore she had reached the age of nineteen, that the King had granted to HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS ELIZABETH a commission with the honorary rank of second subaltern in the Auxiliary Territorial ...