... THE HEIR PRESUMPTIVE-- ON OFFICIAL DUTY AND AT A PARTY. HR.H. PRINCESS ELIZABETH, who will be twenty years of age this month, carried out the most ambitious official mission which she has as yet undertaken when she went to Ireland to launch H.M.S. 44 Eagle, the new aircraft-carrier, and toured Ulster. Her visit roused immense enthusiasm, and the grace and dignity with which she carried out ...

... . AIR CHIEF-MARSHAL SIR JOHN SLESSOR, K.C.B., D.S.O., M.C., Member of the Air Council for Personnel is posed with LADY SLESSOR, 'and their children PILOT OFFICER JOHN SLESSOR and MISS JULIET HERMIONE SLESSOR. The group was taken shortly before the marriage of Miss Slessor to Lieut. -Colonel Kenrick Jack Price, D.S.O., M.C., 9th Lancers, of Rhiivlas, Bala, Merioneth, only son of the late ...

... . |^HE great annual Hollywood ceremopy of the Oscai band-outs for 1945 took place in Grauman's Chinese Theatre, rhousands filled the streets outside to see the celebrities, and inside, the 2000 seats were filled with men and women in evening dress. Spotlights outshone the Hollywood Boulevard blaze of lights traffic was halted, and the stars received [Continued on right. Continued.] their ...

... HOW THE P.O.W.s PASSED THEIR TIME: THE CAPTIVE HEART. HPHE CAPTIVE 1 HEART, which was due for its world I premiere at the Odeon Theatre, Leicester Square, yesterday, April 2, in aid of the Victory (Ex-Ser vices) Club, reconstructs life in a prisoner-of-war camp, and illustrates the splendid spirit of the men. Michael Redgrave plays the leading role, that of a Czech officer who has taken ...

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... AT THE PICTURES Trying to Help JcUUUJLj Qj^C^fcL MR. PETER ETON of the B.B.C. informs me that on Wednesday, April 17, a three-quarter hour programme entitled Film Magazine will be started in the Light Programme. His letter outlines the present intentions of this programme and suggests that the film critic of the Tatler might like to comment on them. Here are the intentions in outline: (a) ...

... Sean 0' Casey's 44 Red Roses for Me Red Roses for Me comes to the Lyric, Hammersmith, on April 9th for four weeks. It opened at the Embassy, Swiss Cottage, and was an instantaneous success. With the exception of Tristan Rawson, who plays the Protestant Rector, the cast of Red Roses for Me is an all-Irish one, and two-thirds of them have been at the Gate, Abbey and Gaiety theatres in Dublin. ...

... V V-- NONE of those privileged to know Princess Elizabeth were in the least surprised at the resounding success of her three days' visit to Northern Ireland, during which our beloved, beautiful and charming young Princess, as her uncle, Admiral Earl Granville, the Governor of Ulster, described her at the luncheon party following her launch of the great aircraft- carrier H.M.S. Eagle, won all ...

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