... LIFE WITH FATHER, MOTHER,- GRANDFATHER AND GRANDMOTHER. ...

... . After a three-day English honeymoon, newly-married film-star David Niven and his bride, Mrs. Hjordis Tersmeden, left for America with David and Jamie, his two sons by his first marriage. The second Mrs. Niven is regarded as one' of Sweden's loveliest girls she is twenty-seven, auburn-haired, and tall, and was Model No. 1 at a Stockholm store. Photographed by ANTONY BEAUCHAMP. ...

... by Louis T. Stanley TOW-PATH gossip is an amusing diversion. Before the war the public was regaled with intimate details in the private life of a rowing Blue. By illustration and the printed word we became familiar with the whims and peculiarities of eighteen young gentlemen. Nothing was sacred. Everything was news-value. All the trivialities of a doting parent for her progeny were trotted out ...

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... TOPICAL PARADE: DANCERS; THOROUGHBREDS: PAINTINGS: AND OTHER NEWS PICTURES. Here is the victorious British team of Ballroom Dancers who met a team from Denmark in an International Dancing Contest at the Empress Hall, Earls Court. It was the first amateur international ballroom dancing match held in this country. England won the International match, but Denmark won the European trophy. The most ...

... . B The mouth-old son of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh was christened Charles Philip Arthur George in the music room at Buckingham Palace on December 15 by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Sponsors for the baby Prince, who is to be known as Prince Charles of Edinburgh, were the King, Queen Mary, Princess Margaret, the King of Norway, Prince George of Greece, the Dowager Marchioness ...

... MISS SKETCH'S DATE- BOOK. DECEMBER 1. Miss J. B. Falls daughter of Capt. Cyril Falls, weekly contributor to 44 The Illustrated London News recently married Mr. Carylon, son of Lt.-Col. T. Carylon, D.S.O., and Private Secretary to the Embassy in Praeue. DECEMBER 1. Too late for my last diary, photo graphs of the Cowdray Hunt Ball arrived. Dancing was in the Hall of Paintings, at Cowdray House, ...

... . As Sir Percy Blakeney, David Nivcn stepped off the Elstree set of 44 The Elusive Pimpernel 44 to be photographed away from the brilliant lighting of the Grenville Ball sequence. Baroness Orczy4s famous novel, 44 The Scarlet Pimpernel,44 brought to the screen by The Archers, for London Films, is adapted, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger; has been shot in Brittany ...

... . CAMBRIDGE oarsmen, preparing for the Boat Race, will need superb faith in their abilities next season. In 1948 they alone or almost alone have prevented Oxford striding practically unchecked to the goal of victory in every one of the major inter-Varsity sporting engagements. It has been a year of grim struggle with Oxford claiming that slight, tantalising superiority that has made them look ...

... THE Laurence Olivier Hamlet is in the main such a mag nificent piece of work that it seems ungrateful to cavil at its imperfections. But it would be dishonest to pretend to a satisfaction one does not feel, and this technically superb, artistically devoted, and maturely considered film confirms me in my belief that the greatest of all Shakespeare's tragedies is not really fit material for ...

... by Louis T. Stanley AFTER a break of ten years the Test Matches between England and Australia will be resumed next month. The bulky green caps will look even more menacing. The memory of the Southend avalanche of run-making is hard to forget. Australian batting strength is undisputed. A slight doubt exists about the bowling. there is no O Keilly or Grimmett in the team. McCool has a leaning ...

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