... assistant to art director Ralph Brinton on The Mikado (1939), Pinewood Studios' first Technicolor picture. There followed several films with director Anthony Asquith, including French Without Tears (1939), the first of several adap tations of Terence Rattigan's ...

... such as Fred Emney and Reg Bolton, always proving an excellent foil. She met Patrick when they worked together at Blackpool in 1939, and they built up a popular song and dance act following his demob from the Army after the Second World War. After his death ...

... spots in Beetle under the name of Little Joan. At nine, she guested with Hughie Green's touring Children's Orchestra, and in 1939 joined Blackpool Tower Children's Ballet and toured under Annette Schultz in various pantomimes. She later formed a dance duo ...

... credited as sound recordist on a number of distinguished pictures, including A Mid summer Day's Work and The Islanders (both 1939), the compelling drama-documen tary about the training of a balloon squadron. Squadron 992(1940), Men of the Light ship (1940) ...

... Tom spotted great potential and vowed to make him a champion, which he did. Ronnie was All England champion in 1937, again in 1939, followed by the British Championship with the highest ever points. As a Tommy Squires 'squir rel' he toured with a juvenile ...

... yet effective designs for Romeo and Juliet (Olivier and Gielgud, 1934), The Importance of Being Earnest (with Edith Evans, 1939), Gielguds Hamlet and The Merchant of Venice. The com pany also worked in ballet and opera, notably at Sadler's Wells. After ...

... Music as a teenager before being hired to sing at the famous Quaglino's Restaurant with Alf Van Straten and his Music. In July 1939, Van Straten accompanied Dawn on her first recording. The Lady's in Love with You, and she made her first broadcast with Billy ...

... undergoing treatment. Joan eventually returned to the stage in weekly rep at Frederick Melville's theatre in Brixton, but in August 1939 she was recalled from a holiday in Cornwall in order to take over the part of Elizabeth Barrett in a London fringe production ...

... different ways. Off-duty, he loved the arts in general, and good food and wine in particular. He married Christine Fraser in 1939, and she died in 1989. He is survived by his three sons, one of whom is the professional musician Graham Salter. John Martland ...

... University. After graduating in 1937, he became a lawyer, but his marriage to Leonore Beck enabled him to move to New York in 1939. Once there, he worked for Broadway producer Herman Shumlin, and also invested in other productions. Even then, the extravagant ...