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"A Bill of
Divorcement"
"A BILL
OF DIVORCEMENT,” which comes to the Queen's and Alhambra. Theatres next week, is based on the sensational stage success by Clemence Dane, and tells a vivid and poignant story of a girl's tremendous sacri- fice for her parents' happiness.
Enacted against a background of rural England, "A Bill of Divorcement" was originally filmed many years ago, with Katherine Hepburn and Lionel Barrymore in the leading roles. The | picture was memorable, and became a great box- office winner. The present version has Maureen O'Hara, Charles Laughton's discovery, heading the cast, which includes Adolphe Menjou, Fay Bainter and Herbert Marshall.
Brought to the screen on a magnificent scale, this naw version tells of the impending marriage of Maureen to Patrick Knowles, a young Australian. Adolphe Menjou, Miss O'Hara'a father, has been confined in an asylum for many years, while her mother, who had divorced him, intends to marry the wealthy Herbert Marshall.
Torn between devotion to her parents and her fiance, Maureen is forced to make a great decision. In a superbly dramatic climax, she approaches Knowles and breaks her en gagement after explaining her fears. Heartbroken, she returns home.. her life given to the future of her father.
The theme is provocative, but is here handled with delicacy and insight, yet with realism and candour. John Farrow has done a good job as director, and the players individually and collectively, by their sincere and intelligent portrayal of their respective roles, emphasise the value of the picture as excellent
entertainment.
The traditional "happy ending" is sacrificed, but the solu- tion of the problem presented is a logical one.
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ABOUT FAST LENSES
Lively action shota, like this, are taboo for the slow lane-but the fart lena and fast shutter get them easily.
satinfaction.
TV TOD bava a dne..fast ions on about the pets? How about ann your camera. It's something like skipping rope or Bil at baskot- having a motor of ample power in ball practice, sladding, or skating? your automobile. The reserva ca How about parades- games on your picnics or outings and natural, phoity is there when you need fl- for emergencies, unusual situations, unposed shots of triander No; for all-around use, and really good plo sadden trado problems, stoop
turam, fast lens is the prescrip grades and bigger bills.
There are two "allis" in photoglou, And I, for one, beltora it raphy. One is last action. The quickly pays for itself in snapshot other to adverse lighting shade on your subject. dull cloudy days: work light in extrems late alter noon, and soms after-dark subjects The fast tens---always dited to shatter of excellent speed-lakos care of you on both those kilig!!. O course. 13 you stick to sub fects that will stand still in bright mashine, the slow lens is all right Millions of fine snapshots are taken
For better pictures--wider sub- with slow speed kansas every year --and when you're careful to choose feet ringe-miore safety and porce sullable subjects and fighting con of mind in shooting subjects that' may move-a 'fast fons and fast dlitons, good results are certain.
But who is willing to stick to sbatter are the thing. You'll real. "motionless" subjects? How about ize that the very first time you use the baby, who is best for plafuras j them). when he is in a lively, mood? How
Bome amateurs think it's harder to use a tast lens, but that isn't really true. For ordinary shots, sot the tons at f/ii, use a shutter speed at 1/25 second, and loave | the focus at 16. 20, or 25 feat. When light is wonk, or when you're using a bigh shutter spoed to "stop" fast motion, just use a larger opening, and set the focus for the distanco from camera to subject.
John van Guilder
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Return of HOLLYWOOD NEWSREEL
Dr. X
The dead brought back to life by the use of synthetic blood is the theme of "The Return
the telegrap Richard Greene, six-foot Devon- "It's A Date," shire-born Allen star, has not yet operator heroine in "When the Dal- been able to calist in the Canadian tons Rode." Forces, He went to Canada from
Hollywood for the purpose, but the
Jane Wyatt, who skipped town for recruiting authorities advised him "to go back to Hollywood and wait the stage after a good beginning in From God's Country," but is still
for an opening." Dick told reporters "Lost Horizon," came back for "Girl he was "naturally_disappointed." stage-happy and not too movie-
Interesting is the news that Mae struck.
West, who started to raise turkeyg
last year as a hobby, is celebrating Warner Baxter, who drew a good her San Fernando ranch by giving plays the father of five, faced with the production of the first crop on one in his last picture, Earthbound, the birds away to her friends.
changing world, in "Legacy."
of Ir. X," which will be seen on the screen of the King's Theatre to-mor- to his old home in Fort Worth,
row.
The film is about a scientist who snatches the body of an executed colleague, restores it
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Bruce Cabot is back from a visit
It was a case of seeing the sights Texas, with a treasure to add to his about, home for several flmland re-
recently,
Esmund when collection of fanch souvenirs. The sidents. foreman of the first rand Bruce Gwenn started things off by seeing worked on gave him the branding his first county fair. Although he iron he used at the Star B Ranch. has been here ten years, the English actor had never seen a county" fair One of the strange affairs of the until he visited the Pomona one, to life, and then faces the pro- Hollywood season was the luncheon where he so much admired three blem of finding sufficient human which the Hollywood Women's Press baby pigs about a month old that he blood to keep it going. A couple gave In honour of bought them.
the pigeon that played in of murders are committed for From Reuters," The pigeon his benefit.
Lenchen,
that Lenchen portrays in the film Lana Turner, Judy Garland, Hedy carried her first, message in 1889, Lamarr and Tony Martin have been in "Ziegfeld Girl,"
An unabashed, tailor-made and was therefore, according to the assigned roles
which will be filmed as a successor thriller, the picture has all the Club, the first newspaper woman. to "The Great Ziegfeld." Robert Z. characterisation and incident Something new in round-robins Leonard will direct. that might be expected, with was the round-robin entertainment couple of "corpses" walking at the buffet supper the James Hil Clark Gable plays a newspaper about with a ghastly pallor and tons
did reporter in "Comrade X" and hopes one of them even helping him- international dances in turn.
the performers were Mr. and Mrs, that he won't annoy the scribes us self to a girl until he is inter- Victor Saville, Charles Esmond, Rath the usual screen version of a reporter usually does. The script for the rupted.
Taub and the lan Hunters.
Alm, which stars Gable and Hedy
staged recently. Guests
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Humphrey Bogart makes a
More anti-Nazi films are to be Lamarr, was written by Ben Hecht, suitably repellent figure as Dr. made, and the latest, "Secret Army a veteran Chicago reporter, and is X, the walking corpse, and John all about the Fifth Column, will have on the rowdy side. Litel is efficient as the scientist. Brenda Marshall, George Brent and Rosemary Lane is the girl, and Jeffrey Lynn in the cast, Wayne Morris is the snooping What "Destry" did for Marlene reporter, who provides the light Dietrich another wild-western may rellef.
Air Raids Close Theatres
London theatres closed as a result of the air raids 'Include] those at which some of the biggest of recent successes have been staged. They include the Palladium, where the new revue "Top of the World" was only a week old, the Hippodrome and the Holborn Empire. The A880- clated Suburban Theatres-Fina- bury Park Empire, Stratford Empire, New Cross Empire and Penge Empire-have also closed. "Cottage to Let" at Wyndhama; "Women Aren't Angels" at the Strand; and "Once a Crook" at the Aldwych, have also been "temporarily withdrawn." These were among the biggest of re cent successes and, until the raids intensified, were playing to packed houses.
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do for Kuy Francis. The Destry director, George-Marshall,-baa-Kay, already well-launched on ស new popularity by "In Name Only" and
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LONDON SENDS LUXURY CLOTHES TO NEW YORK
AMOUS London dress houses gers to serve them three seasons. have sent off to Amories They will line the conts with dannel or the autumn and winter, and take batches of luxury autumn it out again next spring.
clothes. Among the models are plenty of practical ideas for Britain's modest dress needs this winter.
The sulls: that, have gone to America have shorter skiria with longer jackets snugly Atted;
over the hips.
Autumn coats in the fine English A score of buttons are used on tweeds, gally checked with as many tomo' coals. They fasten the fronts as ten colour combinations, have a from threat to hem, close up anti-| change of two afternoon dresses in dratight sleaves, and "lock" big patch soft jersey wool to tono.
pockels.
Plenty of bright dyes are available Nearly every suit has a silk or wool for dress materials. Coate in natural blouse to match. coloured tweed are to wear with Dinner gowns for export have dresses and accessories that are elaborate sequin or bead embrol- briliantly coloured but need a tone- deries round high necks. down
Britain cannot afford thr
for the home trade, for since
Instead of fur-trimmed cloth coats, and Czecho-Slovakia went out of the women are buying fur capes and market prices have trebled, surdita full-length coats,
Now if the time to buy paste clips, As a second coat they are ordering petume jewellery and crystal lines good-quality lightweight tweed swag for winter evening wear,
Morale Of Germans Suffering
Experts on Germany's econo mic system expressed, the view' in London that R.A.F. bombing raids had seriously checked much of its económic life and had affected production at synthetic oll In many places. The morale of workors, too, is suffering from 'repeated raids.
Longer nights will enable our Air Force to penetrate even farther into Germany and attack some of the hig plants. Port traffic from Hamburg. and Bremen has been hindered and strain placed on Germany's rail re sources. Aircraft production has also been affected by damage to factories.
Production of oil in Europe, ex- cluding Russia, in 1940 ls cstimated to be 11,280.000 tons, and as Germany. consumed 20,000.000 in n peace-time now that year-1938-its difficulty
unpiles from abroad have been cut off can be assessed.
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