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James Stuart graduated from Eton into World War I, later was First Equerry to the Duke of York, now George VI. He succeeds Captain David Margesson (who three weeks ago became Secretary of State for War) and has more power in his party than ever Jim Farley wielded, for he not only controls the party treasury and can refuse to back recalcitrant party members in elections but he hands out plums by recommending knighthoods and peerages for the constituents of good M.P.s...
...Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, but "it won't be me." After these preliminaries Mr. Hopkins saw new British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and got to the point of his visit in three hours spent with Winston Churchill, another half-hour with George VI. Said Personal Envoy Hopkins afterward: "I have no misgivings about the outcome of this war. There is going to be a united and altogether successful effort in the production of defense materials to be used by ourselves, Great Britain, Greece and China...
...screen play from Morley's novel, preserving every pound of his pathos and adding a few ounces more of their own. They open with Kitty accepting the proposal of solid, reliable Dr. Mark Eisen (James Craig). As Kitty is packing for the elopement, they bring in Wyn Strafford VI (Dennis Morgan), Kitty's socialite ex-husband from Philadelphia. Wyn wants Kitty to run off to South America with him that night. The catch is he can't remarry her because of an existing wife. After Wyn leaves with Kitty's promise to meet him later...
...past decade. When woman got the right to vote she put herself on the same plane as man and her troubles began. Kitty Foyle is a character-who comes from the wrong side of the track in Philadelphia, yet she is loved by a boy whose name has a VI tacked on. His family disapproves and Kitty takes a powder. After the baby comes and goes Kitty has to make up her mind whether to take a life of thrills or one of security. She takes security. Neither the plot nor the action are important. The emotions of Kitty Foyle...
...British Royal Family, who always observe Christmas with great simplicity - the royal Princesses have never had a Christmas tree and did not have one last week-rusticated quietly at a place kept rigidly secret lest Nazi airmen bomb George VI while the King was reading his scheduled Christmas broadcast. This year British Broadcasting Corp. titled its annual program Christmas Under Fire, scheduled Welsh workers singing in a factory, an Army choir in the Holy Land and a broadcast from an R. A. F. patrol plane over the Channel-especially topical because many Britons last week were saying "It would...