17 AUGUST 1945, page 11

The Cinema

" Mr. Skeffington." At Warners. —" Nob Hill." At the Gaumont. Miss BETFE DAVIS can claim credit for a long, lone war against the more obvious sentimentalities of the cinema. She......

' Tidal Power

THE sea-anemone, transferred From foam-invaded rocky pool To water by no sea-wave stirred, Long keeps the ocean rule. What time of day the flood recedes, It closes up its heart......

Music

Novelties at the Proms SINCE the B.B.C. assumed the responsibility for the Promenade Con- certs, there has been an increasing tendency to relegate new works to the second (and......

The Theatre

The Circle of Chalk." At the Arts Theatre. Dus English version by Mr. James Laver of a drama adapted from the Chinese is a revival of a play, which had some success before the......