18 FEBRUARY 1955, page 24

Image In The Sun. By Howard Clewes. (theatre Royal,...

bribe (unless, of course, a bribe is considered a mere formality in those parts, like shaking hands). From time to time drama slithers un- comfortably into melodrama; and it......

Cinema

Desiree. (Carlton.)—A Prize of Cold. (Odeon.) IT Is the prerogative of Hollywood to monkey about with history, and there is no plausible reason why an historical novel spun......

Theatre

The Ghost Writers. By Ted Allan. (Arts.) talents are being wasted, but also that he s expected to put his name to scripts written by someone else who has been '61ack-listed' for......

Music

ON Monday last in the Royal Festival Hall I saw many old gramophile friends, some of whom I had not seen since the early days of the war. They had all come to hear in the flesh.......