21 SEPTEMBER 1945, page 10

The Theatre

" The Old Man of the Mountains." At the Mercury. " The Thunderbolt." At the Arts.—" Exiles." At the Torch. " Big Boy." At the Saville. MR. MARTIN BROWNE and the Pilgrim Players......

The Cinema

"Marie-Louise." At the Academy.—" Captain Eddie." At the Odeon.—" Duffy's Tavern." At the Carlton.—" Life on the Western Marshes " and " Chants Populaires." From the Canadian......

I Thought I Heard A Bird

I thought I heard a bird— Lying in my room in the heart of the city . . ■ And then I sensed Pressing upon me in that denser air The light of all past worlds gone down in ruin......

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