Show Elsa Esa Maxwell s sPatter Patter Particles It is hard to regard dispassionately dispassionately dispassionately the work of an intimate intimate intimate inti inti- mate friend particularly friend particularly in the theM rr M v. v r i case of Noel i- i H 4 Coward Coward- whom I have y known for 22 years I Imet met him long before before be be- fore he he produced produced pro pro- a play 0 o r anything n i z x else except his dazzling 1 4 f a as s c mating r 1 self jt A Th The one man in the the i entire world i whom I coni con- con Maxwell well sider ni m most 0 s 5 t tb b brilliant r illian t tat at inventions is Noel Coward Although Noel until now re remained remained remained re- re securely ensconced in the theater But today mar marks s another another an an- another other stepping stone in his guttering gut glit career He carves a new chapter in the fable of fame No longer can one say sat Noel has done it again but again but but rather Noel has outdone it again Coward whose whose- every inflection tion turn of voice quirk and show his fantastic and fabulous wit has a very human side which lies beneath the grimaces of his Chinese Mandarin mask I have been permitted to see this human side So when Miss Freeman an executive of the United Artists corporation offered corporation offered to give me mea a private preview in the projection tion room in the studies last night to see In Which We Ve Serve Serve Noels Noels Noel's new film T I T certainly certainly did not refuse her delirious delirious ous invitation and needless to say I also brought my 99 09 most intimate friends This This' picture nobly depicts England at war Noel has written written writ writ- ten produced directed composed com corn posed the music and acted the leading part that part that of a captain in the royal navy This is a a. part Noel would have liked to have played in real life for he has always been in love with the navy If he could have nave married a British destroyer he would not have been a a. bachelor Noels Noel's latest work is a thrillIng thrilling thrill thrill- ing and touching tribute to to toa a a ship and is to my mind the very greatest picture yet to be made about the war It is the thinly disguised story of Vice Admiral Lord Louis Loui ship The Kelley which was sunk in the battle of Crete As Lord Lor d Louis played an historic role in real life so Noel enacts his counterpart coun court on the screen The difference between a Hollywood Hollywood Hol Hol- lywood picture of the war andIn and andIn andIn In Which We Serve is the difference difference difference dif dif- dif dif- ference b between tween night and day |