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Trevor Howard, in the starring role of the com- manding officer of the destroyer on whose exploits the story of “ The Sea Urchin " was based, chats to Major W. O. Copland, who as second-in-command of the military force, led the Commandos aboard H.M.S. Campbeltown in the wartime raid on St. Nazaire. pleasant surprise during the ma kin g of Encore, Roland Culver being one, Nigel Patrick the other. Roland Culver and Nigel Patrick you may remember played the roles of two brothers in The Ant and the Grasshopper sequence of the film. Jimmy Edwards chats with his screen “ sister " Athene Seyler, over a mug of tea between scenes of “ Treasure Hunt." " TT was very cold in Spain," gay, golden-haired Yolande Donlan told me, when making Penny Princess. ‘ ‘ And so I wore all the warmest clothes I could find, among them a lovely cosy crocheted woolly hood, which I wore when Val went through the script between shots.” (" Val " being Val Guest, director of the film.) “ Dirk Bogarde and I rehearsed our sequences beneath great towering mountains and there was never a dull moment,” she laughed. When we chatted between shots in her pretty caravan on the film set in the London Film Studios at Shepperton, Ann Todd, lovelier than ever, her long medieval page-boy bob cut short and her blonde hair swept casually back, told me that she never had enjoyed making a film more than The Sound Barrier di- rected by her husband, David Lean. " It was strenuous, too,” Ann smiled. “ I flew a great deal, but I adored every moment of it." Nigel Patrick is her husband in the film. It was interest- ing to see the realistic backgrounds of airfields, Nissen huts and design offices and above, blue skies and billowy cotton-wool clouds, the testing ground for the silver jets that fly faster than sound. These designs were the work of Vincent Korda. Ann Todd has many artistic interests. " I adore my garden,” she told me. “ It is so quiet and sheltered. Ingrid Bergman, a great friend, liked it, too, when she came over on a visit to my Kensington home." These famous stars have much the same tastes, they both have a great liking for the unusual in their clothes and surroundings. When Ann once showed me some of her jewellery she explained, " It is all antique, I am not fond of modern settings.” When Associated British decided to make a picture paying tribute to the fighter pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain, they undertook a noble task. They have been well rewarded for their efforts. It was interesting, and thrilling, too, to visit Kenley aerodrome during the filming of " Angels One Five.” Denholm Elliott, Celia John- s o n and Hugh Wil- liams fill in time b e - tween scenes of " The Holly and the Ivy " by doing a crossword. John Paddy Carstairs chatting with his stars, Naunton Wayne and Martita Hunt, on the set of “ Treasure Hunt " at Teddineton. /'"'•AN you imagine two more amusing ^ people, than Jimmy Edwards and Athene Seyler, playing respectively brother and sister in the film Treasure Hunt ? Athene Seyler is a popular star in our studios, ever bright and enter-, taining, with a fund of amusing stories. Jimmy Edwards is a musician ; the comet and trombone being his favourite instruments. He also plays the bugle ! In the last war he joined the R A.F.