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In Limelight, Charles Chaplin wrote the story and starred as Calvero, a fading British music hall comedian. He saves a struggling young ballet dancer, Terry (Claire Bloom) from suicide when she tries to gas herself in a room in a house where he is lodging. Calvero restores Terry’s confidence and aids her in becoming a successful ballerina. In return, she attempts to aid him rehabilitate himself. Such is her gratitude that she is even willing to marry him. Calvero, realising the difference in their ages and that her affection is tinged with pity, walks out of her life. Our picture shows the scene where, after being dismissed from the role of a clown Terry had obtained for him, Calvero joins a street band. Collecting in a saloon bar, he is recognised by a former music-hall manager (Nigel Bruce) but refuses his offer of help to a comeback on the stage, though not the manager’s contribution in his hat. The young soldier in this scene is a young composer (Sydney Chaplin) whom Calvero knows is in love with Terry and she with him, ensuring their future happiness. Right : Danny Kaye, as Hans Christian A n d e r s e n, the imaginative and talkative cobbler, keeps the girls and boys of his native village from school while he uses a doll to tell them the story of “ The Em- peror's New Clothe s." “Hans Christian binder sen ” tells a fictional story of the author of the famous fairy stories. “ The Little M er- maid,’’ is delight- fully illustrated in this film. A nd here are the three films which drew Royal patronage to their premieres when held in London. Right: Nigel Bruce, Sydney Chaplin and Charles Chaplin in * “ Limelight.” Below : Mario Lanza singing magnificently with Doretta Morrow, who made her bow with him in “ Because You're Mine.”