People, Oct. 27, 1952

Names make news. Last week these names made this news:

At the world premiere in London of Charlie Chaplin's Limelight (see CINEMA), one cinemagoer drew almost as much attention as the picture. Seated in the royal box amid frothy net, rich upholstery and white-tied escorts was Princess Margaret, dressed in a fetchingly low-cut crinoline gown and seemingly unaware of raised eyebrows and buzzing tongues.

Black limousines whisked French President Vincent Auriol and his glittering guests from Paris out to the 1,500-acre estate around the presidential chateau at Rambouillet. The party took their places at...

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