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THE CHIRA MAIL, SATURDAY, JUNE 1,1935
Wendy Barrie, the Hour Kong - girl who made good in Hollywood, scores another success in Fox. Film's “It's A Small World,” which is com= ing to the King's Theatre soon.
Amusements
Cinema Notes
*ROBERTA KING'S THEATRE
A new
musical picture, EKO- Radio's "Robertà" in which Irene
BRIDGE NOTES
A NATURAL SQUEEZE
By Ely Culbertson
Some -squeezes are carefully
Dunne, Ginger Rogers, Fred As-planned, and depend for their taire and Randolph Scott are in the success on some such spectacular leading roles, will be seen at the preliminary as a Vienna Coup King's Theatre to-night
Others. however, develop
"RADIO"]
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME-
Felay of Hong Kong Estel Dance Orchestr
Recorded Music.
TAS“ “pin, European gramme.
1233 p.-Recorded Maxie.
1 pm Local Time & Weather Ba port
1.50 pm-enter Press-Bulletin Engby Press News, etc.
2.15 p.m.-Close Down. 4pm-Chinese ProgramTME.
7 p.m.-12 midnight---European Pro Stamme.
7-7-30 P-Light Orchestral Music. Along the Banks of the Volga
(Borchert)
Vienna by night (Korrak:) Glow Worm-Intermezzo Lincke) Indian Mail-Descriptive
Gaiety Echoes (Monckton)
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Boy Friends.
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Now that You're gone.
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You've got to admit.
5. The Way to Love Selection.
6. Who do you think you are!
2 What a Pleasant surprise,
53-8pm- "Gypsy Love-Selec tion (Lebar) played by DeGroot and his Orchestra.
$ Local Time & Weather Re- port
8.03-8.30 pm-Variety.
Organ Solo
My Song goes round the world
Frederic Bayco.
Songs
Vilia ("Merry Widow"
The Merry Widow Waltz
SO
Instrumental
The story deals with romance naturally in the ordinary course
that. GENTLEMEN, WE wind to be tall was so Yain 2 Paris gown shop, which is in-jof events.
after other All-American foot-methods fail, there they
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Jeanette MacDonald, (Soprano) Melodies of yesterday
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head designer, who sible ways to make his contract. turns out to be an exiled Russian but it was unnecessary up to the princess. She, of course, is Miss eighth trick for him to make Dunne, who in the course of thejany choice between them, and by film sings many song hits.
that time it was so obvious which Astaire, as the dance band leader one had any chance of success! pal of the football here, and Miss that his selection was like that of
starving Sage of Sentrada a Rogers, as the toast of Faris night a
concerning predamsmanda esen club patrons, do their part to make whether or not to accept susten
the gown shop the sensation of alliance.
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Supporting the four stars.
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QUEEN'S DANCE HALL 303-309, Hennessy Rd, (Grd. Floor)
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Good Music
Attractive Partners
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NAUGHTY MARIETTA”— QUEEN'S THEATRE
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Jeanette MacDonald, the glam- ourous heroine of "Merry Widow,” will be seen this time not with the laughing and singing actor, Maurice Chevalier, but with Nel- son Eddy, an eminent American baritone in MGM's "Naughty Marietta," which is being screened at the Queen's Theatre to-night
The picture tells a graphic story
of the settlement of New Orleans.
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Parlour to sell by Public Auction HONG KONG HEIGHTS the casquete girls, the New Or-1-South's
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Wednesday the 5th, June, 1935
commencing at 10.30. x.m
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On view from Tuesday the 4th.
June 1935,
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
·LAMMERT BROS.,
AnctioneerE
Hong Kong, 30th May, 1935.
leans marriage market, the sen sational confession of the princess
For the information of visitors and the disillusionment of her of
Mias MacDonald's
the following list of some of the ficer lover. highest points on the Island and Mainland is published:
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five-notrump sponse, having shown the spade Ace and the Kings of spades and diamonds, and the rebid of spades having shown; five card suit. at least melodions
North feels that a Small Slam contract in spades is quite safe.
voice will be heard once again in such song hits as "Ah, Sweet My- stery of Life,” "I'm falling in Love With Someone,"
**Tzancy,
West opened the diamond mine, Tramp, Tramp" the Italian street which South won with his King 1,734 song, and many other new lyrics. South now had two alternative 1,725 The cast includes Akim Tamiroff, lines of play: he could make his of "The Merry Widow," Harold contract by leading out trumpa Huber, of The Bowery, Mary and then establishing the fifth Dozan, of "Broadway Melody," and diamond if West's lead was from 277 Cecilia Parker, who played Greta Garbo's sister in The Painted Veil"
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doubleton; but if West had a singleton diamond, this method would fall-the establishment of the diamond suit by straightfor- ward means would be, impossible, and the squeeze the only resort. In either, case, however, the pre- The Thirteenth Guest," a Mono- to draw trumps and
liminary play would be the same then gram screen production of Armit-attack the diamonds. age Trail's published murder my-
South played the Ace, King stery, with Ginger Rogers as the and ten of spades. West won heroine and Lyle Talbot as a private with the Jack and returned a investigator, is being screened a heart, which South won with the the Alhambra Theatre to-day.
King
Miss Rogers has the unsuzi role South now led the spade nine, of a murdered person who comes drawing West's last trump, and back to life. The scene opens in on this Dummy discarded the an abandoned house, where a my club four East in the mea sterious death had taken place at time had parted with three a dimmer party thirteen years be hearts, including the one he play- fore. With two murders to aced on his partner's lead of that count for, suspicion is directed on suit, and one cinb..
all the surviving guests of the Now South led to the diamond fatal, dinner party. The solution, Ace, and it became clear when however comes to a sensational West discarded that East had fimat, engineered by Lyle Talbot held originally five diamonds and Other stars in this gripping --that the suit could not be estab stery are 1 Farrell McDonald, fished by Frances Bich, Ethel, Wales, Eddie there
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相星
Phillips James Eagles and "William Davidson.
Therefore one line of play
Ken Harvey.
When I grow too old to dream
("The Night is Young")
Evelyn Laye (Soprano)
Humorous
If you pretend you're Blue
Murgatroyd and Winterb Vocal
My Gal Sal
Songs...
Ida sweet as Apple Cider
The Mills Brothers
Radio Request·
Les Allen (Baritone) Husmorous-
The
of 2-in Frank Crummit. Vocal Duets
Fá do the most extraordinary Things Let's Lay our heads together.
Frances Day and Arthur Riscoe.
Orchestra
Rio Rita-Selection
You're always in my arms
3.56-9 pmDrury Lane Pamio- mine Menories" sung by The Columbia Light Opera Company
9-9.30 p.m.--Band Music, Zampa--Overture- (Herold) Entry of the Boyards March
Swastika Marca
The Gondoliera Selection
(Gilbert & Sullivan) Reminiscences of Scotland
{azz. Godfrey)
9.30 p.m. - 12 midnight Hong Kong Hotel Dance Orchestra.
10 pm-Beuter Press Bulletins, Be- salts of Hong Kong Lawn Bowls Asso- cistion League Matches (
19.30 p.m.- Euzby Mid-day Press News
12 midnight-Close Dawn
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