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“BOULDER DAM”—QUEEN'S
THEATRE
The picture is
based on
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1936
Cinema Notes From:
The Theatres
"PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER" KING'S AND ALHAMBRA
THEATRES
BRIDGE NOTES-
Deception : As A Fine Art By Ely Culbertson
RADIO
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME
NAVAL CAREER RUINED
Stole To Buy Child A Birthday Gift
CRIME CONILD NOT BE
OVERLOOKED
Because he was compelled to dis-||
AT THE
TO-DAY- ONLY
MAJESTIC
GREATEST COMEDY
OF THIS
the appoint his little daughter on her OR ANY OTHER YEAR
The following programme will [be broadcast to-day from
In many years 17, and around, the bridge table I have encounter- ed scores of magnificent play The loveable lad
of David Ferhaps I have a distorted artists Kong Broadcasting Station birthday Chief Petty Officer (Wri- ZB.W. on wavelength of 355 ter) Arthur Stanley Bettison, aged Copperfield."
|36, of Chicago-avenue, Gillingham, of "The tic sense, but I must confess that
ruined a 20 years' honourable informer-that's the team Darryl they appealed to me as pure beau- metres, (345 K.C.'s).
career in the Navy. He pleaded F. Zanuck's 20th Century studio y comparable to a delicate line
guilty at Marylebone last month brings together for the first time of poetry or strain of music,
the star
in this gallant, stirring tale of My enthusiasm reached its high-
The est mark when the hand which (romance and adventure.
principal figure in the tale is jam presenting to-day was brought Victor McLaglen, az adventurer to my attention. For sheer bril who loves to fight and fights for lance along perchological lines, I ja price-until he meets the little never have seen its equal,
lad who can pierce his tough South, dealer.
North-South vulnerable.
shell.
Then he learns how to fight for something he loves.
Just as this blustering warrior
re
is reaching the end of his sources in Paris, he is hired by revolutionists of a little Kingdom. to carry away their king.
WEST
NORTH SQ973 ELAK 73 C. K962 C.-10
McLaglen takes the job, but he
S. K J. 10 S has not been told that the king.
H. J 9 8 2- With his aide,| is a little boy.
D. None
Michael Whalen, they break into C. J 9 7 6 4 the palace and abduct Freddie Bartholomew, the boy monarch, and Gloria Stuart, who had burst. fin on them.
In a mountain hideaway, a greati friendship springs
be- up
braggart
tween
the blustering
of a soldier and the delicate and brave lad. while Whalen proves susceptible to the charms of Miss Stuart.
The fortune of revolution veers and the king is recaptured and McLaglen sent to a gaol to await jexecution.
EAST
S. 6542
H. Q 64 D. ST 43 C. $ 3:
SOUTH
S. A
H. 10 5
D. AQ J 10 5
C. AK Q3 2
The bidding:-
West South
North East diamond 1 spade 2 clubs Pass 2 spades Pass 4 diam's Pass 5 hearts Pass
4 no trump Pass
Daventry--The Arrival of the Queen Mary at New York Variety Concert from Stadio 12.30-210 pm-Europem Proto stealing articles worth £15 Is gramme.
2d from Messrs. Selfridge's store. 1230 p.m.-Excerpts from Musical Oxford-street, W. Comedy.
2 p-Local: Time Signal Weather Report
and
103 pm-New Light Symphony Orchestra.
1.25 p.m.-Reuter Press Bulletins, Rugby Preas News, Local: Weather forecast, time and announcements.
The articles consisted of a clock, six pairs of socks, pair of shoes, picture, cap, two ekirts, two balls, dressing-case, case of mugs, two dolls, three parses. card game, blouse, toy motor and two pairs of slippers.
that Lt. Cmdr. Parrott stated Bettison had the highest possible “A character. He had risen as high branch as he possibly could in a which entailed almost entirely
140 pm-A Relay of the Sotary: Club Tin Speech from the Hong Kong Hotel Roof Garden-Miss E Picton-Turbervill, O.BE Women's Day in Parliament.”
On
2.10 pm (Approx).-Close Down. 4-7 p.m.-Chinese Programme. 7-11 p.m.-European Programme.
7 pm--A Relay from Daventry.
A Commentary on the arrival of the "Queen Mary" at New York (Electrical Recording).
positions of trust.
Purse Missing
Bettison, in evidence,
declared
that he came to London to meet his
7.40 pm The London Palladium wife and buy his daughter a
Orchestra.
Sunset (Mart)
Dawn (Matt)
The Phantom Melody (Ketelbey)
bicycle. At Charing Cross he dis-
covered that his purse was miss-ļ ing.
"I was feeling murderous to-
Bells across the Meadow (Keteibey) wards the thief who had taken my
Moontime (Collins).
8 p.m.-Local: Time Signal, Wea-purse." he added. "It prevented
ther Report, Stock Announcements.
Quotations and me from buying the present.' I
805 p.m.-Three Songs by Hilde garde
1. For Me, for you.
Z
I belive in Miracles.
3.
no trump Pass 7 diam's Pass no trump [final bid]
:
could not have been in my right mind, for I could not take them home."
2
Te
Eddie
CANTOR
Strike Me Pink
Mr. Ivan Spell, the magistrate, Isaid Bettison. had ruined
markable character by his act. He could not overlook it, and the sentence would be one month's im- T.prisonment.
Listen to the German Band. 8.15 p.m--From the Studio. The 1st of a series of Talks Gilbert and Sullivan Operas
Partnership. Early Stages of the (with musical illustrations), by F. Rya
8.45 p.m.-Octets.
Let it be understood that I most The royalists, how heartily disapprove the bidding. the lever, foment"a plot to do away which was nothing short of fan- building of this mighty project, with Freddie Bartholomew them astic. The hand happened to be and the lives of the daredevil selves. When word reaches Me-played in a match-point duplicate Hearts and Flowers (Toban?) workmen who blasted their way Laglen, he breaks from the gaolame in which honours are not The Wedding of the Rose (Jessel) through solid rock and scaled the In a hair-raising climax, he
recounted] and South was out for a Nocturne in E flat Major (Chopin). walls hundreds of feet above the
his Spring Song (Mendelssohn) scues his little pal, redeems him-top" on the board, hence
9 pmA Relay from Daventry. ¡river.
self for his earlier misdeeds and choice of no trump rather than the La Cinquantaine (Marie) brings the picture to a happy diamond grand slam, which quite News Bulletin and
at Godown No. 23 Lower, The ture by singing two songs special- Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf &ly written for the production by the noted song team of Mort Dixon! Godown Co., Ltd.
and Allie Wrubel.
A Quantity of MISCELLANEOUS GOODS
comprising:-
Brass,
conclusion.
the
of actual armyplanation, certainly not an excuse. Match from Lord's Cricket Ground,
of fortune,
"MILLIONS IN THE AIR”—.
STAR THEATRE
If was unthinkable that an x-
by
Piano.
Lee Wong (Vocal).
Ronnie Edwards (Xylophone).
10 p.m.-Big Ben:
10.15 pm-Light Orchestral Selec-: tions.
Obstination (arr. Crook)"
Tango Hababera (arr. Hartley) Moya, Lovely. Moya (Peter) Come to the Ball (The Quaker Girl) Hungarian March Potpourri Spring in Japan-Waltz Blossom Dreams-Waltz Response Malevo-Tango
10.45 p.m.--Dance Music.
11 p.m.-Close Down
with
ETHEL
MERMAN, SALLY EILERS PARKYAKARKOS
& WILLIAM FRAWLEY and gapeout Gelderya Otris Directed by Harmen Toureg
Reimesed thru UNITED ARTISTS
·ARE
YOU GOING ON LEAVE?
Death faced these dynamic
Announce workers at every turn and many
obviously would have been a layments (Copyright by Bester).
Middlesex of their deeds of heroism, depicted
9.20 p.m.-Cricket: The supporting cast, which down. However, this was the ex-
Sussex. A commentary оп in this film, will go down in the. history of this great undertaking. numbers dozens
West, who was to the declarer's Londen. The picture is crammed with officers and soldiers
features Constance Collier, C.knowledge an excellent player, 9.33 p-From the Studio. dynamic drama, daredevil action, Henry Gordon, Pedro De Cordoba opened the six of clubs. Before
A Variety Concert heroic deeds and thrilling in-
3 single card, either cidents in addition to its romance. and Lumsden Hare. The amusing he played
Patricia Ellis, who takes the dialogue and screen play are the from the dummy or his own hand. Doreen Ma and George Bond on two
the situation lead, opposite Ross Alexander, works of scenarists Gene Fowler declarer studied
carefully. In sight were five dia- adds colourful touches to the pic and Howard Ellis Smith.
monds, one spade, two beart, and three club tricks, a total of eleven. should If dummy's ten of clubs hold, another trick would be add- thir- This farcical rumance which ed. But where to get the Ross Alexander portrays
afteenth?, shirking, disgruntled automobile Paramount has turned out as mechanic, cocky and sure of him-gentle jibe at prevailing radio self. In a fist fight with his boss. amateur programmes, by virtue pert such as West could have led Iron Pipes; Round, square & fat the latter strikes his bead in such of its variety, has everything that a low club from four to the jack! is needed to make first-class en-against a seven no trump contract. Bars; Rivets; Nails, Iron Plates
a way that it kills him.
Such a lead would be a bridge sa- Tubes & Sheets;
The mechanic fees, and in his tertainment.
From the first to the final gong crilege. Then, if the ten were to Aluminium. Wire Ropes, Hoops, wanderings gets to the Boulder
The hold, the club suit still would not Rails. Galvanized Sheets, Steel Dam. There he meets the pretty this picture moves swiftly.
itbreak. But if West, if he ac- Angles, Zinc Plates, Hard Ware, dance-hall singer and is inspired amateur-hour.
be per- Machinery, Metal Goods, Padlocks, by love to make something of him- possible for the producers to intually had a long clut suit and a
about 3 dozen dif-stopper in hearts, could Old Scrap Tin Plates, Paper, Old self. He is recognised by his troduce
all suitably fused suaded that the latter suit was Newspapers, Tobacco & Tobacco rival (Lyle Talbot), who gives him ferent acts.
which the vital one to guard, success ine- Leaf, Flour, Canned Goods, Malt-24 hours to quit town. An unfor- into the main ed Milk, Raisins, Medicine, Glass seen and most unusual incident concerns the romance of a young vitably would follow.
The ten of clubs was played only South Bottles, Rubber-Shoes, Earthern-occurs which changes the aspect saxophone player and the daught-
after all this reasoning -- radio programme's ware, Class Ware, Japanese Croc of the picture and brings it to aler of the
could not afford to allow the play: kery, Cotton Goods, Piece Goods, smashing climax. Perfumed Soap, Fertilizer, Fodder, Supporting Miss Ellis, Ross Wendy Barrie and John Howard to come to his own hand before When the ten Printing Ink, Paint, Sandalwood, Alexander and Lyle Talbot in the have the romantic leads. George going into His huddle without ex-
citing suspidon, one 02 Fish Oil, Sulphuric Acid cast are Eddie Acuff, Henry Barbier, unquestionably
was not covered by East, declarer Ammonia, Acetic Acid, Chlorate of O'Neill, Egon Brecher, Eleanor the finest character
promptly overtook the trick with Potash, Fire Crackers, etc., etc. Wesselhoeft, Joseph Crehan, Olin stage or screen, is the soap-selling his queen! Then he proceeded to
And there is no end Howland, William Pawley, Ronnie sponsor.
run five diamond tricks. and
of comedy in the picture, con- Cosby and George Brekston.
How could West, despite his ex- tributed mainly by Willie Howard, pertness, fall to be fooled? I Dave Chasen and Benny Baker, discarding to the diamonds, what thrown player would not have away his clubs, counting declarer for A KQ lank, in order to zuard the heart suit? West was And
Jute.
5 Cases Singlets."
2 Cases Electric. Goods.
4 Cases Tennis Rackets.
2 Radio Tubes.
1 Case Cinema Parts.
"THE MILKY WAY" -
ORIENTAL, THEATRE
Harold Lloyd timidly makes his
4 Packages Neon Sign Equip way from milkman obscurity to
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"STRIKE ME PINK.......
MAJESTIC THEATRE
This lavish $1,500,000 produc not clairvoyant - he fell! mount picture, The Milky Way" tion, featuring Ethel Merman, the grand she became a laydown He bridges the gap between Sally Ellers, Parkyakarkus and with all five clubs, five diamonds, self-doubt and the instincts of the William Frawley and a glorious wo hearts, and one spade. killer. Trouble comes to the spec-new array of Goldwyn Girls, casts tacled comedian when two drun- Eddie Cantor as a timid little col- ken fighters take a dislike to him.lege tailor whose secret passion One swings at him but Lloyd, both for a glamorous night club singer. frightened and fast on his feet, in the person of Miss Merman.
For the infirmation of visitors, manages to duck, The middle-moves him to take
the full dence course in personal magne the following list of some of the weight champion gets
Mouse, highest point on the Island and brunt of the blow intended for tism, entitled "Man
What Are You?"
Mainland is ablished:— the milkman, and is knocked out.
Then he inherits the manage-]
KLAND
Lloyd takes credit for the punch,
a correspon-
or
and henceforth must make good ment of a huge amusement park and repeat his prowess in the ring and becomes involved
with
神
as a title contender. Hilarity isang of slot-machine racketeers
the keycote of this picture.
who have put every previous manager "on the spot."
The supporting cast of players
Highlights of the musical are consists of Adolphe Menjou,a thrilling, laugh-loaded comedy Verree Teasdale, Helen Mack chase on a Giant Roller William Gargan, Dorothy Wilson and a wild halloon 'ascent,
with and George Harbier
Eddie and Farkyakarina in the
Coaster
The direction was handled by basket and the gangsters at the Leo MacCarey, who calls Lloyd controls.
the most genuine comedian of the (Continued at foot of Preceding century.
Column.)
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