THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 20; 1937.
An Hour's Variety Gladys Swarthout
And Billy Mayerl
Today's Wireless
12.30-2.15 pm-European Programme. 12.30 p.m.-An Orchestral Concert.
1 pm Focal: Time: Signal and Wen-
ther Report.
1.03 p.m. The J. H. Squire Celeste
Octet.
1.20 p.m.--Hawaiian Music.
1.30 p.m.-Renter Press, Rugby Press; Local: Weather Forecast, Time and Announcements.
1.40 p.m.--Variety and Dance Music. 2.15 p.m.-Close down.
4-7 p.m. Chinese Programme..
7 p.m.-12 midnight.— European - Pro-
gramme...
7 pm. French Music.
Organ Solo
Sylvia Ballet (Delibes),"
Songs
Marcel Palotti.
Lied (Mendes & Chabrier). Clair de Laze (Verlaine & Faare),
Mme. J. Bathori (Mezzo-
Orchestral
Soprano).
Les Saltimbanques Overture
(Louis Ganze)... Orchestra Sym- phonique du Lutetia Wagram. Songs--
Joli Tambour (Old French song),
Sarthel
BRIDGE NOTES
ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's ::.
La Fille aur Matelots (from film "Sola").
Tu-ne sais pas almer (from film
Sola?)
Damia 'Cello Solo
Piece en forme de Habanera
Maurice Marechal. (Ravel)
7.30 p.m.-Hong Kong Stock Exchange Summary and Exchange Market Re- port.
7.33 p.m.--De Groot and the.Piccadilly
Orchestra.
Albumblatt (Wagner, arr. Hulder). When the great red dawn is shining
(Sharpe),
Zinetta (Geeh!).
The song of songs (Moya),
Romance (Bubinstein),
I love you (Greig).
Only for you (Strong).
On a dreamy summer night (Krome).
8 pm-Local: Time Signal, Weather
Report and Annoucements.
8.03 pm-A Variety Programme.
Vocal
Through the years,
Dusty Road,...
By ELY CULBERTSON
Signposts For Defence
ZEK 640.k.c's.-
Nelson Eddy (Barito Orchestra-
Empire Builders-March, Music from the MoviesMarch, Louis Levy and the Gaumont
British Symphony.
Instrumental
Medley...Tarrant Bailey (Banjo).
Humorous
Play up and pay the dame,
Piano Solo-
Oliver Wakefield.
Dance
Page
Relay From H
Hotel Grillroom
Women in love,
Doris Palmer (Comedienne)~
Piano Solos
Six Miniatures. Billy Mayer's Vocal
-Pennies from Heaven,”
Born to dance-Sélection“,
Organ Solo-
Gipsy Love Song,
Hawaiian-
Turner, Layton.
Sigmand Grungold.
Drifting and dreaming,
Accordeon Salo
Ferera and Pasluhi.
-Stars and Stripes for ever-
March George Scott Wood.
9.15 p.m.London →→ News and An-
nouncements.
9.35 pm-Landon Oddities.
phone Records..
Billy Mayer19.45 p.m.-Excerpts from N
ward's "To«night at 8:30.”
Vocal-
Could I be in love? Paradise in Waltz fime,
Gladys Swarthout (Mezzo-
Soprano).
"Twenty To One"-Selection,
Accordeon Solo-
Indian Love Call,
Toralf Tollefsen.
Indiana....Buck (Piano) and
Organ Solo-
Edward German Selection,
Quentin MacLean
Vocal
Vocal-
Bubbles (Vocal).}
Scene from "Red Peppers",
T
· Gramo-
Gertrude Lawrence & Noel Coward.. Scene from "Family Album”.
Gertrude Lawrence & Noel Coward
10 p.m.-London-Big Ben.**
A Relay of the Dance-- Orchestra from the Grill-Room of the Hong Kong Hotel
12 midnight-Close down
What's On At the Cinemas
AT THE STAR-Crime of Dr. "Sinner Take All-Deals of a news
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*Avenging Water" with Ken” AT THE ALHAMBRA AND nard, Beth Marien-and-Ward-Bond: - A--- QUEEN'S “The Plainsman,” with Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur and James roaring romance of the west packed Ellison, A tensely dramatic and in- spiring epic of America in the making.
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with' spine-thrilling adventures. Com- ing to the "Alhambra.
If there were no necessity for limit in those suits for the defen- partners to exchange information ders. If East, by any chance, had Forbes with Gloria Stuart, Robert paper reparier who solves a strange | Kent and Alan Dinehart. - The story of series of murders and a plot menacing regarding their respective holdings the king of diamonds or a trump two doctors, one of whom contracts an an heiress, with Margaret Lindsay, in order to reach the correct final trick they could not escape. But incurable malady and is put out of his Bruce Cabot and Joseph Calleia. Com-
ing to the King's contract the defenders would find if East had neither the ace of suffering by his associate, themselves with a difficult job on hearts nor, the king of diamonds their hands. Also, contract would only, one plan would avail and that not be the glorious battle of wits was to prepare him for a diamond it now is: The very fact that sub-ruff. South's raise had strongly tle, sometimes even profound in indicated a holding of four dia- ferences may be drawn from the monds, which would leave East Then if East had opponents' bids add enormously to with only one. the psychological aspect of the quick trump control he could ruff game. A good guess may satisfy a second diamond if West held on the dilettante, bat a sound piece to an entry with which to lead that Paris and of the world of reasoning. gives a great deal second diamond. After laying down who coolly chose to accept the favours pion figure skate more pleasure to the earnest stu-the club king West promptly shift-of a wealthy man; then suddenly fell Adolphe Menjou.
ed to a diamond. Dummy won and in love with led": & low spade. East hopped soundly built on the foundation of right up with the ace and return
ed his remaining club, which West the opponents bidding.
won. After that the planned se South, dealer.
cond diamond lead and ruff de- feated the contract.
dent.
In to-day's hand the defence was
Both sides vulnerable; North- South 30 part-score.
AT THE KING'S="Camille", with -“One-In A Million Introduces lage- Greta Garbo and Robert Taylor. Aly Sonja Hemt, Queen
glorious love drama of a woman af Skates, for the s
young Armand.
women fans. In addition
SAT. THE MAJESTIC—“Old Hitch,””
with Wallace Berry, Eric Linden, Ceci- Tia Parker, Elizabeth Patterson and Robert McWade. The adventures of the laziest man in town, following his dis- covery $100,000.
Queen's
Silvery moria
ludes
Coming to
“The Charge Of The Light Brigade” de with Errol Flynn and Olivia Havilland. The former leads the Light Brigade, and the latter a girl tom between the love of two brothers. Coming to the King's
"White Hunter”—with Warner Bax-
It is interesting to note that Air with Gene Raymond and Am AT THE ORIENTAL-“Walking On
while this was the best defence Sothern. Gay film fare is provided in ter and June Lang in a thrilling story available, the declarer could have this hilarious comedy romance.
of two people antid" the nienace of savage offset it by shrewd play of his
Coming to the passions. Queen's
NORTH SJ 952 HQ
WEST
D-A QJ 10 7 4
J7
EAST S-A 8
own. He could have seen that a
diamond ruff was imminent and
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· COMING PICTURES
"Pennies From Heaven with Bing
could have squashed the possibil- Crosby, Madge Evans, Edith Fellows “Reunion.” H-KJ 8 6 5 4 3 2 ity by one of the lesser known safe- and Lours Armstrong The gayest his 3,000th bab D5 D9 3
fun-shows of the ty plays. Instead of leading a
Quints as cek C-AK 106 543C-92
spade at the third trick he should to the King's season. Coming youngsters deci
ing things have led dummy's queen of hearts. "Craig's Wife"--with Rosalind stars, crooks
SOUTH
S-KQ 643 HA 10
DK 86
CQ 8
The bidding.
South West North East
1 spade 2člubs? 2xiam's 2 hearts
3 diam's Pass 3spades 4 hearts
East would cover and the ace Russell and John Boles. The Pulitzer descend on the
Cast includes: would win. Then the ten of hearts Prize play. The story of t should have been led and duramy's conceived and makes you bate her asville, Robert Kent, Alan
who lived for the strongest love ever Hudson, Helen jack of clubs discarded. Instead of you never hated a screen player before the Quintuplets losing a second club trick declarer Coming to the King's Theatre
thus would lose a heart needlessly. -
But the crucial point was that by this seven exchange of losing tricks
4 spades Pazemie Pass Pass declarer would have completely Nondhzywould have been better off out the communications from the
his diamond suits
since We
hanko
figured
to have raised his parizer's spade East to the West hand. Regardless bid directly rather
shows of epäat's return after the ten of arts was passed to him, the con- would have been undefeat- But this play Cover the d of this decifrer - [as tafraid it would bebov the heads
most players]
stand West still deserved credit for ha inge put up the best defence at their that raise comanande do No
there was littlest out the opponents.“ three spades, and in
correct, but, nevertheless, be seen, without nig- South could diamonds, and without East and Wes297ml the defence virtually
As it was, when West opened the club king and his partner play
the derive the
doubt in feste mind as-
rect campaign.
Obviously
TO-DAY'S QUESTIO
Question: If declarer claims re- mining tricks and defend sist he play it out is he #per»
uitbed to take a finesse? ey
er Yer. He must merely state how he intends to play,
club tricks and one heart were the rest of the hand
Queer
THE
Coming
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