THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 15, 1937."..
Pianoforte Rubinstein
Recital
Today's Wireless
12.30-2.15 p.m.-European Programme. 12.30 p.m.-Raie da Costa Memories. 12.50 p.m.-Frances Day (Soprano) in
three songs.
1 p.m.-Local: Time Signal and Wen-
ther Report.
1.03 p.m. The, New Light Symphony
Orchestra.
1.30 p.m.-Reuter Press, Rugby Press; Local: Weather Forecast, Time and Announcements.
1.40 p.m.-Violin Recital by
Elman.
1.55 p.m.---Vocal Gems.
2.15 p.m.-Close Down.
5-8 p.m.-European_Programme.
Mischa
5 p.m.-Relay of Dance Music from
the Roof-Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel.
6 p.m.-From the Studio.
Children's Concert.
ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's
Food For Thought
ZEK 640 k.c's.
Waltz-
Minuet and Trio (from Fantasia, 9.45 p.m.~Variety Itėms.
Sonata in G Major, Op. 78), Vocal (Schubert).
Prelude in C Sharp Minor, Op. 3,
No. 2 (Rachmaninoff).
7.30 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quota- tions and Hong Kong Exchange Market Report.
7.35 p.m.-New Mayfair Orchestra.
Bellad Memories.
Love Tales.
"Toad of Toad Hall”
(Fraser-Simson).
Selection
Jerome Kern Melodies, (arr. Hen-
ry Hall).
8 p.m.-Local: Time Signal, Weather
Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-From the Studio.
Chinese Concert.
6.30 p.m. The Berlin State Opera Or-11 p.m.-Close Down.
chestra with Elsie Suddaby (So- 8.05-11
prano). Orchestral-- ·
p.m.-European
programme
from ZEK on a frequency of 640 kilocycles.
Polonaise No. 2 (Liszt, arr. Mul-18.05 p.m.-Vocal Gems.
ler-Berghaus).
Soprano Solos→
Nymphs and Shepherds (Purcell). My mother bids me bind my hair
(Haydn).
Orchestral-
"Jubel"-Overture (Weber).
Soprano Solo-
Cradle Song (Schubert).
Orchestral-
"The Bartered Bride"
(Smetana).
Soprano Solo--
Overture
The Almond Tree (Schumann),
Orchestral
"Helen" (Offenbach, arr. Korngold). Columbia Light Opera Company. "The Student Prince" (Romberg).
Light Opera - Company. Some of my Songs.
Mabel Wayne.
8.25 p.m.-Piano Medley by Renara.
"Sweet Adeline" Medley.
Rhythm of the rain, introducing
"Valentine,"
Polly Wolly Doodle
Mae Questal.
Accordeon
Stars and Stripes for ever-March.
George Scott-Wood. --
Vocal-
One Night of Love.
Master Robert Harris
Soprano).
(Boy
Hawaiian-
Maybe it's the moon.
Frank Ferera's Hawaiian Triol. Vocal-
There's no one with endurance.
Frank Crumit, (Comedian).
10 p.m.-Dance Music.
Fox-Trot-
Tain't no use. Poor Dinah.
Empty Saddles. Supposing.
What's On
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From London
Topital Talks
Say that you will not forget. Sweet Mary Rose.
Fox-Trot~-
Bring em back alive.
Just as long as the world goes
round and around.
He kissed Maggie, Maggie kissed
him back.
Quick-Step
We're friends again,
Slow Fox-Trot-
Poor Butterfly.
Waltz
Vienna, City of my dreams. Fox-Trot
Say the word and it's yours. Everything's in rhythm with my
heart.
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There isn't any limit to my love. I don't want to make history. Goody-Goody.
It's been so long. Waltz-
"Poeme.
11 p.m.Close Down.
At the Cinemas
AT THE ALHAMBRA A Doctor's "Under Cover of Night" with Diary", with John Brent, Helen Bur-mund Lowe, Florence Rice, Sarah Ha- Ed- gess, George Bancroft and Ruth Cole den and Nat Pendleton. One of the most man. A gripping drama of medical unique mystery stories to reach the ethics and life behind the scenes in a screen. The story is placed in a great large Metropolitan Hospital and a College with a background of science Zing! went the strings of my heart.doctor's struggles between love and for the mysterious crimes. This is “un- "Glamorous Night" Waltz Medley. duty.
usual and stirs the interest from the 8.40 p.m. Potpourri of Waltzes play.
start with Lowe as the sleuth. ed by Marek Weber and His
Com- Or-
AT THE QUEEN'S — “Music Hathing to the King's. chestra.
Charms", with Henry Hall's famous and An B.B.C. Dance Band; W. H. Berry, Ar- "Mind Your Own Business." With
thur Margetson and Carol Goodner. Interlude British
A Charles Ruggles, Alice Brady Lyle picture, something new in Talbot, Benny Baker and Frankie each linked up logically with the main who has bees in his bonnet as well as films in which there are four stories Darro. The tale of a nature writer of theme showing the effect of Henry his column and a wife who gets him Re-Hall's dance music on different persons. into a tangle that it takes a general alarm to unravel. Coming to the Queen's.
Torch Dance No. 1 in B Flat Ma-8.55
jor (Meyerbeer).
p.m.-London-News
nouncements.
7.10 p.m.-Pianoforte Recital. by Ar-9.15 p.m.-London--Musical
thur Rubinstein.
Polonaise No. 2 in E Flat Miner,
Op. 26, No. 2 (Chopin). Polonaise No. 3 in A Major, Op.. 40,
No. 1 (Chopin).
BRIDGE NOTES
out."
(Recorded).
9.23 p.m.-London-Food for Thought'
Three Short Talks on matters topical interest. (Electrical cording).
By ELY CULBERTSON
Plot And Counterplot
South, dealer.
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Both sides vulnerable.
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AT THE ORIENTAL-"Rhythm on the Range", with Bing Crosby; Frances Farmer, Bob Burns and Martha Raye. Bing Crosby needs no introduction and the rest of the cast are all outstanding in this lively musical comedy.
“Roadhouse,'
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AT THE MAJESTIC—“Evelyn Pren- tice," another fine M.G.M. picture, with William Powell and Myrna Loy, you'll like this. you saw them in "The Thin Man,"
COMING PICTURES
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Gladys
"Champagne. Waltz", with Swarthout, Fred MacMurray. Oakie
Jack and Herman Bing. Gladys Swarthout's excellent singing is a major feature, but a bright film, it in- AT THE KING'S "One Rainy cludes humour, a touch of pathos and “Just my luck!" was the growl This was a fine play since, had he Lupino and Roland Young, United heard for a long while. The musica Afternoon", with Francis Lederer Ida some of the most delightful music that arose from the West player in kept the queen South would have Artist picture in which Francis Lederer background is provided by Strauss to-day's hand. "I've waited for led a low club and let the queen and Roland Young give outstanding Waltzes. Coming to the Oriental. three months to get a chance to hold. The clubs then would be performances. It's all about a stolen make a particular play, and when it established.
kiss in a Paris cinema and the result- "Hearts Divided," ing complications provide one of the Davies, Dick
with Marion finally came along, what happened? Declarer next led a low club, best comedies shown here for weeks.
Powell, Claude Rains. I had to be playing against you, hoping that West had started with
Charles Ruggles, and Edward Everett Horton. Prince Jerome Bonaparte de and you found a way to wriggle the doubleton queen-jack. West AT THE STAR-Violet Loraine and fies his brother, the Emperor Napo
played his nine and declarer aban-the ever-popular Gordon Harker in leon, for the love of his Baltimore The object of his remarks, the doned his first line
a Gaumont-British
sweetheart, Betty Patterson. Coming of play and cess.
to the Oriental South-player, grinned and soothed started on his second. He won his friendly enemy's ruffled feel-with-dummy's king and returned a
"Banjo on My Knee."With Barbara ings. It was tough luck of a sort diamond for the finesse of the
Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Helen West that does not often occur.
Ifley, Buddy Ebsen, Walter queen. When the queen held the
Catlett, declarer saw that there was much
Katherine de Mille and Anthony Mar- tin. A thrill musicale, depicting the less chance of dropping the diamond
tragi-comedy that is the life story of king on the second lead of the suit
the river-boat people on the Mississippi. than that another ́plan would suc-ter and June Lang in a thrilling story
"White Hunter"—with Warner Bax-Coming to the Queen's. ceed, namely; that if he were to of two people amid the menace of present West with his spade tricks, | savage eventually the diamond lead would Queen's. have to come up to his tenace. The only chance for this plan astray was that West might have Prize play. The story of a woman "Charlie Chan at the Race Track”, started with more than five spades. who lived for the strongest love ever with Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Helen To get an approximate count on
conceived and makes you hate her as Wood, Thomas Beck and Gavin Muir. you never hated a screen player before Another typical Chan mystery, but West's distribution, therefore, de- Coming to the King's Theatre.
one of the best coming to the Oriental clarer cashed his three heart |tricks, and noting that West follow- ed suit and that he had previous- ly shown two clubs, declarer- de- cided that the spade throw-in was his: best bet. Obviously, the plan 2 no trump Pass 3 no trump (final bid) worked, West took his four spades West opened the jack of spades, and then had nothing left to lead and South won with the queen. A but a diamond:⠀ glance at the dummy showed him
NORTH
S.-7 4.
H.-10 7 4
D.-9 5 2
C.-K 10 7 42
WEST S.-A J 10 9 5
H-J 8 5
D.-10 7 3 C.-Q.9
EAST S.-6.3 2 H-9 63 2 D.-K 8 4 C. J 6 3 SOUTH S.-K Q 8 HAK Q D-A Q J 6
C.-A 8 5
The bidding:
South
West North
མ་ན
East
two chances for his contract. If
TO-DAY'S QUESTION
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"Pennies From Heaven" with Bing passions. Coming to the Crosby, Madge Evans, Edith Fellows and Louis Armstrong. The gayost fun-show of the new season Coming Rosalind to the King's.
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Wife"--with
The Pulitzer
"Craig's to go Russell and John Boles.
West could be forced to hold a club Question: Is it proper for a play- trick the spade king would be safejer as a matter of faith and courtesy from attack and the club suit could to tap the cards rather than cut be brought in. Failing that the them?
diamond suît might produce three Answer:: No. The laws require tricks, provided East could be kept that the cards be cut. Without out of the lead.
this cut the deal is invalid. It is
South laid down the ace of clubs not a sign of faith or courtesy to and West rose to the occasion by refrain from cutting cards, since no hastily getting rid of his queen.¡distrust is implied by the cut.
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