Barrie's "The Boy David" From London
THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 30, 1939 -
Today's Wireless
12.12.20 p.m.-Relay of Service of In- tercession from St. John's Cathedral. 12.30 p.m.-Sea Shanties, ¿
A Dollar And A Half A Day; The Hog's Eye Man (arr. Terry); Nous Irons A Valparaiso (Pares & yan Parys); Sclucamunni Sta Lampa (arr. Favara); Storm Along; Roll The Wood-Pile Down (arr. Taylor Harris).....John Goss (Baritone) and Cathedral Male Voice Quartet| with Piano. 12.40 p.m.-Light Orchestral Selections. Tango Habanera (Payan, arr. Hart- ley); Obstination (Fontenailles,
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arr. Crook). .Alfredo Campoli & His Orchestra. The Juggler (Groitzsch); March Of
The Caucasian Chief (from 'Cau casian Sketches' - Ivanov, Finck).....Joseph Muscant & His, Concert Orchestra.
arr.
Polka "Ojra" (Russian Air) Rondo A La Turka (Mozart)...Russian Balalaika Orchestra.
1 p.m.Local Time Signal and Wea-
ther Report.
ZBW 355 M. (845 kc.'s) and 31.49 M. (9.52 megacycles)
Hit Parade No, 3. Intro: Goodnight,[ Angol; My heaven on earth, Have you ever been in Heaven; Why talk about love; Serenade to the stars; So long, sweetheart.....Re ginald Foort at the B.B.C. Theatre Orgau.
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Negro Spirituals.
Work All De Summer; Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel. (arr, Law- renge Brown).... ...with Piano accomp. by Lawrence Brown.. De Old Ark's A Movering (arr. Hall Johnson); Ezekiel Saw De Wheel (arr. L. Brown); Joshua Fit De Battle Ob Jericho (arr. L. Brown)
"Land Without Music-Medley (0. Straus)...Webster, Booth (Ten- or) with The Lindonel Three. 1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press,
Weather Forecast and·· Announce-7.12 ments.
1.40 p.m.-Latest Dance Numbers.
Fox-Trots-Rhythm In The Alpha- bet; Georgia's Gotta Moon...The Six Swingers directed by George Scott Wood with Vocal Chorus.. Tangos-Tango Bolero; Tango
Barnabas Von Geczy & His Orch. Waltzes That Naughty Waltz; Mis- souri Waltz..... Victor Young & His Orchestra with Vocal Chorus. Slow Fox-Trots Sweet. Hawaiian Chimes; Tropic Love.....The Ha- waiian Islanders with Vocal Cho-
rus.
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1.03 p.m.-Webster Booth (Tenor) and
and Reginald Foort (Organ). Sanctuary Of The Heart (Ketelbey); In A Chinese Temple Garden (Ke- telbey)....Reginald Foort playing. on the Organ of the New Gallery Cinema, London. Undivided (Sievier & Thayer); A 2.15 p.m.-Close down.
Bird
Fox-Trots-Siboney; Adios
Ma-
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with Lawrence Brown and p.m.-Selections from Gilbert and Piano accomp. by Lawrence Brown. Sullivan's "The Yeomen of The Guard".
"The Yeomen Of The Guard"—Over- ture. Light Opera Orchestra.. When Maiden Loves, She Sits And Sighs....Nollie Briercliffe (Con- tralto) with Orchestra.
Alas! I Waver. To And Fro....Nellie
Briercliffe, Walter Glynne and Pe-j ter Dawson.
Derek Oldham
Is Life A Boon?.....
(Tenor). Here's A Man Of Jollity......Chorus. I Have A Song To Sing, O!..... Wini-: fred Lawson, George Baker and Chorus,"
Ballet
driguera & His Orchestra with Vo-17.30 p.m.--Gounod's "Faust" cal 'Chorus,
Music, Symphony Orchestra ducted by Henri Busser.
Sang In The Rain (Haydn [6 p.m.-Studio-"Children's Hour”. Wood) Webster Booth (Tenor) 7 p.m.--Closing local Stock Quotations. with Orchestra.
7.02 p.m.-Paul Robeson (Bass) · in
Winning
CONTRACT
(By the Four Aces)
David Burnstine; Merwin D. Maier, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken World's leading Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system that has
beaten every other system in existence.
BRINGING HOME THE BACON
Bouth, Dealer
Neither side vulnerable.
AAK 43 ♡ J.9 8.6-3
◊ 10 7 5
QJ 10 8
7.6 3
A 76
3
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Children's Hour: Rachmaninoff At-
The Piano
very Moon And Golden Sands- Fox-Trot....Roy Fox & His Or chestra with Vocal Refrain. Flor Del Mal (Padilla-Montesinos);
Clavelito Del Genil, (Romero). Raquel Meller (Vocal), with Or- chestra (Sung in Spanish), My First Love Song-Waltz (film "Queen of Hearts'); Would You Waltz (film 'San Francisco').. Roy Fox & His Orchestra with Vo- cal Refrain.
The Empire Depends On You (from 'Under Your Hat')....Cicely Court- neidge (Vocal) with Palace Thea- tre Orchestra, London.
A Beautiful Lady In Blue-Waltz;
Moon For Sale-Fox-Trot.......... Fox & His Orchestra with Vocal ..Roy Refrain.
Sleepy Head (film 'Operator 13'); Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet (Murphy and Wenrich)....The Mills Bro- thers (Four Boys and a Guitar). Sandy, The Dentist Humorous
Sketch (Thomson-Powell).... Sandy- Powell (Comedian).
The Chocolate Soldier's Daughter- Quick-step....Roy Fox. & His Or chestra with Vocal. Refrain. 9.15 p.m.-London Relay-World Af-
fairs, by J. L. Brierly, .O.B.E., Chi-. chele Professor. of International Law in the University of Oxford.
7.47 p.m.-Violin Solos by Fritz Kreis-19.30 p.m.-London Retay-The News
ler.
9.50 p.m.-lachmaninoff at the Piano: The Harmonious. Blacksmith (Han- del); "Midsummer Night's Dream" --Scherzo (Mendelssohn, arr. Rach- maninoff); Troika En Traineaux, Op. 37, No. 11 (Tchaikovsky); Polka De W.R. (W. Rachmaninoff);. Serenade, Op. 3, No. 5 (Rachman- inoff).
Indian Lament (Dvorak-Kreisler);
Slavonic Dance No. 3 in G Majorl (Dvorak-Kreisler); Rondino (On A Theme By Beethoven--Kreisler) with Piano accomp.. by Carl Lamson.
Weather
8 p.m.-Local Time Signal,
Report and Announcements. 8.03. p.m.-London Relay Musical Games', for all children under a hun- dred. Devised by Reginald Burston and compered by Martyn C. Webster. The Midland Revue Orchestra, Lead- er: Norris: Stanley, Conductor: Re- ginald Burston. Have your pencils| and paper. ready!
10.10 p.m.-London Relay-Scenes from The Boy David' by J. M. Barrie. "Saal Awaits' and 'David and Go- liath'. Characters: Jonathan, son of Saul; Ophir, a captain in the army of Saul; Saul, King of Israel; Natham when young; David, son of Jesse. The Armour-Bearer of Goliath; Ab- ner, captain of the Slingers of Israel; Goliath of Gath; Slingers of Israel and Philistines. Production by John Richmond.
8.30 p.m-Variety with Sandy Powell, Cicely Courtneidge, The Mills Bro- thers and Roy Fox & His Orchestra. The Cross-Eyed Cowboy On The
Cross-Eyed Horse-Fox-Trot; Sil- 11 p.m.-Close down.
What's On At the Cinemas
AT THE KING'S "Three Blind, Chinese farmer's rise to wealth and second diamond, winning with the Mice". Gaiety, glamour, and romance power. The brilliant cast includes Paul Jack in his own hand, and led 'the sparkle as three lovely sisters come Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly, Ace and King of diamonds discard-stead in search
into a legacy and leave the Old Home-Tilly Losch, Charley Grapewin, Jessie'
of -husbands. ing dummy's losing club
With Ralph and Keye Luke. on the Loretta Young, Joel McCrea, David fourth diamond. Since, he was Niven, Stuart. Erwin, Marjorie Weaver, fortunate enough to find East with Pauline Moore, Binnie Barnes and Jang four diamonds and both trumps, the Darwell. hand was now home and South had gotten away with his bad Slam contract.
Merwin D. Maier was your part- ner on Saturday, and you held:
2
KQ 10, 743
OAK J9
➡K J 10
The bidding: South
Weat
Norţa East
14
Раза
Pass
Pass
Dbl.
Руда
Pass
Pasa
KJ 9 ♡ A B
7 6 4 J6 32 The bidding: Malar Burnsiane You
Pass 20 Ранч (?)
Schouken
Pass
We don't think much of North's three-heart bid, and our only real criticism against South for
HIGH CARD VALUES
POUR-ACER TYSTOS. ACE... 3 KING QUEEN 1 JACK 1:
AT THE QUEEN'S "Spring Mad- ness", with Maureen O'Sullivan and Lew Ayres in the leading roles, offers a new and sophisticated slant on the AT THE MAJESTIC “Battle of The picture presents the problem of a contemporary American college scene, Broadway". It's Flagg and Quirt again; boy and girl on the threshold of step- Buddies between, battles, these two ping from the campus into a broader Legionnaires on holiday forget all world and faced with the difficulties of about that 20-year old armistice when marriage on a small income.
a girl gives the "glad eye" to both of thom. Victor McLaglen and his new side-kick, Brian Donlevy, Louise Ho- vick, Raymond Walburn, Lynn Bari, Jane Darwell and Robert Kellard..
AT THE ORIENTAL-“The Lone Wolf In Paris." One of those ever popu lar mythical kingdom romances, with ANSWER: Your correct bid is
the Lone Wolf exercising his talents jumping to six is three spades → a strong invitation AT THE CATHAY -
as a jewel thief to save the throne: that
The Good Starring Francis Lederer, Frances perhaps
he to your partner to continue on to Earth A distinguished and beauti- Drake, Walter Kingsford, Albert von fully authentic production of Pearl Dekker, Leona Manicle. and Maurice Buck's novel The story of the poor Cass.
should have shown game, but at the same time allow his spade and dia-ing him to pass if this opening bid mond controls in is an absolute minimum. hopes of getting to Score 100% for three spades, Beven However, 80% for four spades (a good gam- South was not at all ble), 40% for pass, 20% for two sure of his partner notrump, 0 for any other bid. and decided to bid
QUESTION NO, 61) Neither side is vulnerable and
the Slam by direct methods. Fast's
double was of course sound, and if you have 60 on score. You are West had realised that the double Howard Schenken's partner and of a Slam contract calls 1 for an hold:
unexpected lead, he would have
tried either a club or a diamond; and the club lead would have set
the contract.'
However West blindly operied the Queen of spades. “De won with dummy's King,
own hand
a club from his promptly saw there was
„Tho“ bidding goes:
do you bid now ? (Answ
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