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VIRGINIA GREY OTTO KRUGER „CAUBREY SMITH. Dnected by W. 5. VAN DÈRE 11
Produced by HUNT STROMBERG
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COMING EVENTS
MAY
25-Tides: High 13.50 a.m. and 11.08 E. Low 4.29 30. and 6.30 p.m. Bunrise: 5.38 am.. Sunset: 7 p.m. YMCA. Swimming OBIL 9
K.C.C. to present "Orders Are Or ders, 9.18 p.m.
HE. Jockey Club'y Sixth Extra Race Meeting 2 pm
Exhibition of Paintings at Cathedral Hall, 10 am-7 pm.
Waltz-Alice Blue Gown-Hengy Jac- ques and His Orchestra Fox-Trot-pm. The Sheik of Araby-Nat Gonells and His Georgians. Rumba The Lady In Red fim In Caliente')-Gersido and His Rumba Orchestra. Slow Fax-Trot The Japanese Sandman-Joe Daniels and His Hot Shots in Drumanteld
“Drumnasticki Fox-Trot-Night and Day-Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra Walte FLK Police Res. Chinese Company Marie LouiseEddie Carroll and His dinner dance, Pen. Hotel, 8 pm. Music.
REW.O.'s and Bergta Mess: Whist Slow Fox-Trot-Tes for Tvō; Quickstep-Somebody Stole My Cal-Drive and Dance, 8.30 pm Joe Daniela and His Hot Shots in A BBC. RECORDING OF
"Drumnasticks". "THE FOL-DE-BOLS"
tionalle film Everything in Rhythm'm; Low 5:08 am and 7.15 pm.
Harry Roy.
and His Orchestra.
Sunrise: 5.38 a.m.; Sunset: 7.41 p.m. "Mme. Butterfly" Act 3 -
Tango Marilou The B.B.C. Danco
DAY OF NATIONAL PRAYER, 12.15 p.m. Short Service of Inter-Orchestra.. Fax-Trot Chloe--Benny
Wah Yan Past Students' Assn. ression.
Goodman and His Orchestra Fox-
Sports Meeting, Caroline Hill, 10 km. 12.30 Frances Langford (Vocal) and Trot-Sweet Sue-Fred Jackson and
---1 p.m. Mantovani and His Orchestra.
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TODAY
His Orchestra.
Ballroom
For-Trot - Interna-
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11.00 London Relay London Log Fox-Trot- Never Knew Heaven Could Speak (film 'Rose of Washing
11.15 New Dance Music, ton Square"); Slow Fox-Trot-My Prayer-Mantovani and His Orchestra,
Quicksteps-It's A Lovely Day To I've Got You Under My Skin (Aim morrow; Good Morning (im Babes 'Born to Dance-Frances Langford Arus)Victor Blyester and Bis
Orchestra. Slow Fox-
Orchestra. Fax-Trots-How Vocal with Trot-Hére's To Romance (from the
Many Times?: Oh
Johnny, Alm): Quickstep-Midnight In Paris Johnny, Oh-in Tucker and His (Alm Here's to Romance)-Manto- Orchestra. Party Dance_Knees
hestra Mother-Brown: Waltz-Who's Taking FUDI BA HIS Tipica "Orchestra:- Won't Tell A Soul (Parker, Charles):
rker, Charles): You Home Tonight? Mantovani and Get Out of Town (Cole Porter His Music-for Dancing. Fox-Trots- Frances Langford (Vocal) with Or-In The Still of the Night; Riverboat chestra. Fox-Trots Moorspun Shuffle--The Casa Loma Orchestra. Dreams; Love's Berenade-Mantovani Fox-Trots--I Want The Walter: My and His Tipica Orchestra.
Wubba Dolly-Lew Stone and His Band, Waltz-When Penelope Prin
By: Fox-Troi-Sale In Heart-Lew Stone and His Band. Fox- Only Had A Brain (Alm Trots-If I only Wizard of Oz If I Only Had A Heart (alm Wizard of Os-Victor Young and His Orchestra.
1.00 Local Time Signal and Wes-Passes ther Report.
1.03 The Kentucky Minstrels. True T Death (Scott Gatty): Whisper und I Shall Hear (Piccolo min-with Herbert Dawson at the Organ. Soloist: John Duncan,
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1.13 De Groot and His Orchestra,
Zinetta (Geeh}); When The Great Red Dawn Is Shining (Sharpe). On A Dreamy Suramer Night (Kreme); Chanson Bohemienrie (Boldi), Erstes Waltzer-Potpourri (Robrecht),
1.30 Beuter and Rugby Press, Wea- ther Forecast and Announcements
1.45 Swing Music.
12.00 midnight Close down.
TOMORROW
DVORAK'S CONCERTO IN
·B MINOR, OP101 Music of Schubert
10.30 to 11:30 am Relay of Maru-
12.15
Recording--
Love is Where You find It (Alming Service from the Union Church
B.B.C. .n.m. 'Garden of the Moon': They Say— MEdred Bailey and Her Orchestra. "Breakfast with the Batinches." Make Believe; I Always Be In Love With You-Benny Goodman and His Orchestra. Dark Eyes: A Brown Bird Singing. Maxine Sullivan, with Or 12.45 Eric Coates--"The Three chestra. And The Angels Sing. Rose
A Programme by Ursula Branston with Music by Various Composers. Production by William Maclurg.
of Washington Square-Benny Good-Men" Sulte.. man and His Orchestra.
2.15 Close down.
Crosby,
6.00 Variety
Bing with Ruth Elting, The Boswell Shiers, and Others.
Light Symphony Orchestra conduct- ed by The Composer.
3.00 Local Time Signal and Wes- ther Report.
26-Tides: High 144 am. and 1141
"Y.M.O.A: Mixed Swimming. 9 a.m.; Discussion Group, 9 pm. -- Speaker: Rev. J.-R. Higgs.
Catholle Cathedral: Celebration of Corpus Christ! Festival, 5 p.m.
Kowloon Union Church Anniversary Bervices.
Chinese Operetta Dress Rthearsal, 69. Robinson Road, 2.30 p.m.
27-Tides: High 2.39 a.m. and 12.13 P.; Low 5:49 am and 8.62-yim.
Sunrise: 5.38 a.m.; Sunset: 7.02 .p.m. China Emporium, Ltd, Anhua) Meeting and third drawing for de bentures. 4 p.m.
Exhibition of Paintings at Cathedra? Hall, 10 am...
Y.M.C.A.: War Work. 10 a.m.; Ser vice Whist Drive, 8.30 p.m.
28-Tides: High 337 a.m. and 12.35 pm: Low 645 am, and 8.58 p..
Sunrise: 338 a.m.; Sunset: 1.03 pm, Sino-American Inst. of Cultural Relations. Annual Meeting. Chinese Merchants' Club, 3.30 p.m.
Wm. Powell, Ltd: Annual Meeting, 8. Des Voeux Rd: 12.15 p.m.
Exhibition of Paintings at Cathedral. Hall. 10 .m-7 p.m.
TMCA: Bridge Class, 10 am: Australian Society's Social Evening. 8.30 pm: Mixed Swimming, 6 p.m.
29-Tides: High 4.35 am and 1,50 p.m.; Low 7.59 a.m., and 9.45 p.z.
Sunrise! 137 am; Sunset: 7.02 p.m. Choral Group to present "Cavalleria Rusticaña at King' Theatre.
FK Auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible Society, Annual Meeting. Cathedral Hall 5.15 pm.
Y.M.C.A.: Gramophone Recital,' 9
p.m.
30-Choral "Group to present "Cavalleria Rusticana". at King's Theatre.
Indo-China BN. Co, Ltd., Annual Meeting. 12 noon.
Half-Year General Meeting of R.K. Jockey Club, 5.30 p.m.
TMC.A.: Games Morning, 10 am. 31-R.A.O.C. Monthly Dinner-- Speaker: Major R. D. Walker "Ex- plosives and Their Uses
Cheero Club: Grand Variety Enter- tainment. 9 p.m.
Jerome Todd due.
Claims against
estate of Paul
Congregation of HK. University,, Great Hall, 630 p.m.
Recital on. Two Pianos, Peninsuin Hotel. 9.30 p.m.
1.03 New Light Symphony Orches tra with Ins Souez (Soprano). Vocal-Joobalal Tfilm 'Paris Honey- moon"); You're A Sweet Little Head- Want Your Heart (Carter and
Wood): ache (Oli Parls Honeymoon)-Bing | Haydn
Love Everlasting, Crosby with Orchestra. Plana and (Oushing and Frimi)-Ina Squez (90- Whistling Medley
Easter prano) with Orchestra. Incidental Intro: Farade: With every breath I tare: Music to "Mary Boge" (O'Neil)-New His Majesty the Baby: Jane in Jann- Light Symphony Cchestra conducted ary: One good tune deserves another; by Norman O'Neill Love, I Give You The big bad wolf was dead-Ronald My All (from Luana Dowden and Gourley. Vocal-There's Something Besly): Always (from Puritan Lul In The Air (from Banjo on Souez (Soprano) with Orchestra. "The my labyDyrenforth and Smith)-Ina Knee): Goodnight, My Love (from 'Stowaway")-Buth
A Jail phony Orchestra conducted by Will chestri. Yodler Sitting with Or Dubarry-Selection-New Light Sym House (Torran!; Dan. Dan, The Lachner, Yodelling Man (Torrani)-Harry Tor- 1.30 Reuter and Bugby Press, We rant accompanying himself on the ther Forecast and Announcements. Guitar, Vocal-Let Yourself Go (from Follow the Fleet'; I'm Putting All
1.43. Campositions of Dvorak My Eggs in one Basket (from Fel-
Carneval-Overture-London „Sym- | 630 p.in. low the Fleet')-The Boswell Sisters phony Orchestra conducted by Albert Vocal Recital at Teachers Training with Orchestra. Orch-Grandma's Coates. Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104 College. Hospital Rogd, & F.mL Parcel (Roggers-Bend); Macpherson --Pau Cazals (Cello) and 'The Czech Rehearsing
(Sunshine)-Tht Organ. Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by The Dance Band and Me. Vocal- Georg-Szell TUI The Lights of London Shine Again" (Connor-Pola); A Child's Pray- era (Thayer-Leycester)-Phyllis Robins with Orchestra. Orch-1 The Parade of the Tim Soldiers (Jessel); Pros perity Medley. Intro: Great Day: There's a big day coming; Hallelujah Phillip Green and His Orchestra with Male Chorus. Vocal and Piano Where or When? (flim 'Babes in Arms"); There
Dream Goes My (Hencker)-Leslie Hutchinson.
6.58 C'osing local Stock Quota-
Hens
7.00 B.B.C. Recording Breaking Athletic Records."
A talk by Harold Abrahams. 7.15 Miltary Band Music.
2:30 Close down, y
YMCA: Swimming for Business Giris, 5.30 p.m.; Mixed Swimming,
15.18.0. (19.78m.)
7.00 Half an hour with Schubert.
NEWB IN ENGLISH Fantaisie in C Major, Op.15 (“Wan- derer-Edwin Fischer (Piano). The Transmission I--News Bum- Trout; Hedge-Roses; The Young Nun .. Mary
Sophie Braslau (Contralto) with Plano. Rondo in A Major-Henri Temianka (Violin), and the Temianka Chamber Orchestra.
7.30 London Relay-The-News.
Beport and Announcements.
2.00 Local Time Signal, Weather
with Peter Dowson (Bass-Baritone).
8.03 Light Orchestral Programme
Under the Roofs of Paris (from the dim); In the Night (Tete)-De Groot and His Orchestre Destiny (Baynes) Trooping The Colour at the Horse-De Groot and His Orchestra. When Guards Parade--Bands of the House Come Back Home (Rizal); Parted hald Cavalry and the Massed Bands. (Tosti)--Peter Dawson Bass-Bart Drums and Pipes of the Brigade of tone) with Plano and Organ Speak Guarda La Mattchiche (Maxixe to me of Love! (Lends! Poem Borel-Clere, arr. Bilton); La Czarine (Fibich)-Tom Jones and His Orches. Mazurka (Carne)--Regimental Band tra. The Doll Dance (Brown); Flap of HM. Grenadier Guards,
7.30 London Relay-The News, 8.00 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.
Jor,
Closez
(Greer)-Nat Shilkret
11.
Full Bulletin Trans I & II-News Sum-
mary
* Pull Bulletin
do. dio.
Traziamission, V-News Sim-
MARY Full Bulletin
1.00 pum 8.00 p.m.
6.45 pm
7.30 p.m.
9.15 p.m.
12.00 mid-
night
7.30 am.
8.30 ..
SHORT TALKS FROM B.B.C.
(All "Hongkong Time) ""Under Nazi Rule"-On Mondays `st 9.30 pm: reproductions on Tuesdays at 4.15 am and 2.45 pm, and on Wednesdays at 11 and
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Derette His Orchestra.
"The Empire at War"-On Mondays- at 11 p.m.; reproductions on the same Garden Wall" A Sketch .830 B.B.C. Recording--"Over the day at 7.45 am and on Tuesdays at
9 pm, and 245 p.m. 8.45 Selections from Light Opera. 8.43 Half an hour with Grieg.
"Cards on the Table"--On Tuesdays Beggar's Opera" Selection 9.30 p.m.;. reproductions on Wednes Wedding Day-Arthur De Greef (Piano). Norwegian Dance in D Ma-Gay-Austin)-HM Grenadier Guards days at 8 a.m. and 2.45 p.m.
Capt. George Miller. conducted by
In England Now"-On Tuesdays Op.35 Gustave
and The
Miracle"-Belection L'Orchestre Philharmonique de Paris dinck-London Symphony Orchestra on the same days at 6:45 pm, and on (Humper- and Pridays at 11 pm; reproductions Un Reve-Ben:amino Gigli (Tenor) with Organ and Chorus. "The Bor- Wednesdays and
and Saturdays at 415 with Orchestra.. Peer Gynt Suite No. cerer"Vocal Gems (Sullivan)-Light pan. and a p 2. Op.55-New Light Symphony Or-Opera Company with Orchestra. Matters of Moment"--Dra chestra cond. by Eugene GooseZMA, "Belle of New York"-Selection (Ker-days at 11 pm; reproductions on the
–8.35-Edeal import results.
ker)—Band of HM, · Coldstreara same day at 8.45 pm, and on Thurs- 8.37 Puccini's "Madam Butterfly" Guards cond. by Capt. R. G. Evans, days at 1330 am and 4.43 Bam.
to "Background
the News"-Ca 9.15 London Belay-News Summary. Thursdays at 11 p.m.; reproductions Characters and Soloists in order of 8.30 London Relay."Despatch, from on Fridays at 9 am, and 2.45 pun appearance: N. Sheridan. (Soprano) | the Front"
"World Affairs”—On Fridays at 9.30 Cho Cho San; 1 Mannada (Mero
p.m.; reproductions on the same day
Intermezzo and Act IIL
Boprano)--Suzuki, & servant; L. Cecil R43 Brahms Gypsy Songs, Op.183.
Wednes
(Tenor)-Lleut, Pinkerton, USN, V. The Madrigal Singers conducted by at 245 am and on Saturdays at 12.30
Weinberg (Baritone)-Sharpless US Lehman Engel with Piano. Consul: Lomi (Mezzo-Soprano)--Zate
Brahma Variations Pinkerton with Members of La Scala Theme by Haydn St Orchestra and Chorus, Milani.
Chorale" Op.384. ;
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9.57
on
at
p.i.
"London Log On Saturdays a3.30 p.m.; reproductions or the same Antoni day at 11 p.m. and 6.48 a.m. and on
Sundays at 12.30 p.m.
Orchestra
*Vive La France" On Thursdays at
9.15 London Belay--News Summary, Philharmonic-Symphony 9.30 BBC. Recording-The Fol of New York conducted by Arturo 9.30 p.m.: reproductions on the same dr-Bois."
Toscanini.
10.15
Studio Banday Evening
10.35 Close dow
Written and produced by Greatrex Newman Music by Wolseley Charles. Epliogue
10.00 A Programme of Old Dance Favourites.
Fox-Trots-A Broken Doll; Dark- town Strutters' Ball-Darktown Strut- ters. Waltzes That Naughty Waltz; Missouri Waltz-Victor Young, and Els Orchestra, Slow Fox-Trot--Moon-
SHORT WAVE
| light and Roses-Henry Jacques andį CxIIw' His Correct Dance Tempo Orchestra: | 0.8.G Quickstep-Margle: For-Trot --- Ava- 0.5.B. lon-Harry Roy and His Orchestra. 0.8.H.
DAVENTRY
Wavelength
day at 3.48 B.02. on Fridays at 11.45 am.., and on Mondays at 2.45 p.m.
"Political India" On Wednesdays at 7.30 pm.: reproductions on Thus days at
at 2 D.12.
and
on Saturdays at
"From the Western Front"on Bundays at. 9.15 am. 345 pqn., and 1.45 nm.
2.45 p.m.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES Religious, services are broaderat on Sundays at 4.30 am, 11.30 am, and |(18.06mm.) | 3.30 9.m., and on Mondays at 11 am
(15m) The Epilogue is broadcast every Bum- 2147ma. (8157m) "day at 5.43 0.30.
17.700.0
9.51ma
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