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The Ears Play Tricks
By Ely Culbertson
Some of the most amusing in- cidents of the bridge table arise
RADIO VAT 69
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME~-~~
3 wavelength of 355 metres.
The following programme will This English thriller produced from the failure of one of the by British Gaumont is the story of players to hear the bidding cor- be broadcast to-day from the Hany an unusual type of spy drama. It rectly. In the recent tournament Kong Broadcasting Station Z.BW. is full of unexpected situations held in New York by the United on and is so cleverly devised that it States Bridge association my part (845 KC's).. is impossible to foresee the end, ner, Teddy Lightner, caused the ¡except, of course, that one may be following, hilarious incident:
sure the hero will emerge from
his tribulations triumphant.
South West North East
Pass Pass Pass Double! Robert Donat in the lead is ex-
Lightner was East, and thought ceptionally good and is thorough-that South, instead of passing, had ly well supported by Madeleine bid one heart. His untimely dou- confusion. Carroll and Lucie Mannheim inble threw us all into the two leading women's parts. We were not sure what the pen-
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Daventry-Commentary on Second Test Match ZEE Programme.
12.30-215 pm--European recorded programme.
12.30 p.-Dance Music,
1 pm-Local: Time Signal and Weather Report.
1.03 pm-Variety Items. 1.30 p.m.-Renter Press Bulletins. Local: Weather forecast, time and an- councements.
1.40 p.m.-Marek Weber and Orchestra.
LIQUEUR
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2.15 pm-Close Down. 5-8 p.-European Programme. 5-7 p.m.-Dance Orchestra from the Tea Dance in the Hong Kong Hotel
Roof Garden.
7 pm Relay from Daventry.
A
considerable finish and conviction. ment director.
the sinister Godfrey Tearle, as
In rubber bridge. such a double foreign secret serice agent, plays would bar both East and West would be expected of him, from the bidding since East could while Peggy Ashcroft as the crof-not bid and the others all had ter's wife is as sympathetic as passed out. For play in a tour- Big Ben: England v All-India. YOUR VISITING CARDS neatly and CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN & John Laurie, her husband, is hardinament, however, the law cover-commentary by Howard Marshall onį and dour. The producers are to being this point is slightly different, the second Test Match, from Old
Trafford, Manchester. on bringing to-West (I was West) 'is barred, but,
215 - Eulenspiegels Lus- IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that contragulated r MR. D. L. KING will relix-gether a number of artistes who East may bid anything he wishes- tige Streiche" (Op. 28) (R. Strauss) quish, at his own request, his ap-so completely fill the parts alloted If he thinks his side can make a (Till's Merry Franks).
7.32 pmTwo Songs by Mme. J. this to them, working so well together game, he should contract for game pointment as Secretary of
Bathogi (Mezzo-Soprano). Company on July 21st 1936; and that the story is welded into and immediately, for his partner is unti1. Clair-de Lune (Faure).
able to keep the bidding open for that MR. J. C. GUTERRES has barmonious whole.
him and the opponents may choose been appointed to be Acting-Se- cretary of the Company with ef- "MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOW to pass a part-score bid.
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In this case Lightner had a min- imum hand and decided to pass.2 Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur Our loss was not great, since we play the principal parts in this could have made no more than picture, which tells the story of one no trump.
Longfellow Deeds, a rustic young When one considers that man who suddenly falls heir to
1
Lied (Chabrier).
7.40 p.m.-From the Studio Selections by "The Waikiki Trio.” Programme
Alaka falls The Waikiki Blues.
I've found a little grass skirt for my little grass shack in Hawaii 4.Wehi Webi Oc.
5.
Ka Loke.
6.
That's what the lei said to me.
8 p.m.-Local: Time Signal, Wea-
$20,000,000 and goes to New York national championship tournament
two ther Report, Stock Quotations and City against his will to claim hisence ended in a tie between
teams, and another was decided jAnnouncements.
8.05 pm-A Relay from the Po The adventures that be- money.
by the margin of 20 points. gne
Hing Theatre (Chinese). fall him are said to make for some
can realise the importance of keep-
11 p..Close Down
has seen in years.
of the choicest hilarity the screening on one's toes during every 8.05 p... European Programme minute of a tournament and try-from ZEK. on a frequency of 640 He gets mixed up with a girling to make overtricks on
every kilocycles.
$.05 p.m.-Orchestral Music newspaper reporter; goes out on a hand. This same reasoning does Polovsi March "Prince Igor” roaring drunk; feeds doughnuts to not hold true in rubber bridge. a horse to see how many the animal
possible when the
(Borodin)
overtricks Doubinushka (arr. Rimsky Korsakov) will eat before asking for a cup of should be sacrificed to insure mak: Overture "Light Cavalry" (Suppe) coffee: dashes madly around theing a game. city streets in his
underwear;}
tries to give his entire fortune! away to needy farmers, and man-! lages to get himself arrested
mentally incompetent.
as
North, dealer.
Both sides vulnerable,
In the strong supporting cast jare found George Bancroft, Lione!!
S 10 5 Stander, Douglass Doumbrille, H.
E.K1164 Rafael Sabatini's story "Cap- B. Warner, Raymond Walburn, D 11038 tain Blood" has been "splendidly Mme. Margaret Matzenauer, War-CQ 8 6
Robert brought to the screen by Michael rea Hymer and others. Cartiz and is packed full of thrills Riskin wrote the screen play, from a story by Clarence Budington and excitement.
Errol Flynn, the handsome Kelland. young Irishman, one of Holly- wood's latest "discoveries," makes ja splendid and romantic figure as Captain Blood, and Olivia de Havi-
hate.
"LET 'EM HAVE IT
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The bidding:
North East South
West
3 dia's (1) Pass 3 no trump Pass
(final bid)
(1) For some time I have been
1
2
lland is lovely and appealing as Richard Arlen, Virginia Bruce, Arabella Bishop, niece of the man Alice Brady, Bruce Cabot, Harvey working on a "two-way" three- whom Blood has most cause to Stephens, Eric Linden and Gordon bid which sometimes shows sometimes Jones head the cast, which also There are some magnificent includes Hale Hamilton, J. Farrell strong hand and
weak hand, leaving the opponents Dorothy Appleby.! scenes of sea-fights-an attack on MacDonald,
in the dark and making them fear Port Royal by a Spanish pirate, Barbara Pepper and a score and the fight between Blood's ship other popular names, in this pic-to enter the bidding lest they run jinto a strong hand and be doubled. and two French frigates and alture. truly wonderful exhibition of Joseph Moncure March and El-This three-bid usually will show sword-play in the fight between mer Harris wrote the story, which solid suit, which will give part- and her valuable information if he Blood and his quondam partner. presents Arlen, Stephens Captain Levasseur. Almost every Jones as three fearless Federal should be able to play the hand at part, big or small, is in the hands sleuths who pit science and brains no trump.
a feature player, amongst against machine-guns. whom are such people as Lionel Cabot is seen as Joe Keefer, a Atwill, Guy Kibbee, Forrester chauffeur who starts his shocking Harvey, Basil Rathbone, Henry career of crime by engineering only one safe way to be sure of Stephenson, Ross Alexander and the attempted kidnapping of his making three no trump the lead society girl' employer, played by of a small diamond from the dum Virginia Bruce, Paroled, he grows my, giving up one trick more and more daring, finally be play can be necessary only when one opponent holds all four dia. coming "Public Enemy No. 1.”
The relentless pursuit and final monds, which is highly unlikely. 8.25 p.m.-A Relay from Daventry spectacular capture of Keefer by If the diamonds are divided 3-1 England v All-India. A commentary by Howard Marshall on the second the three friends makes one of the the low diamond lead sacrifices at
of
others.
(Continued from Column 5)
Test Match. From Old Trafford, most Manchester.
8.35 pm-A Light Concert. Violin Solos---
West opened the four of hearts, which dummy's singleton queen Won. South, at this point, had
This
exciting adventures the least one trick and probably more This hand was played in a screen has ever show
Virginia Bruce and Eichard Ar-tournament and not one South Minstrels (Debussy); Flight of the len provide the romance, while player led the low diamond. Each Bumble Bee (Rimsky-Korsakov) Alice Brady provides the comedy. played the diamond ate from dum- | my and, when East revealed his Danse Espagnole (De falla)
"ROBIN HOOD OF EL DORADO void, cursed himself for not mak- Their self: ORIENTAL THEATRE ing the safe play.
reproaches, however, were not de
They were right to play
Song
Tehudi Menuhin
Liebeleid (Kreisler) Oparice Viempois (Kreisler)
Richard Tauber (Tenor) InstrumentalHearts and Flowers
(arr. Willoughby) (
Most of this picture was made served.
in the remote wilderness of Cen-far overtricks rather than gnard tral California, the region in against the one slim chance of
Songs-
Love, I give you my all. (en) which millions were taken in the going down. In rubber bridge, gold boom and where Murrieta, had they not made the safety play, Always ("Puritan Lullaby"
Ina Souez (Soprano) played by Warner Baxter, led his they would have deserved censure. Instrumental-O Sole Mio (di Capus) wild men in raids on the scatter- A club or spade opening would
9 pm Relay of the Daventry ed American settlements..
have defeated three no trump, but to bel News Bulletin and Arnouncements Real-life happenings were dra-neither of these seemed (Copyright by Beater).
9.20 p.mSelection"Viktoria andatised and transferred into ac-ss good as the heart lead to the
tion by 200 men and women from various West players.
Thero'day from Daventry. Hollywood, who with the azaiz-|
9.30
:. Commentaries by Captain E. B. Ltance of numerous residents" of Wakelam and Colonel H. Brad the gold belt reacted events that the Davis Cup Challenge Bound, from Wimbledon, and by Howard Marshall made history in the days of $29.
on the second Test Match, from Old Appearing, with Warner Baxter Trafford Manchester, van
9.45 pm-Dance Musici
10 pm Big Ben From Daventry CLOSE DOWN.
MOTORING PIONEER
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are Ann Loring, Bruce Cabot, who owned a motor car in 1895, Margo, Harvey Stephens and recently celebrated his golden wed. Charles Trowbridge.
ding:
Salut d'Amour (Elgar)
(Continued at foot of Col 2)
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