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BRIDGE NOTES

A Bad Pre-Emptive Bid

By Ely Culbertson ·

"THE GOLDEN ARROW”— QUEEN'S THEATRE

Cinema Notes From

The Theatres

follows Baxter is sentenced to the Federal Prison on the Dry Tor tugas.

RADIO

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME

The following programine will be" brontzisz to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station ZEW. on a wavelength of 355 metras

London--"Empire Exchange” Dance Music

1230-215 pm-European Record- ed Progant.

12.30 p.m.--Dance Music

1 p.m.-Local: Time and Weather

Report

1.03 pm-Black Eyes,

Gipsy Longing

Maurice Igor and His Nomad

*Orchester.

110 pm-From the Studie.

A. Humorous Interlude by Bryan Lewis

2130-7pm-Beuter Press, Local: Weather Forecast, |nouncements.

Time and An

140 patürĄ Variety Programme. 2.15 pm. Close. Down. 5-8 pm-European Programme. 5-6.30 pm-A-Belay of Dance Marie from the Hong Kong Hotel Boof-Garden. Na

6.30pm-GÜbert and Sullivan

Melodies. Overture="Patience" "The Gondoliers"—

Bette Davis, with George Brent) In stark, terrifying fashion the playing opposite her in the mas picture reveals the physical and culine lead, is now in the fast-spiritual agonies of this unjustly-The moving First National comedy sentenced man, his desperate at- -- drama **The Golden Arrow." tempt at escape, and his courage) Miss Davis appears in a role under the brutal degradation of quite different from those which prison life.

In the

(a) With Ducal Pomp (b) On the day When I was

wedded

Mila

(a) Young Man, Despair (b) And have I journey'd "Iolanthe"-The vain to as you plead

6.47. p.Viennese Waltzes.

1 Village Swallows from Austria

{Strause).

2

Vienna Blood (Strauss).

&

Jollity on the mountains

(Fetra).

4 Viemese Singing Birds

(Tzamlateur).

7pm-The New Mayfair Or-

won her the award of the Academy Finally a devasting epidemic of of Motion Pictures Arts and Scien-yellow fever brings a turn in his ces as the best film actress of fortumes. With the prison doctor 1955.

"Golden Arrow" ill with fever, Baxter is temporari- ehe gives a light comedy portrayals restored to his former position with a romantic twist, which in-as he fights to stem the tide of Ivolves also some dramatic mo-death. A happy climax brings to chestra.

a close this profound" saga of cour-Waltz Medley-The Gay Nineties."

Selection Show of Shows" age and strength.

Selection"No, No, Nanette.” Savoy Irish Medley Savoy Welsh Hedley. Selection-Words and Music."

7.30 pm-Closing Local Stock Quotations and Hong Kong Ex- change Market Report.

ments.

“SPEED”—MAJESTIC

THEATRE

The drama and romance of mo-

From time immemorial one)

Brent's role is also largely of the major points of differ-comedy, he, being a shy young re- ence in the bidding of bridge porter whose chief interest is hands has been on the subject book he is writing but who finds of pre-emptive bidding. Players time to fall in love with the blonde who are in the most complete Bette after a series of misunder-dern industry which the world at agreement on a system of bid-standings and flirtations entangle-large seldom recognises combine ding as a whole, split into two ments which nearly break the with striking power in this Metro-

Goldwyn-Mayer production. * distinct schools where pre- course of true love. emptive bids are concerned, the

hilarious complications The picture is happily titled. It first maintaining that virtually are caused by the attempt of a reflects the pace of the mechanical all pre-emptive bids are unwise newly-rich of heiress to break up age and at the same time, human- in that they shut out the part the love affair and steal her rival's ises the scene in any typical Ameri- ner more effectively than they lover after her retinue of foreign can industrial plant. It is a story do the opponents; the other Princes, nobles and other fortune of automobile manufacturing and dangerous school just as stoutly insisting seekers have deserted her for the of dare-devil tests on that the bids, properly used, are lovely blonde, who is also presum-curves, with a colourful love affair

lin progress. ed to be fabulously wealthy. of enormous value.

Other

Personally, I always have be-! The picture moves in swift tem- Stewart portrays a daring young lieved that pre-emptive bids, Po to the hilarious and surprising man at the wheel, who is vitally properly used, are valuable, but climax in which the young blonde concerned with his invention of a it cannot be denied that they beauty proves not to be wealthy new carburettor

7.34 pa-London "Empire Ex- change. Points of view by travel- lers from the Dominions and Colonies.

1.47 pm--Les ABen (Baritone) I'm all alone

Dear little boy of mine.

At the close of a long long day.

A melody from the sky.

the

8 pm Local Time, Weather Re- port and Announcements.

8.03 p.m.-A Relay, from the Tai Ping Theatre (Chinese).

pim-Close Downl

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8.05.11 p.m.-European Programme from ZEE on a frequency of 640 biocycles

8.05. pm-Gertrude . Lawrence, Noel Coward and Company. Scenes From

(1) "Bad Peppers". (2) "Shador Play": (3) "Family Album”.

822 pmFour Ways Suite" (Coates).

London Bridge March (Costes) 8.40

Liet Fillis and Hin

have been more greatly misused at all, but a simple American girl Miss Barrie is charming in the by average players than any whose whole yearning is for a real role of a factory executive's daugh- other class of bids. This is, in romance and the love of the one ter who goes to work in the plant.

and promptly wins the heart of part, my reason for introducing man in the world for her.

The picture is set to the lavish the world's most reckless test into the Culbertson system a

background of luxurious yachts and driver. radically new type of opening three bid, which will be fully and the rollicking fun is carried wart, Wendy Barrie, Una Merkel, Novelty Orchestra.

hotels patronised by millionaires, The cant consists of James Ste- {discussed in this coluinn short- on to the tone of popping cham-Weldon Heyburn, Ted Healy, Songs of Homes

ipagne corks.

Morgan and Patricia Lullabyland. The uzunsic of 'ullabies:

When the leaves bid the trues. good-

by Walt.

Ralph The hand shown below is a. In the cast besides Miss Davis Wilder. typical illustration of the and Brent are Eugene Pallette, abuses to which pre-emptive

Dick Foran, Carole Hugher, bidding has been subjected in Catharine Doucet, Craig Reynolds, the past.

South, dealer.

Neither side vulnerable.

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Ivan Lebedell, G. P. Hantley, Jr., Hobart Cavanaugh, Henry O'Neill and Eddie Acuff.

"THE PRISONER OF SHARK ISLAND”—ORIENTAL THEATRE

"UNDER TWO FLAGS"

KING'S AND ALHAMBRA THEATRES

In a thundering dramatic sper- tacle that rivals the greatest. of the screen's achievements, “Under Two Flags" brings to the screen Ouida's unforgettable story of a Iman redeemed from the Legions Telling the true story of the lof the doomed by a woman's love. most tragic figure in American his-

The picture, presents Bonald tory, this picture has Warner Bax Colman, Claudette Colbert, Victor

9

pm London News and An

(nouncements,

17

9.26 pm—Light Concert: Iteins: Song

Candle Light: (Cadmman)

John McCormack (Tenor). Pianoforte Solo:

(1) SI Oiseau Fetzis, a Toi Je

Volerais (Henselt). (3) En Eoute (Palmgren)

Exleen Joyce

The laughing Cavalier.

*(Sanderson)

KAMAshmoor Burch.

H. AK J 10 7 5 ter and Gloria Stuart in the lead- McLaglen and Rosalind Enssell, Tally Ho! (Leo) my f

32 ing parts and a supporting cast of with a supporting cast of 10,000.

Ashmoor Burch. {over a thousand.

Violin Solo Colman is a private in the Dipping into the hectic days fol- French Foreign Legion, loved by

Variations" (Tartini-Kreisler) lowing the cost of the Civil War Miss Colbert. She, in turn, has | Vocal Data the picture depicts the assassina- tion of President Lincoln and the captured the heart of Melagien,

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The bidding:

South West North

AS.

fight of his assassin to the coun-

his Major.

When Colman, who has ted try home of Barter, a doctor. For the unintentional crime of setting brother's crime, falls in love with from “England to cztonë "for his East the broken leg of a man about SEL Pass Pass

whom he knew nothing, Baxter is beautiful Rosalind Russell, the Pass 55 Pass Pass

arrested. In the hysteria that tale begins to rise to its peak of

|dramatic intenzity.. Pass Pass

South's first

At an isolated desert outport, hand pre-helpless over South's four spade emptive bid was bad inasmuch bid. There was absolutely no McLaglen attempts to get as his partner had not yet means by which he might tell Colman by sacrificing him passed, and he himself held whether his hand would be revolting Arabs, but zaore than three defensive vamable enough in connection comes to the honour tricks. It always has with South's to fulfill a 12 or comered subor been an important tenet of the 13 trick contract, and his pass arrives when Culbertson system that pre- to four spades was, therefore, faces extincti emptive bids, partner "not yet quite correct. Of course, when bert leads, having passed, shout have an the five heart, bid was passed their reser upper limit of two pins honour around to him, he had to tak she loves tricks.

The reason for this some action on his hard and, azus of another rule is, of course, obvions: în my opinion, made a hands with three honour tricks choice in bidding five spades.. and more, H opened pre-Obviously, however, a-splen-tacular pro Zta emptively, may well lose out on did opportunity, was lost,,

slam- opportunities, due to the asmuch as a grand slam in diffenity of getting together monds was “a laydownę (with partner That lace just the least, a small slam

have been reached had

"North, despite his two- and opened the bidding honour tricks, was with only one spatial

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