1937-02-03 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 3, 1937.

Symphony Orchestra

TO-DAY'S WIRELESS

12.30-2.15 p.m.-European Programme. 12.30-A Military Band Concert.

1. p.m.-Local: Time Signal and Wea-

ther Report.

1.03 The Orchestre Raymonde. 1-30-Reuter Press, Rugby Press;

Local: Weather Forecast, Time Announcements."

1.40 Raie da Costa. Memories.

2 p.m.-Vocal Gems.

2.15-Close Down.

4-7 pm-Chinese Programme..

ZBW 355 M 845 k.c.'s:

6. Forward. Kameha

chameha

4. My Hawaiian Isles.

5. My Jane.

and 3 p.m.-Local: Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements.

7-11 p.m.-European Programme.

p.m-The Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.

"Parsefal". Symphonic Synthesis

from Act. 3, (Wagner, Stokowski).

.

Danse Macabre, Op. 40 (Saint-

Saens).

Yablochko-Russian

arr.

Sailors' Dance

(from "The Red Poppy Ballet). 7.30 Closing Local Stock Quotations and Hong Kong Exchange Market Report.

7.35 Two Songs by Connie Boswell.

On the Beach at. Bali-Bali

I met my Waterloo.

7.40 From the Studio.

Hawaiian Music by The Waikiki

· Trio."

1. I want to learn to speak

Hawaiian

2. Hawaiian Sunset.

BRIDGE NOTES

A

8.03 "The Voice of Iperperience."

humorous monologue“ by --Oliver Wakefield.

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8.10 From the Studio..

Piano Syncopation by Pomping Vila. 1. Is it true, what they say about

Dixie?.

2. Blues Serenade.

3. Sweet Sue

4. Sheik of Araby,

5. Lady be good,

6. You.

7. Always.

8.30 pm The Bournemouth Municipal

Orchestra.

Largo (Handel).

Le Prophete Coronation March

(Meyerbeer).·

The two imps (Alford).

Three dances from Nell Gwyn,

(German),

1. Country Dance,

2. Pastoral Dance. ·

Merrymakers' Dance.

3.

Carlsbad Doll Dance (Pleier)...

8.55 London-News and Announce

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-ments:

ZEK 840 kc's.

9.15-A Concert.

Pianoforte Solo-

Polonaise No:6 in A Flat - Major,-

Op. 53 (Chopin)

Tenor Solos

Arthur Rubinstein.

Land

"Meistersinger-Preislied (Prize

Song), (Wagner), "Lohengrin-In Fernem

(Lohengrin's narrative, In Dis- tant Lands), (Wagner) |-

Richard. Crooks.

Violin Solos-

"Thais"-Meditation (Massenet) Tambourin Chinois, Op. 872-

(Kreisler)

Soprano Solos-

Page

Bass-Baritone Sold

Bedouin Love Song (Pinstiti)

Peter Dawson. 10-p.m-London-Big Ben

Dance Music

Fox-Tratton

Life is empty without love. Man of my dreams.

I'll never let you go.

I'm one step ahead of my shadow, Quickstep

No words nor-anything.

Sky high honeymoon." Tango-Clavelito Fox-Trot

Drop in next time you're passing. Unbelievable.

One rainy afternoon.

Me and the moon.

Fritz Kreisler.] 10.35–London **I Was There": Fossicking for Gold in Western Aus- tralia, 1889-1894.' A talk by E. H. Adlington (Electrical Recording).

*Jeanne d'Arc"-Farewell, Ie Mountains (Tschaikowsky)

"Herodiade"He is kind, he is 10.50-Viennese. Waltzes.

good (Massenet)

Pianoforte Solo

Polonaise-Fantaisie

Maria Jeritza.

Veinnese Memories of Lehar (arr. Henry Hall), played by Marek Weber and His Orchestra 7 in Al11 p. Close Down.

What's On At the Cinemas

By ELY CULBERTSON Orders", with

An Expert's Conceit

South (defensively blustering): It has been said that bridge experts are among the most con- "O, yeah? Well, suppose you tell ceited people on earth, and as long me just how we would get there as I am permitted to make an ex-with asking bids.” ception of myself, my wife, and one

answered with four diamonds.

AT THE QUEEN'S "Without "Hearts Divided”, with Marion Sally Eilers, Vinton Davies, Dick Powell, Claude Bains, Haworth, Robert Armstrong and Charles Ruggles, and Edward Everett Walter Miller. The theme revolves Horton. Prince Jerome Bonaparte around the responsibility of pilots in defies his brother, the Emperor modern air transport, companies.

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An

Napoleon, for the love of his Baltimore sweetheart, Betty Patterson. Coming

"Atlantic Adventure” with Nancy

Carroll, Lloyd Nolan, and Harry Lang- don. The exciting Columbia drama which concerns itself with a fast talk- AT THE STAR"Without Regrets" ing reporter's attempts to solve a half- with Elissa Landi, Paul Cavanagh, million-dollar jewel robbery in mid- Frances Drake and Kent Taylor. A Atlantic. Coming to the Alhambra story of a woman torn between two Theatre.

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“Magnificent Brute"

-AT THE KING'S "Born Tolto the King's. Dance," with Eleanor Powell, James

* * * Stewart and Virginia Bruce.

"Gold Diggers Of 1937”, with Dick Victor Moore, amusing and light-hearted tale of a small town girl who goes to a big Powell, Joan Blondell, city and falls in love with a navy man Glenda Farrell and Lee Dixon. Com- North: "As I said before, a cinch. and topped by the sensational dancing

Brimming with laughter and music ing to the King's Theatre. or two of my closest associates I am The first two bids would have been of Eleanor Powell Brightest bit is a more than willing to subscribe to

the same, but, after your one spade parody of the eccentricities of famous this sentiment. Countless anec-

response, I could have found out conductors of orchestra. dotes have been told to illustrate

about slam possibilities without and testify to the above-thesis, jeopardizing the game. All I had whereas I have yet to hear one in!

Ito do was bid four clubs. With which an expert filled the role of a second round club control and the modest viole But a far better face of diamonds you would have loves. illustration than any anecdote is! the fact that many experts cateNow it would be just a question of AT THE MAJESTI "Many Happy McLaglen, Binnie Barnes, Jean Dixon, gorically refuse to avail themselves locating losing hearts, and I Returns with George Buras and William Hall, Ann Preston, Henry

Gracie Allen. The goofiest and of proved bidding devices. The in-

could have found this out with maddest of their comedies. ference is all too clear that their

bid

Also, of four hearts. conceit drives them to accept im-

kindly notice I stil

still am within the AT THE ALHAMBRA — “Nevada" proper contracts arrived at "under

four spade range. If you had no with Buster Crabbe, Kathleen Burke, their own power," so to speak, heart control you'd have to sign off Monte Blue and Raymond Hatton

in four spades, but since you had ling, cattle-roping and the stampede Barnes, Alice Brady, Ray Milland and rather than proper contracts reach-

Spectacular horsemanship, broncobust- "Three Smart Girls," with Binnie ed through the medium of a con- second round control you'd answer of five thousand steers are the high Charles Winninger. The adventures vention not invented by themselves. four no trump. Then, with the as- lights in this Zane Grey melodrama of three lovely daughters of a rich It must not be thought that they surance that there were no losing object to conventions generally tricks in any side suit, I could bid The real point is that they cannot six spades and be certain of an ex- bear to admit that their own trans-cellent chance to make it, even if cendent bidding is not as effective, you had only five spades to the ten To-day's hand is a case in point.

spot." North, dealer.

Both sides vulnerable.

NORTH

S. AQ.8 2

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WEST

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EAST SJ 5 H-10-72 D.-K 74 3 CJ 8 6 2 SOUTH S.-10 9 7 6 43

H-K Q 8 4 D-Q J 10 6 5 C.-10 5 4*

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cast

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Armetta and Edward Norris. A battle of might against right m, the love of two blondes for a strong man who had a weakness for beauty Coming to the Alhambra Theatre.

New Yorker who smash their father's AT THE ORIENTAL “Big Broad-romance with a fortune-hunting blonde Of 1937", with Jack Benny, provide the amusing theme for this George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bob picture. Burns, Benny - Fields, Martha Baye.

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Benny Goodman and his Orchestra. "As You Like It" with Elizabeth One of the greatest cast of radio cele Bergner, Laurence Olivier, brities ever assembled. Gorgeously Stewart and Henry Ainley crazy humour.

COMING FILMS

Sophie Shake-

speare's immortal comedy faithfully. reproduced on the screen.

THE

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HONG KONG

South: "Well, I'll admit that this hand would have worked well w asking bids, but I don't see why we couldn't get there without them

“No More Ladies”, with Joan Craw- Why didn't you bid; three clubs as

ford, and Robert Montgomery.

An an artificial forcing bid over my one "Down The Stretch", with Patricia uproarious comedy with strong under- spade?"

Ellis, Mickey Rooney and Dennis lying drama of the tactics used by a North: "I considered that, but 1 Moore A thrilling horse-racing film. modern woman to retain the husband

Coming to the King's.

she loves could see it wouldn't do me any good. Suppose I had bid three clubs. No matter what your response might be, I would have to bid four spades over it. Suppose you'd had such a hand as the king-jack-ten five times in spades, the king-queen- jack of diamonds, the king-jack-ten of clubs, with two little hearts. Do you mean to say that any power on West earth would have stopped you bid- Pass ding for a slam? And with that Pass hand we couldn't even have had Obviously, there was nothing to play for it, since we'd be off the the play. The king of trumps diamond ace and a heart." dropping, the hand was laid down South: "Well, I considered bid- for seven, and then the following ding again over your four spade dialogue took place.

bid. The only thing was, my spade North (bitterly): "Well, I sup-suit was so punk and I didn't know pose you're satisfied! Maybe I can that the singleton of your bid was

abte have my way from now, on about going to be

North t's just it! using asking bids. I'll admit we shouldn't have reach seven, but we had to bid it, neither

kneu six certainly

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The bidding:

East South

1 heart Pass 1 spade

4 spades Pass Pass

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