1937-02-09 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 9, 1937.

Studio Recital

To-night By A

Anne Winter

Today's Wireless

12.30-210 p.m.-European Programme. 12.30 The London Symphony OT-

chestra.

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

ther Report

1.03 Vocal Gems from Light Opera

and Musical Comedy. 1.25-Renter Press, Rugby Press; Local: Weather Forecast. Time and Announcements.

1.40-A Relay of the Rotary Club Tiffin Speech from the Roof-Garden- of the Hong Kong Hotel.

Mr. L. W. Amps on: “A Flight "Across America and Some Impres- sions of European and American Affairs."

2.10 p.m. Close Down.

4-7 p.m.-A Chinese Programme 7-11 p.m.-European Programme 7 p.m.-Italian Music

Vocal Quartet -

"Rigoletto" (Verdi) Bella Figlia dell'Amore (Fairest daughter of the graces).....Galli-Curci (So prano), Homer (Contralto), Gi- gli (Tenor) and De Luca (Bari- tone)**

Orchestral

"Aida" (Verdi)-

Grand March, Act. 2,

BRIDGE NOTES

ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's

Boston Promenade Orchestra. Vocal Duet-

"La Boheme" (Puccini)-

Lovely maid in the moonlight, Rosetta Pampamini and

Dino Borgioli.

Baritone Solos-

"Rigoletto" (Verdi)-We are equal, "Un Ballo in Maschera"-(Verdi)- And wouldn't thou thus have

sullied a soul so pure?

Giovanni Inghilleri.

Orchestral-

"Manon Lescaut” (Puccini)---

Intermezzo... Milan Symphony

Orchestra.

Soprano Solo-

"Madam Butterfly" (Puccini)

One fine day...Rosetta

Pampanini.

7.30 p.m.Closing local Stock quota- tions and Hong Kong. Exchange Market Report 7.35—"The

(arr.

Selection Leek" - Myddleton), played by The London Palladium Orchestra.

7.40 From the Studio,

A Light Recital by Maurice Dufour (Piano-Accordeon) and Miss Car-

By ELY CULBERTSON

Clever Card Locating

:: ZEK 640 k.c's.

mencita (Vocal). Accordeon Solo-

La Chanson des Coobi (Cheng). Vocal-Espanja.

Accordeon Solo-Till we meet again. Vocal-Poema.

Accordeon Solo-

Swan (a Chinese” Air)."

Vocal-Spanish Song.

Page

Nura Kanis Debussy Pieces

On The Piano“

(Kahal and Fain).

8.25 p.m.-A Violin Recital by - Pritz

Kreisler.

A May Breeze (Mendelssohn,

arr. Kreisler):

Londonderry Air (arr. Kreisler).

Serenade (Lehar), Marguerite (Rachmaninoff,

arr. Kreisler).

8.10 p.m. From the Studio.

A Pianoforte Récital by Nura Kanis. 1 La plus que lente Valse,

Debussy.

8 p.m.-Local: Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements.

2. The little Shepherd. Debussy. 8.03-Peter Dawson (Bass-Baritone) 3. Reflets dans l'ean....Debussy. and the Bournemouth Municipal Or-8.55 pm-London News and Announ- chestra, Conducted by Sir Dan God- frey.

Solo

Bass-Baritone Solo-

cements.

9:15 pm Londor Froise and His Mandoliers (Electrical Recording). 9.30 p.m. From the Studio,

The Shepherd Boy's So Pepper): A Recital by Anne Winter (Soprano),

Orchestra-

Crocus Time Serenade for Strings

(De La Riviere).

Intermezzo Pizzicato (Strings),

(Montague Birch).

Bass-Baritone Solo --

Young Briton's Heritage

Orchestra-

(Hennessy).

Dancer of Seville (Grimow).

Bass-Baritone Solos--

The man in the street

(Longstaffe).

Good green acres of Home:"

9:45 p.m.The Regimental Band of

H. M. Coldstream Guards. "The Sorcerer"--Selection

Trial by Jury" "Selection The Mikado Selettion

10 p.m-London-Big Ben.

(Sullivan).

World

Affairs." A talk by Sir Frederick Whyte, K.GS.L, LL.D. ·

10:16 pm Bells across

the

-BQu

dows" (Ketelbey), played by Albert W. Kételbey's Concert Orchestra.

10.30 pm-Dance Music.

11 pm Close down

What's On At the Cinemas

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"Hooray

AT THE QUEEN'S “As You Likef- AT THE ORIENTAL" An intimate knowledge of oppo, But two things convinced him that nents bidding tendencies is invalu-declarer had two hearts: the fact it with Elizabeth Berguer, Laurence for Love" with Gene Raymond and and Henry Ann Southern. A light comedy plot able, not only as a guide in the bid-that East doubled four spades in Olivier, Sophie Stewart

Ainley Shakespeare's immortal comedy augmented by outstanding musical ding itself, but in the play that stead of passing the decision to faithfully reproduced on the screen numbers and featuring popular stars It goes without saying him; and that East played the nine Delightful in every way, with Miss of the vaudeville and musical comedy follows. that any-player, expert or average, of hearts on the ace. So West con- Bergner supreme. This is the screen's stage

COMING PICTURES can make better decisions [whether tinued with the heart queen. Dumnearest to real Shakspeare. to double for penalties or to on my ruffed and led a low diamond;

AT THE KING'S "The Longest "Gold Diggers of 1937, with Dick with his own suit), if he knows East ducked and declarer's queen

West return Night", with Robert Young Florence Powell, Joan Blondell, Victor Moore, from experience just how much went to West's ace. credence he may place in the op-ed a diamond; dummy played the Rice, Ted. Healy and Julie Haydon. Glenda Farrell and Lee Dizon Com

nine, East the ten, and declarer Mystery, with an added element oring to the King's Theatre.

humour, provides romance-and ponents' bids.

ruffed. Now the spade king was highlights of this picture, and incidents “Atlantic Adventure with Nancy- "But the average player too often bids into the terms of his own cor

the

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fails to translate his opponents' laid down; West showed out; East following one upon another in bewil-Carroll, Lloyd Nolan, and Harry Lang--

**

The exciting Columbia drama which concerns itself with a fast talk ing reporter's attempts to solve a half- million-dollar jewel- robbery” in mid- Atlantic Logical and polished. Com ing to the Alhambra Theatre.

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adon tock the ace and returned the three dering succession combine to build rect line of play. That the two of spades. Dummy's eight took this great story.

AT THE ALHAMBRA bear-a close relationship to each trick and now another low diamond was led and ruffed by declarer, who

Magni other is undeniable. The fault pro-then drew East's remaining trump. ficent Brute, with Victor McLaglen, William bably lies in the philosophy of the

At this stage, three tricks having Binnie Barne, Jean Dixon;

Hall, Am-Preston, Henry Armetta, and average declarer. Once the dummy been lost, the success of the con Edward Norris: A battle of might Three Smart Girls, with Binne is spread before him, the bidding tract pivoted on losing no club against right in the love of two Barnes, Alice Brady, Ray Milland and [except the final contract] is deli-trick Normally, of course, there blondes for a strong man who had a berately put out of mind

is only one logical way to play the weakness for beality vague theory, I suppose, that it has

on the

North-South club combination. a Laglen material.

*

Exxcellent Mc

*

Charles Winninger.

The adventures

served its purpose and-now must lead to the ace and a finesse back AT THE STAR-Eagle's Brood" provide the amusing theme for this

West, dealer. Both sides vulnerable.

WEST S-None

NORTH S-9. 8.5 4 H-6 · DJ 9743 CA 72ˆ

EAST S A 10'3 H-A_QJ 10 753H-K94

DK 108 C--10-6·5

D-A 65

CQ 8-3

to the king-jack. But the declarer.

OIL.

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AT THE CENTRAL A Picture.

*

* *

Johnny

of three lovely daughters of a rich New Yorker who smash their father's romance with a fortune-hanting blonde be effaced to allow full concentra tion on the play. Any one who had been watching the fall of the william Farnum, Joan Woodbury and

with William Boyd, Jimmy Nelson picture coming to the Alhambra. scribes to that theory would not cards with an eagle eye, and now Dorothy Revier. Portraying "Tarzan Escapes"-with find the key to the proper play in proceeded to fill in the gaps from Hopalong Cassidy," Mulford's famous Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan. to-day's hand.

inference. West had led the heart Western character, Boyd impersonates The latest primeval adventure romance one of the old West's fearless fun- based on the Edgar Rice Burroughs ace. There could have been

characters. Coming to the King's fighters. reason on this hand for him to con-

* * ceal an ace-king holding; therefore

"That Girl From Paris", with Lily he didn't have the king [which his

Chinese Pons, Jack Oakie, and Gene Raymond.

second play of the queen confirm-

A lively part musical with plenty good fun: Coming to the Queen's. ed] and that card was in East's

AT THE MAJESTIC — “Cynara, hand East had actually shown

with Ronald Colman Kay Francis, "Our Relations with Laurel and the ace ten of spades and the series Heary Stephenson and Viva Tatter Hardy Both members of the famous of diamond plays clearly establish sall. Based on the refrain-of Dow-screen comedy team have twin bro ed that East had started with the son's poem The picture gives a new them in this exceedingly funny picture. king-ten of diamonds. That was all angle on the question of what faith-Both play double roles, in fact, and declarer had to know! Why, East fulness really is. Kay Francis rises create for themselves a host of amus

Coming to the brilliantly to the demands of the story, ing situations. couldn't have the club queen! If

and Colman is his suave certain self | Majestic.- he had held it, he would have had 21⁄2 honour tricks, plus at least two tens, and 4-3-3-3 distribution-he would certainly have responded to a heart bid with two no trump, rather

her than a mere single raise. Once declarer had satisfied him- self that West must hold the club queen and that a normal finesse could not succeed, there was only

back *East-West were not using the one alternative left him a

ward finesse. He therefore led the two-way three-bid...

East's four spade double was not club jack; West covered, dummy's the best bid at his command. A ace won, and then a club was re- pass, virtually forcing under the turned and the nine spot finessed. circumstances, would have been Declarer was lucky to find the ten correct. West could have made five in East's hand, but it must be note hearts by guessing the diamond dis-ed that if West had held it with the queen, nothing could be done tribution

The sound reasoning. West opened the ace of hearts about it and, when he saw the dummy, was that located the queen deserved hard put to it for second lead little luck!

SOUTH

·S K Q J7 62

C-KJ 94

The bidding- West North

East South

1 heart Pass 2 hearts 2 spades

4 hearts 4 spades Double Pass Pass Pass

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