1937-04-14 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 14, 1937)

Studio Recital

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Lillian Quinn and Ivy Allen

Today's Wireless

12.30-2.15 p.m.-European Programme. 12.30 p.m.-Orchestral Music.

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

ther Report.

1.03 p.m.-Light Concert Items. 1.30 p.m.-Reuter Press, Rugby Press; Local: Weather Forecast, Time and Announcements. ✨

1.40 p.m.Variety and Dance Music. 2.15 p.m.-Close down.

4-7 p.m.-Chinese Programme. 7-11 p.m.-European Programme." 7 p.m.-A

Programme of

Music.

Choral-

English

The Turtle Dove (arr. Vaughan

Williams),

The English Singers.

Orchestral-

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The Wreckers Overture (Dame Ethel Smyth), The British Symphony Orchestra.

Choral

A Farmer's Son: (Old Folk Song),

(arr. Vaughan Williams),

The English Singers.

Orchestral-

Summer Night on the River

(Delius)....The Royal Philhar-

monic Orchestra,

Soprano Solo-

Down Vauxhall Way (Oliver),

Quartette-

Mavis Bennett.

Four Jolly Sailormen (“A Princess of Kensington" -Hood & Ger- man) ....Francis Russell, Parry

BRIDGE NOTES

ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's :::: ZEK 640 k.c's.

Jones, Raymond · Newell Harry Dearth.

and

7.30 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quota- tions and Hong Kong Exchange Mar- ket Report.

7.35 p.m.-Albert Sandler and His Or

chestra.

Frasquita Serenade (Lehar),

Si mes vers avaient des ailes (Hahn). "Faust" Fantasia (Gounod). Adoree (West),

Love everlasting (Friml).

"The Land of Smiles" (Lehar)—

Patiently smiling,

You are my heart's delight.

8 p.m.Local: Time Signal, Weather

Report, and Announcements.

8.03 p.m.-A Variety Programme.

Accordeon Solo-

Woodland Flowers,

Humorous—

Viljo Vesterinen.

Vic Oliver ambles on,

Vocal-

Vic Oliver (Comedian).

"Born to Dance”—

I've got you under my skin, Rap tap on wood,

Frances Langford:

Piano Solos--

"The Student Prince"..Serenade,. The Desert Song..... .Tony Lowry. [ Vocal-

There's a new world... Ike Hatch.

- By ELY CULBERTSON

A Little Knowledge

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Instrumental—— «

Dipsomania.

Spanish "Electric" Guitar Solo by Len Fillis. Vocal---

I'm all alone... Webster Booth. Instrumental~~

"It's Love Again"-Fox-Trot

Medley,

**The King Steps Out"-Walte

Medley The Keyboarders. The World is waiting for the

Sunrise.... Len Fillis

Vocal

(Hawaiian Guitar).

The way you look to-night,

Leslie Hutchinson. Humorous-

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Nellie Wallace (Comedienne)!

Accordeon Band-

Don't dingle dangle on the old Gar-

den Wall...

Accordeon Band.

Vocal-

London Piano-

When did you leave heaven?

Frances Langford.

8.55 p.m.- London. News and An-

nouncements...

9.15 p.m.-Band Selections.

Mirella-Overture

(Gounod, arr. O'Donnell),

B.B.C. Wireless Military Band. Tidworth Tattoo-

Sambre et Meuse March

Tidworth March,

(Planquette),

Coburg March... Massed, Bands of

the Southern Command, - The Mill in the Black Forest, March of the Mountain. Gnomes

(Eilenberg)

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Fifty Minutes Of Variety:

Vic Oliver

of H.M. Grenadier Guards. 9.35 p.m. From the Studio.-"

A Light Pianoforte Recital by Liliar Quinn, and Ivy Allen (Soprano), 1. Song Off to the Greenwood,

May Brahe,

2.

Pianoforte--Selected..

3. Song Butterfly Wings,

Montague Phillips.

4. Pianoforte Selected.

5. Song-Selected. T 10 p.m.--London-Big, Ben.

Dance Music.

Fox-Trot

Leave it to love...

That moment of moments Words without - music.

Quick-Step

Raggin' the scale.

Canadian- Capers.

Fox-Trotses

Poor little Angeline,

Saddle your Blues to a wild.

Waltz

Secret Rendezvous,

The one rose.

Fox-Trot..!

Scat Singing. Sue,.

Oh by Fing

Waltz

Mustang

Throw open wide your window Fox-Trot ...

Star Dust,

Chinatown, my Chinatown. Just Dance, i

Comedy Waltz ———

Dandelion, Daisy and Daffodill Fox-Trot

There's something in the wind. The old oaken bucket: : Waltz-Dear love, my love......

Regimental Band 11 p.mClose down..

What's On At the Cinemas

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COMING PICTURES DES

The sentence, "a little knowledge been no part score, East's best

AT THE QUEEN'S — “Music Hath AT THE ALHAMBRA—“Breezing is a dangerous thing," might have course clearly would have been to Charms, with Henry Hall's famous Home", with Wendy Barrie, Binnie been coined expressly for contract double in the hope that West could B.B.C. Dance Band, W. H. Berry, Ar- Barnes and William Gargan, A swift players, so aptly does it apply pass for penalties. Even with the thur Margetson and Carol Goodner. A paced, brightly humourous movie story British picture, something new in about modern night clubs and race Thousands of players take pride it,score, a double would have been films in which there are four stories horses at the Sante Anita race track. their acquaintance with the so-call-correct, but his bid of one spade each linked up logically with the main ed.conventions of. bidding and cannot be

Henry criticised. theme showing the effect of severely play, but stubbornly shut their South's rebid virtually begged for Hall's dance music on different persons. eyes and ears to the long and trouble. His partner's pass had equally... important list of excep- announced a "bust." That meant tions. This is precisely like en-the opponents had at least five gaging in a fist fight with one hand honour tricks. He could not hope tied behind the back. It maybe to outbid them with his three and brave, even grandiloquently heroic, one-half honour tricks. And then but unless one's antagonist is a there was the danger that his pre- cripple is apt to result in a pro-sumption: might evoke a penalty saic black eye..............

double, as it actually did.

North-South, vulnerable:

Score,

NORTH

S 8.4 3 2

H-8 4

AT THE ORIENTAL "Rhythm on the Range", with Bing Crosby, Frances Farmer, Bob Burns and Martha Raye. the rest of the cast are all outstanding Bing Crosby needs no introduction and in this lively musical comedy

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"White Hunter”—with Warner Bazz of two people amid the menace of ter and June Lang in a thrilling story

savage passions. Coming to the Queen's.

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‚“Under. Cover : of Night”...with Ed- mund Lowe, Florence, Rice, Sarah Ha- AT THE KING'S "One Rainy den and Nat Pendleton. One of the most Afternoon", with Francis Lederer Ida unique mystery stories to reach the Lupino and Roland Young. A United screen. The story is placed in a great and Roland: Young Artist picture in which Francis Lederer College with a background of science. give outstanding for the mysterious crimes. This is un- performances. It's all about a stolen usual and stirs the interest from the kiss in a Paris cinema and the result start with Lowe as the sleuth. Com- ing complications provide one of the ing to the King's. best comedies shown here for weekşi

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“Mind: „Your. Own Business.”...... With Charles Ruggles, Alice Brady, Lyle

South, in to-day's hand, had West's opening lead was the king learned all about rebiddable suits of diamonds. A lead from three and, having one this time, decided touching honours almost always is to rebid it, come what might! His better than the ace of partner's bravery was badly timed-

suit. Fast signaled with the ten South dealer.

and West continued with the jack AT THE STAR-"Steamboat Round Talbot, Benny Baker and Frankie 60 part of diamonds. East correctly decid-the Bend" with Will Rogers, Eugene Darro. The tale of a nature writer ed that the purpose of this play Pallette, Stepin Fetchit and Irvin S who has bees in his bonnet as well as was to put him on lead, so he over and a river pilot and the comedy feud into a tangle that it takes a general Cobb. A love story of a swamp girl his column and a wife who gets him took with the ace and shifted to between the late Bill Rogers and Irwin alarm to unravel. Coming to the. the queen of spades.. South cover- S. Cobb who play a pair of rival boat Queen's. ed and, the suit was continued. The captains.. third round was ruffed by South,

· “Champagne. Waltz,- with...... Gladys. AT THE MAJESTIC — “Chained””, while' West discarded. a club.

Jack with Joan Crawford and Clark Gable. Dakle

Swarthout, Fred MacMurray.

and Herman Bing. South drew two rounds of Otto Kruger, Stuart-Erwin and Una Swarthout's

Gladys excellent singing isa trumps, East, discarding the deuce O'Connor. The locale of the film, ever-major feature, but a bright film, it in- of clubs. Then he led the jack. of shifting, covers half the Western hemi- cludes humour, a touch of pathos and sphere, moving from New York to a some of the most delightful music clubs which East won and return- South American ranch. The story is heard for a long while. The musicai ed a spade. South ruffed and West swift, credible, well-acted and above background is provided by Strauss overruffed. West cashed the queen [all, entertaining.

D-8 5, 2 C-97 4:3

WEST SA 7 H-Q J 9 6 DK QJ 4. C-8·6·5

EAST

S-Q J 10 9 5 H-7

SOUTH

S-K 6

A 109:6 Q*2

HA K 10.5 3.2) D-73

C-KJ 10

The bidding:

South West

1 heartPass

North Pass

2 hearts Double Pass Pass

East

1 spade Pass

of hearts and exited with his last diamond. South had to use his last trump to win the trick and East. took the last two tricks with the ace of clubs and a spade.

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It was small consolation to South to know that, East and West could. have scored a game.

They were perfectly willing to take 1,100 points instead.

TO-DAY'S QUESTION Questions The bidding had pro-

West's pass after South's original bid was in the nature of a trap. But he ran the grave risk, that the opponents would get to a safe con- tract of two-odd in a black suit. In ceeded- that case West would have his West choice between giving up the ghost | Pass Pass and 'bidding at a dangerous level 12 spades Double.

North

East South

spade Pass

North's pass especially in, view of Could North's double be inter- the score, was an abject confession preted as a penalty double in the of weakness... Against nonvulner Culbertson systern? able opponents he thought it wiser

Answer: No. North's double is

not to attempt a blunt. Had there meant for a takeout.

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