1937-04-24 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 24, 1937.

Non-Stop Variety Programme By B.B.C. 11 p.m.

Today's Wireless

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Dance Music. From H. K. Hotel

D

Grill Room.......

Reginald Dixon,

12.30-2.15 p.m.-European Programme. 12.30 p.m. The New Mayfair Orches-

tra.

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

ther Report.

1.03 p.m.---Songs of the Sea by Peter

Dawson (Bass-Baritone).”

1.16 p.m.-Len Fillis and His Hawaiian

Guitar.

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.

6.

Beautiful Moon,

7.

Along Petrograd Road,

8.

Bake No Bread.

Russian

Vagabonds.

On the Volga River, The Volga Boatman.

Down the Mother Volge, Pas D'Espagne-Waltz,

Russian National Balalaika

Ti edes pianaia, Romanta, Placi cigan, Romanta.

Orchestra.

F

European Pro 8 p.m.-Local: Time Signal, Weather!

4-7 .p.m.-Chinese Programme. 7. p.m.-12 midnight.

gramme.

7. p.m.-Song Memories.

Drinks all Round-Selection,

~ Columbia Vocal Gem Company. Gertrude Lawrence Medley,

Gertrude Lawrence.

Piano Pie (No. 2),

*8: *

George Scott Wood.

The Vallee Medley,

Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut

Yankees.

7.30 p.m.- Hong Kong Stock Exchange Summary and Exchange Market Re- port.

7.33 p.m.-Russian Music.

1. Sleep my Baby,

Moscow,

2.

3.

Ballot from "Konoik Gorbuniek.”

4. Prelude Slav,

BRIDGE NOTES

were a

same

horse.

Réport and Announcements.

8.03 p.m.-A Variety Programme.

Vocal-

"Home and Beauty"--

Play it again (Hungarian Song), Twilight Sonata.....Gitta Alpar. Happy Swiss Memories,

Swiss Ensemble.

Accordion Solos---

"The Big Broadcast of 1936"*

Selection,

George Scott-Wood.

"Top Hat" Selection,

Humorous Sketch-

What the Stars foretell,

Sandy Powell.

Instrumental-

Vocal-

When the Moon hangs high,

The Hill Billies. When the Poppies bloom again,

The Street Singer.

Parisian Pierrot, We were dancing.. „Noel Coward. Accordeon Band-

The Vamp of Havana,

Don't dingle dangle on the old

Garden Wall.

Vocal-

My Kingdom for a Kîss,

Two Hearts divided.... Dick Powell. Orchestra-

Out of the Rag Bag,

Vocal-

Harry Roy and His Orchestra.

Wandering Shoes,

The Hill Billies.

Humorous

The Singing Lesson,

Jane Carr (Impressionist). Organ Solos

With Sword and Lance-March, Blaze AwayMarch,

Vocal

"There never was a girl like Hary,

You have that extra something,

Phyllis Stanley & Arthur Riscoe, Orchestra-

Sweet Sue, Grinzing,

Jack Bylton and His Orchestra. 9.30 p.m.-London News and An-

nouncements.

9.55 p.m. Billy Mayerl at the Piano.

Sweet Nothings. Jasmine.

Mistletoo.

Nimble Fingered Gentleman. Billy Mayerl's own Selection. 10.15 p.m.-London Big Ben.

A Relay of Dance Music from the Grill-Room of the Hong Kong Hotel. 11 p.m.-London "They're Off!" A non- stop Variety with speed and rhythm. The Starters include Peter Bernard, The Southern Sisters, Jean Melville and Billy Thorburn. Interrupted by Bennett and Williams. Produced by F. Piffard.

11.20 p.m.-London-Dance Music. '12 midnight. Close down.

What's On At the Cinemas

AT THE QUEEN'S, "AND ALHAM-Į

Krontjong Successen,

“Banjo on My Knee”--With Barbara The Hodlars (Harmonica duet). BRA-“Maid Of Salem, with Clau- Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Helen West- dette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Harley, Buddy Ebsen, Walter Catlett, vey Stephens, Louise Dresser and Vir- Katherine, de Mille and Anthony Mar- ginia Weidler. The gay and carefree tin. A thrill musicale, depicting the love making of a dashing fugitive from tragi-comedy that is the life story of Virginia brought the wrath of old New the river-bost people on the Mississippi. England on the courage -girl he Coming to the Queen's. taught to love.

By ELY CULBERTSON

Mind Reading

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"Pennies From Heaven"-with Bing- AT THE ORIENTAL"Mummy's Crosby, Madge Evans, Edith Fellows Boys," with Bert Wheeler and Robert and Louis Armstrong. The gayest Woolsey. A mystery satire that puts fun-show of the new season. Coming There used to be an: old East had had to make an early'de the usual murder to shame with sheer to the King's.

number of disappearances. vaudeville joke [probably still is] [cision as to discards. He saw im-

* *

"Mind Your Own Business." With to the effect that when you want mediately, one part of déclarer's

AT THE KING'S—“Under Cover Of] Charles': Ruggles, Alice Brady, Lyle to trace a horse that has strayed problem, namely, that dummy's Night”, with "Edmund Lowe, Florence Talbot, Benny Baker and Frankie too low for entry Rice, Sarah Haden and Nat Pendleton, Darro. The tale of a nature writer away the best procedure is to trumps were

Ghas bees in his bonnet as well as One of the most unique mystery stories who decide where you would go if yo value. Also, of course, he could to teach the screen. The story is plac- his column and a wife who gets him Very much the count declarer's trump length when ed in a great College with a back into a tangle that it takes a general method

effective West failed to follow. From the ground of science for the mysterious alarm to vel.. Coming to the at contract, in a great variety of opening lead, and the queen in his crimes. This is unusual and stirs the Queen's. applications. The one most own hand, he saw that declarer's interest from the start with Lowe

as the sleuth.

"Craig's Wife""—with Rosalind frequently available, and hence heart holding could be no better

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Russell and John Boles. The Pulitzer East then ask- the most valuable, is the consider than king-nothing.

AT THE· "MAJESTIC "Libelled | Prize play. The story of a woman 'himself whether declarer Lady, with Jean Harlow, William who lived for the strongest love ever ation of the play of the hand in connection with the bidding that would have opened with a two-bid Powell, Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy. conceived and makes you hate her as A continuous entertainment with each you never hated a screen player before. went before. East, in to day's and, subsequently; bid six on such of the four stars at their cleverest Coming to the King's Theatre. hand, employed that line of in a distribution a as: quiry to excellent advantage. S—A K Q J 9 8 7, H-K x, D.-xx,

JC-A Q. South, dealer.

Both sides vulnerable.

WEST S.-5

NORTH

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The bidding: w

West North

South

2 spades Pass 8 spades 4 no trump Páss (5 hearts

6 spades-Pass Pass

ed

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The answer was that he might have made the first bid, but that he certainly would not have gone t six without further investigation o partner's support. Therefore, de- clarer was either void of diamonds, or had a singleton.

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best.

AT THE STAR—“Under

Your

Spell," with Lawrence Tibbett, Wendy Barrie, Gregory Ratoff and Arthur Treacher. A roughhouse romance that hits the high spots of comedy, action, rhythm and excitement,

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“Swing High And Swing Low," A. romantic comedy co-starring lovely Carole Lombard and dashing Fred Mac- Murray-a festival of song and music of mirth and laughter. Coming to the Queen's

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*Wings of the Morning”—presenting COMING PICTURES -

John McCormack in a natural techni- "Green Pastures," the most talked colour film. Coming to the Queen's.

film for about

several years.

"On The Avenue”—with songs by Banned in England and then permit- and

ted to be shown, it has since passed Irving Berlin-a sparkling musical the Censor in China and Hong Kong. production with a stellar cast of enter- Coming to the King's.

tainers, including Dick Powell; and Madeleine Carroll. Coming to Queen's.

"Charlie Chan At The Opera”~-

So East chucked his high dia- monds on the second, third, fourth lead of trumps, reserving only the ace, pro tem, and discard- ed hearts on the fifth and sixth

"The Last of Mrs. Cheyney," a trump leads. Declarer then led to

new version, with the presence of Ro- dummy's heart ace and returned a bert Montgomery, William Powell and Comedy adorns the latest mystery ad- club, playing the queen from his Joan Crawford in the cast more than venture, which brings in Boris Karloff fown hand. When it held, declarer sufficient

King's saw his best chance for success. East He cashed the last trump, intending Pass to follow it with a diamond which Pas

he prayed East would have to win Pass Then a forced club return

Wou

West opened the lack of hearts permit another finesse, and victory. and the moment dummy was ex-But Eastane to his previous posed the declarer could see he sound analygis, e would need extraordinary luck to ing, and got rid of

fulfil" his con tra There was as though!

not only duplic

in the length West

and, but the diamond Towest the declarer

the play "com-

diamond ace

TO-DAY'S QI Question: Please sett tion. May ap

of the club suit the fact that déclarer spade was higher than any 1 of dummys limited the latter's entries to one, which probably would be insufficient - When it.. came to finessing against the club king...

But the declarer hid his fears trump when not having a

ace? and carried on. He won the open ing lead with the king and rattled off six trumps, discarding one heart contains at least four honour and one diamond from the dummy tricks, with 4-8-3-8 distribution,

ndat

At the as the wily Chinese sleuth's Maniacal foe. Coming to the Queen's.

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