1937-05-14 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 14, 1937.

Reginald Dixon

At The

Cinema Organ

Today's Wireless

12.80-2.15 p.m.-European Programme. 12.30 p.m.-The London Symphony

Orchestra.

1 p.mcal: Time Signal and Wea-

ther Report.

1.03 p.m.--Variety.

1.30 p.m. Reuter Press, Rugby Press; Local: Weather Forecast, Time and Announcements.

1.40 p.m.--De Groot and His Piccadilly

Orchestra:

2.15 p.m.—Close Down.

4-7 p.m.-Chinese Programme.

7-11 pm-European Programme.

7 p.m.--Scottish Music.

Songs...

Bonnie Wee Thing (Fox). MacGregor's Gathering (Lee,

Kahn).

Joseph Hislop (tenor).

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

7.35 p.m.—The Maestros.

Little Annie Rooney (Nolan). Because (Teschemacher

d'Hardelot),

and

Or

arr.

tions and Hong Kong Exchange | 8.30 p.m.-London Philharmán Market Report.

chestra.

Suite de Ballet (Handel,

Beecham). -(a) Bourrée; (b) Rondeau; (c) Gigue (d). Musette; (e) Battle and Finale

Summer Night on the River

(Delious). 8.45 p.m. "Prometheus” Overtøre (Beethoven), Op. 43, played the Lon- don Philharmonic Orchestra, Con- ducted by Felix Weingartner.

Maire, My Girl (Casey and

Aitken).

7.45 p.m.--Londen The BBC Dance Orchestra, under the direction of Henry Hall.

18 ¡p.m.-Local: Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements. 18.03 p.m.---A Variety Programme.

Songs-

arr.)

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The Bonnie, Bonnie Banks Ó' Loch

Lomon' (Traditional).

Comin' thro' the Rye (Traditional),

Dora Labbette (soprano).

Band-

Highland Schottische.

Eightsome Reel.

Pipes and Drums of the 2nd

Batt. Scots Guards.

Songs-

Ac Fond Kiss (Scott Gatty). Deil's Awa' wi' th' Exciseman. The Piper O' Dundee.

Alex. Carmichael (baritone).

Instrumental-

Medley of Scottish Airs.

Pipers of the 2nd Batta. the Q.

0. Cameron Highlanders and Hert Dawson (organ).

7.30 p.m.--`Closing local stock quota-

BRIDGE NOTES

7

Psychic

"Dear Mr. Culbertson:

8.50 p.m. From the Studio.

The 9th of a second series of Gramo- phone Recitals by the Rev. C. B. R. Sargent.

"Head over 9.30 p.m.- London — News and Ani

May I have the next Romance with

You (from Heels").

Watching the Stars (from

ters in the Air"). Leslie Hutchinson,

Instrumental-

Teddy Bears' Picnic. Mighty Lak' à Rose.

Frank Biffo and His

Quintette.

Piano solos

Old Fashioned, Love. `·

If we never meet again.

Gerry Moore.

Songs

I Love the Moon.

Murray Stewart (tenor).

Banjo Solos-

Tony.

White Rose.

Olly Oakley.

nouncements.

"Splin-9.55 p.m.-The New Mayfair Orchestra:

A Vision of Spring-Selection. Ballad Memories Selection.. Cavalcade of Martial Songs

Brass

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Programme OF Scottish Music

Savoy Irish Medley.

(arr. Nicholls).

Savoy Welsh Medley (arr. Somers). 10.15 p.m. London Big Ben,

Reginald Dixon at the Cinema Organ. Dixon Request Medley.

"Naughty Marietta". Film Selection. Dixon Hits No. 7.

10.30 p.m. Dance Music.

Fox-Trot

It ain't nobody's biz'ness what I do. Blues—

When the Swallows nest again. Slow Waltz→→→

Sweetheart, let's grow old together. Slow Fox-Trot-

There's a star in the sky. Tango--Enamorado.

Fox-Trot

The scene changes.

Every time I look at you. -Man from the South..

Moon over Miami, Waltz-Song of the Islands. 11 p.m. –—– Close down.

What's On At the Cinemas

AT THE ORIENTAL "Smartest "The Lost Horizon", with Ronald Girl In Tow"," with Gene Raymond, Colman, Jane Wyatt, H. B. Warner, Ann Sother Helen Broaderick and Margo and Edward Everett Horton. Eric Blore. Delightful humour is com-story of adventure, romance danger and bined with a fast moving plot to give glamour, acclaimed as one of the out- the fullest play to, the versatile talents standing productions of the year. of one of the screen's most popular Coming to the Oriental. romantic teams.

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AT THE STAR-15 Maiden Lane," "Pennies From Heaven”—with Bing an onslaught оп the vaults of the Crosby, Madge Evans, Edith Fellows. By ELY CULBERTSON world's greatest jewellery centre forms and, Louis Armstrong, The gayest the basis, with Cesar Romero, Claire fun-show of the new season. Coming Trevor, Douglas Fowley and Robert to the King's. McWade taking part.

Bidding

AT THE

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* MAJESTIC

"Banjo on My Knee.”—With Barbara Bride", with Jeanette MacDonald, Joe ley, Buddy Ebsen, Walter Catlett, "Lottery Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Helen West- E. Brown, John Garrick and Zasu Katherine de Milla and Anthony Mar- Pitts. A glorious operetta replete with tin. A thrill musicale, depicting the music and laughter.

tragi-comedy, that is the life story of Coming to the Queen's. the river-boat people on the Mississippi

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"What actually happened was that "May I request your opinion with North bid five diamonds, forcing respect to the bidding situation South to five hearts, which was which occurred in a recent team-of-doubled and set one trick, where- four match played by the writer as every other pair in the room AT THE KING'S "When Knights and his partner?

played the hand in four hearts un-were Bold", with Jack Buchanan and "Until this hand came up the pair doubled.

Fay Wray. The story has been adapt- had been playing particularly well "Any comments you might choose ed from the famous stage success by "Mama" Steps Out”--A girl whom Charles Marlowe and the addition of her mother hopes will marry a cultur- but had been getting no lucky to make regarding the intelligence musical numbers provides Jack Bu-ed foreigner elopes with an American breaks and, as a result, had not had of South's reasoning would be ap-chanan with excuses to both sing and crooner. Starring Stanley Morner and a particularly good game on apreciated; also any comments you dance.

Betty Furness... Coming to the King's. match point basis. This being the case, the South player decided to try to make a few breaks for him self and this accounts for the psychic short suit bid made by a player who seldom indulges in such flights of fancy.

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South, dealer. East-West vulnerable.

NORTH

SA 7:4-2 B-102

D. Q 97 C-Q 7:43

might like to make regarding North's ultimate bid of five diamonds, rescu" ing his partner from the four hearts doubled.

"Sincerely yours,

AT THE QUEEN'S “Bunker:Bean?

COMING PICTURES

"After The Thin

Man,” -with

Darro. The tale of a nature writer who has bees in his bonnet as well as his column and -a wife who gets him into a tangle that it takes a general alarm to unravel. Coming to the Queen's.; D.

with Owen Davis Jr., Robert MeWade "John Meade's Woman and Jessis Ralph. The old-story of the ful story starring Edward G. Arnold -a 'power.

worm turning acted in the most ha- and Francine Larrimore. Coming to morous R. O. F."

manner

with a juvenile the Queen's. South's explanation of his

romance underlying the story. psy-

**Mind Your Own Business."-- With chic two diamond bid speaks for

AT THE ALHAMBRA “Song itself. Psychic forays are not to be China"A simple story of a well-to-do Talbot, Benny Baker and Frankie of Charles Ruggles, Alice Brady, Lyle judged. by any hard and fast rules. family, written, acted and directed by The bid was not, in my opinion, Chinese. utterly illogical and certainly should not have affected the eventual - re- sult. North's bidding was bad in more than one instance: His double of two spades was unjustified on his holding and, while his prefer nee bid of four diamonds over three hearts was more or less normal, his subsequent take-out of the four heart double to five diamonds was inexcusable. South really had

“Mr. Cinderella”, with Jack Haley, not Betty Furness, Arthur Treacher and asked for a preference when

he Raymond Walburn. A barber follows rebid the higher ranking heart suit the movements of Society people "On The Avenue"--with songs by at the three leveḥ Had he want through

gossip

ra Irving Berlin-a sparkling-musica! ed such a preference he would have seen her, and eventually marries her. tainers, including Dick Powell and

Society beauty thoumns idolises

he has never production with a stellar cast of enter- South

diamonds. Therefore, Coming to the Oriental. three

Madeleine Carroll. Coming to Queen's. 1 heart Double Pass 1 spade North could take it for granted that

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""The bidding:

3 hearts

West

PBBB

North

East bid

2 diamonds 7 spades Double Pass South's hearts were infinitely sup- 4 diamd's Panserior to his diamonds. But when 4 hearts Double?

South, after hearing the preférence, *South's explanation of his bid still went on to four hearts, North ding was to the effect that after should have pasted without a se- In the first place, the informative double by a conser- cond's thought. vative player who was vulnerable his diamond holding was not a great he felt that there was considerable deal better than his heart holding. strength massed against him. This In the second place, South had made being the case, he hoped to create it superobvious that his heart suit the illusion of a misfit by bidding a could stand alone.

short suit and then having North The bottom score was^ 100 : per rescue from hearts to diamonds at cent North's fault. least once in the course of the bid-

“South reasoned that this bid-

ding probably would result in being doubled at four hearts which

„TO-DAY'S QUESTION Question: What is the

correct opening bid on the following hand?

if made, should be a top score on S AK Q 8 4 H 8 D K10 75 3 2C8 the board:

Answer: One diamond:

Myrna Loy as Nora Charles, epitome of the sophisticated modern wife, who Young Florence Rice, Ted. Healy and "The Longest Night”, with Robert assists her famous husband William Julie Haydon. Mystery, with an add- Powell in ferreting out crimes against ed element of romance and humour, a San Francisco background. Coming provides the highlights of this picture, to the King's.

and incidents following one upon an- other, in bewildering succession combine Coming to the to build a great story. Oriental

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