1937-05-20 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 20, 1937.

Children's Concert

From

The Studio

Today's Wireless

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

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

ther Reportį.

1.03 p.m.-Songs by Peter Dawson

(Bass-Baritone).

1.16

p.m.-Violin

Sandler.

Solos by Albert

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.

5-8 p.m.-European Programme.

5 p.m.-A Relay of Dance Music from the Roof-Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel.

6 p.m.-From the Studio.

A Children's Concert 6.30 p.m.-Excerpts from "The

llers" (Sullivan), by The Carte Opera Company. Overture - List and Learn

Morrow, pretty maids merriest.

ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's

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

ZEK 640 k.c's.

Come to the Ball (Monckton), Moya, Lovely Moya (Peter),

Orchestra Lonise. p.m.-London-The Coronation Naval Review. A descriptive commentary from the Fleet anchored at Spitbend. 9.30 p.m.-London -News and An-

nouncements.

7.35 p.m.-Concerto in F Major (Gersh-9 win), played by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra; Roy Bargy at the Piano. Allegro

8

Andanto

con moto

Allegra con brio. p.m.-Local: Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.

8.03 p.m.-From the Studio.

A Chinese Concert

11 p.m.-Close Down.

Gondo-18.05-11 p.m. European programme D'Oyly] · from Z.E.K., on a frequency of 640

kilocycles.

Good 8.05 p.m. — London

For the

Fellows are we See, see, at last they come -- We're called Gon- dolieri Are you peeping?

6.55 p.m.-The Angelus Octet.

Cradle Song (Brahms).

Serenade (Schubert).

Spring Song (Mendelssohn). Nocturne in E Flat Major

(Chopin).

7.08 p.m.- Variety Items.

Vocal-

Hawaiian Paradise.

Beyond compare.

Bing Crosby.

Organ Solo-

Fifty Years of Song.

Terence Casey.

Vocal→→

Another Perfect Day is Ending. The night is young and you're so

beautiful.

Turner Layton.

BRIDGE NOTES

Music.

Recorded Dance

8.10 p.m.-London Behind the Scenes

at the Coronation.”—3.

(1) Preparing the Ermine for his

Majesty's Coronation Robe.

9.55 p.m.-Raie da Costa Memories.

Dancing Butterfly."

"Waltz Time"-Medley.

"Stand Up and Sing"Medley, Parade of the Minutes. Blue Again...

10.15 p.m.-London---Big Ben.

Page

Excerpts From

Sullivan's

“The Gondoliers”

Fox-Trot

Dance Music.

The Stars Weep.

You turned the tables on me.

I breathe on windows..

Mine's a hopeless case.

I'm just beginning to care. Waltz-I'm still in love with you. Fox-Trot

Love me to-day.

A nice cup of tea,

There's that look in your eyes

again.

Head over heels.

Somebody stole my break.,

I come from a musical family. The one rose.

Waltz-Secret rendezvous.

111 p.m.-Close down

What's On At the Cinemas

AT THE KING'S——“The King's Va-] "Pennies From Heaven-with Bing (2) Erecting the Stands for Specta- | cation," with George Arliss, Majorie | Crosby, Madge Evans, Edith Fellowa tors along the Processional Gateson, Dudley Digges; Dick Powell and Louis Armstrong. The gayest

and Patricia Ellis. George Arliss is at fun-show of the new season. Coming. his best in a role excelling in humour, to the King's. humanity and suave charm, and plays

Route. (3) Flowers for London.

(Eelectrical Recording). 8.30 p.m.--Light Orchestral Music. Evensong (Easthope Martin),

Leslie Jeffries and His Orchestra. El Relicario (Padilla) La Violetera

(Willemetz, Granier & Padilla),

Geraldo's Gaucho Tango Orch. Blumenlied, Op. 39 (Lange), Luna Waltz (Lincke),

Marek Weber and His Orchestra. March of the Little Leaden Soldiers

(Pierne),

Parade of the Tin Soldiers (Jessel),

Regal Orchestra. By ELY CULBERTSON

Vienna Coup.

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the part of a man who has kingship "Mama Steps. Out”-A girl whom. thrust upon him while despising all the her mother hopes will marry a cultur- pomp and ceremony and determined toled foreigner elopes with an American give them all up for love in a cottage. crooner. Starring Stanley Momer and

Betty Furness. Coming to the King's-

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AT THE QUEEN'S "Step Lively, Jeeves", with Arthur Treacher, Patri- cia Ellis and Robert Kent. The inimit Betty Furness, Arthur Treacher and "Mr. Cinderella", with Jack Haley, able Jeeves in a mad mixup of shoot-Raymond Walburn. ing, gangsters and assorted variety of

A barber follows giddy misadventures; on his first visit through gossip columns, idolises a movements of Society people Society beauty though he has never seen her, and eventually marries her. Coming to the Oriental.

to America.

the street.

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the

AT THE ORIENTAL"Two In A Crowd", with Joan Bennett and Joel McCrea. A romantic comedy drama The Lost Horizon"; with Ronald of two young moderns following the Colman, Jane Wyatt, H. B. Warner, discovery of a thousand dollar bill in Margo and Edward Everett Harton. A story of adventure, romance danger and glamour, acclaimed as one of the out- AT THE ALHAMBRA "She's Dan-standing productions of the year. I have been accused of

many gerous", with Tala Birell, Walter Pid- Coming to the Oriental. bias [doubtedly she figured that against feminine bridge players. teams would reach seven clubs and, geon and Cesar Romero. An exciting drama in which Cesar Romero, as a have been misquoted as having said therefore, decided to go out for a gangster, falls in love with Tala Birell "After The Thin Man," with no trump. an insurance company detective, and Myrna Loy as Nora Charles, epitome that men are, as a class, distinctly"top" by playing at superior players. Both the accuss Actually the hand would have play-implicates her in a murder. Both are of the sophisticated modern; wife who comdemned to die. How she is rescued assists her famous husband William tion and the quotation are false, ed the same at seven clubs. Dum- at the last moment provides the thrill-Powell in ferreting out crimes against a San Francisco background. Coming and have embarrassed me publicly my's spade suit could not have beening climax of the picture.

to the King's. established by ruffing since it had and domestically.

AT THE MAJESTIC "China Clip- It probably is because women are no usable outside entry.

"Banjo on My Knee"-With Barbara inherently modest that I receive so The opening lead was the diaper with Pat O'Brien, Beverley Ro-

berts, Ross Alexander, Humphreya Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Helen West.. Dummy and East Bogart and Henry B. Walthall. few contributions starring heroines,mond jack.

Aley, Buddy Ebsen, Walter Catlett, instead of heroes. Certainly this is played low and the queen won. A glamorous romance of the air, marking Katherine de Mille and Anthony Mar- low club was led to the ace and de-a milestone in the pictorial history of tin. A thrill musicale, depicting the not my fault.

daring American aviation.

tragi-comedy that is the life story of clarer then entered her hand with

the river-boat people on the Mississippi. the ace of hearts, and rattled off six

AT THE STAR "Three Smart Coming to the Queen's. additional club tricks and the dia- Girls," with Deanna Durbin, Binnie

* Barnes, Alice Brady, Ray Milland and mond ace.

"John Meade's Woman”. Charles Winninger. The adventures of ful story starring Edward G. Arnold. When declarer laid down the last three lovely daughters of a rich New and Francine Larrimore. Coming to club West had to find 2 discard Yorker who smash their father's ro- the Queen's. from his remaining four cards which |mance with a fortune-hunting blonde were the heart king and the jack-9-7 provide the amusing theme for this

picture. of spades. Dummy, at this time, had

COMING PICTURES the A-8-6 of spades and the heart queen. East's cards

“Mind Your Own Business,” With Murray — a festival of song and music were inconse-

Charles Ruggles,

of mirth, and laughter. Alice Brady, Lyle had to Talbot, quential. Obviously West

Benny Baker and Frankie the Queen's. hold on to his heart king, and was Darro. The tale of a nature writer

I take the sincerest pleasure is reporting a hand played by one of Baltimore's leading contract ladies at a recent Crockford club dupli- cate, and only regret that, due t her shyness, she must remain anonymous.

South, dealer.

Both sides vulnerable.

NORTH

S.-A 86 5 4 3 H-Q 9 8

D.-5 4 2 C.A

WEST S.--J 9.7 H-K 7 6 2 D-J 10 9 ⠀

C-7 6-4

EAST SQ:10 HJ 10 5 4 3 DK 873

C.-98

SOUTH S.-K 2 H.—A D-A

G-KQJ 105

The bidding

South

1 club

3 clubs

West North

Pass 1 spade

Pass 3-spades.

4no trump Paɛg 6 no trump

East

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a power-

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"Swing High And Swing Low,” A romantic comedy co-starring lovely Carole Lombard and dashing Fred Mac-

Coming

forced to discard a spade. Dummy who has bees in his bonnet as well as "On The Avenne"-with songs by

into a tangle that it takes a general production with a stellar cast of enter his column and a wife who gets him Irving Berlin-a sparkling musical alarm to unravel. Coming to the tainers, including Dick Powell and Queen's.

Madeleine Carroll. Coming to Queen's.

let go the heart queen, and now the three spades were good since West originally had held the only adverse stopper.

Of course, the declarer was lucky to find a distribution (including the diamond finesse) which would per- mit the contract's fulfillment, but she was, nevertheless, to be con- gratulated for her perfect manage- ment.

TO-DAY'S QUESTION. Question: Partner opened the Pass bidding with two spades. I held the Pass following:

Pass

Tno

trump Pass Pass

Pass

The declarer chose seven no trump instead of seven clubs. as the final

contract because the was playing.

S-8 8

·H. QJ 10 9 642 D-Q J. 7

Isn't my hand strong enough to match point duplicate in which the show the heart suit? honours are not counted, and in⠀⠀ Answer: No. Your first response which therefore, no-trump contracts must be two no trump Show the enjoy a marked superiority. Un-heart suit on the second round.

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