1937-07-24 — Page 3

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 24, 1937.

H.K.V.DC. Aquatic Sports:

Relay From V.R.C.

Today's Wireless Wireless

12.30-2.15 pin European Programme.

12.30 p.m.--Nat Gonella and his Geor

gians.

Fox-Trot

The Mayor of Alabam”.

Your Feet' Too Big

Blues-

Basin Street Blues.

Fox-Trot

The Sheik of Araby. Sophisticated Lady.

Jealous.

12.49 p.m.-Gracie Fields.

Why did I have to meet you?

One night of love,

When the Robin sings his song again.

ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's

(H. Wood, Barrie).

Bass-Baritone

When Dull Care (Lane Wilson). When Lights Go Rolling (Ireland): Contralto-

Danny Boy (Weatherley). Baritone

Silent Noon (Vaughan Williams). Myself when Young

("In a Persian Garden).

2.15 p.m-Close down.

4-7 p.m.-Chinese Programme.

1 p.m.-Local: Time Signal and Wea-7 p.m.-12 Midnight— European

ther Report.

1.03 p.m.-Latest Variety Numbers.

Humorous-

The Love Bug will bite you,

Vocal-

Max Miller.

I was anything but sentimental, Birdie out of a Cage,

Cicely Courtneidge, and Jack

I need you,

Bass

Hulbert.

Broken-hearted Clown,

Leslie Hutchinson.

Golden River,

My Way

Vocal-

Paul Robesón.

South Sea Island Medley,

The Twilight Serenaders.

1.30 p.m.-Reuter Press: Rugby Press;

Local: Weather Forecast, Time and

Announcements.

gramme. '-

ZEK 640 kcs.

Commentary By

Percy Fender

10.10-10.15 pm.

-Interval of Re

Dance Music from Z.B.W.

10.15-10.30 p.m.----

6.

5. September in the Rain.

An Excuse for Dancing. Melody for Two

A commentary on the first day's play by P. G. H. Fender from Old Traf-7. ford, Manchester.

8.30 p.m.-

Pro-

7

7 p.m. Haydn. Quartet in E Major Op. 54 No. 3 played by the Pro Arte Quartet.

7.17 p.m. -Schubert Songs. Gretchen am Spinnrade, Lied der Mignon,

Meta Seinemeyer (soprano).

Aufenhalt."

:

Alexander Kipnis (Bass). 7,30 p.m.-Hong Kong Stock Exchange summary and Exchange, market re- port.

--

request variety

pro-

gramme Pop-Eyed Pete (Kennedy & Carr),

The Hill Billies. The Merry, Wisdom Selection

(Lehar) De Groot & His Orch. Albert Comes Back... Stan Holloway. The Mounties, from Rose Marie, Rose Marie Rainbow on the River (Foxtrot),-

8. Shelf of Araby (Swing Arrangé-

ment by Mr, Art Carneiro.) 10.30-10.40 p.m.—Interval of Recorded

Dance Music from Z.B.W.

10.40-10.55 p.m.--

9. Coronation Waltzes.

10. Seventh Heaven.

11. Arlene,

12. Medley of Old Fashioned

Waltzes.

Nelson, Eddy. 10.55-11 p.m-Interval of Recorded

Dance Music from Z.B.W.

Billy Bisset. & His Orch.11.11.15 p.m. Songs of Freedom, Sleepy River (from film Songs of

Freedom)

Paul Robeson.

9 p.m.-Studio. Frank Read on local

lawn bowls."

9.10 p.m. Variety.

Head over heels in Love, Baby, whatcha go nna do tonight,

Lille Palmer (soprano). Charlie Kunz Piano medley No. D. 2,

Charlie Kunz. Brewster's Millions,

Jack Buchanan & Geraldo &

7.35 p.m.-Arthur Rubinstein át the

Piano. Polonaise No. 2 in E Flat Minor Op. 9.30 p.m.—London. Relay News and

20 No. 2

Chopin.

Announcements."

his Orch.

13. Moonlight and Shadows. 14. Blue Hawaii. ker

15. In a Little Hula Heaven. 16. Lady in Red.-

11.15-11.20 p.m.-Interval of Recorded

Dance Music from Z.B.W. 11.20-11.35 p.m.---

17. Piccolo Fiore (Tango). 18. Munchita (Tango). 19. Clavelitera (Rumba). 20. Siboney (Rumba). 11.35-11:45 pmInterval of Recorded

Dance Music from Z.B.W. 11.45-12 midnight.

21. Little Old Lady,

22. Rhythms O.K. in Harlem.

23. The Love Bug will Bite You.

Polonaise No. 4 in G Minor Op. 409.55 p.m.--Relay of the Hong Kong 24. Lady be Good (Swing, arrange-

Grande Polonaise Op. 22

No za

Liebestraum (No. 3)

Valse Caprice

Chopin. Hotel dance Orchestra from the Grill, Chopin Liszt. Rubinstein.

1.40 p.m. Primo Scala's Accordeon 8 p.m.-Local: Time Signal, Weather

Band..

Riding the range in the sky.

The Duck Song.

Twenty miles to nowhere.

"On with the Show-Selection. 1.55 p.m.-Songs by Stuart Robertson (Bass-Baritone) and Mary Kay“ (So- prano).

Contralto-

Love's Old Sweet Song

(Molloy, Bingham)...

A Brown Bird Singing

BRIDGE NOTES

report and Announcements.

8.03 p.m. —Leslie Hutchison at the

piano.

Watching the Stars,

from "Splintersin' the Air”.

May I have the Next Romance with you. -..from ("Head over Heels”). The Way you look to-night,

Afterglow

from "Swing Time”. Stillman-Levant. 18.15 p.m.-London. Relay of the second cricket test match v. New Zealand.

By ELY CULBERTSON

Budapest Match Hands

P.ii...

room of the Hong Kong Hotel 9.55-10.10

12

1. Am I Gónna have trouble with

you.

2.

This Year's Kisses.

3. May be, its the Spring.

4.

I'm Bubbling Over.

ment by Mr. Art Carneiro.) midnight-Close down.

The Hong Kong Hotel Orchestral Re- lay will be interrupted at about 10.15 p.m. For a

commentary from the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, Aquatic Sports at the V.R.C.

What's On At the Cinemas

AT THE KING'S. — "Green Light, Whitney, Johnny Downs. Kenny Baker with Errol Flynn, Anita Louise. Mar and Marjorie Gateson. garet Lindsay and Sir Cedric Hard- wicke. Errol Flyn is in the role of a young surgeon who sacrifices his You're In Love."The story of a gay, AT THE ALHAMBRA — "When career to save that of an older doctor. light-hearted and charming escapade Anita Louise and Margaret Lindsay in which Grace Moore has been trans- provide the love interest while Sir Ce-formed into a charming comedierne. dric Hardwicke is the surgeon who Playing opposite her in the male lead risks his life to search for a vaccine is Cary Grant with Aline MacMahon, that will control the dreaded spotted Henry Stephenson, Thomas Mitchell, fever. Directed by Frank Borzage, Catharine Doucet and Lais 'Alberni in the leading screen contributions of the "Green Light" bids fair to be one of the supporting cast.

year.

AT THE MAJESTIC -“Cain And AT THE ORIENTAL "The Last Of Mabel", starring Marion Davies, as a Mrs. Cheyney". Agay comedy of beautiful waitress who rises to star- stolen pearls; an attractive and ultra-dom on the musical comedy stage, and smart American widow played by Joan Clark Gable, as a daring youth who

To-day I give two înteresting have a weak-doubleton în Spades- examples of play from the earlier as indeed she has No-Trumps in- rounds of the Budapest World Cham-sures that an opening Spade lead pionship. The first was a crucial will come up to and not through hand in the match between the Cul- South's King. Six Diamonds. would bertson New York team and Sweden.be broken by a Spade lead. Mrs. Culbertson sat North and, I

West led a small Club, and the South, and we bid to a Small Slam hand resolved itself into a rather Crawford, the debonnaire Robert Mont- battles his way to fame in the boxing thus:

curious type of squeeze. Taking gomery and well-poised William Powell ring. the club trick with dummy's King, tic romance as brilliant as its glamor

are the principal players in a drama- I ran off my six Diamond tricks, on ous stars. which, to protect the Heart suit,

Mrs. Culbertson-

S-10 x

H-10

DQ J 9 8 x x

AKxx

N

H-J x x

E

D -X X

C-J 10 x I

S—A Jx

SK X I HAK Q DAK 10

XX

Culbertson

NEXT CHANGE

East discarded everything except AT THE QUEEN'S "Turn Off The AT THE QUEEN'S AND ALHAM- his five Hearts and the Queen of Moon"-Produced by Fanchon, creator BRAI Met Him in Paris."--Starring of the famous Fanchon and Marco Claudette Colbert, Melvyn Douglas, Spades. South then played two shows, this whimsical musical comedy Robert Young and Mona - Barrie. 8.7 x x rounds of Hearts, and the position is not only a delightful melange of sparkling comedy romance, written by

South: 1 H 2S 3D.4 NT 6NT. North: 2 D3C 4D 6.C

Note South's Two Spades. Al- though he has a hand of nearly five honour-tricks, he does not jumpl the bidding. The reverse bid sufficiently indicates his

was:

S-10 x H--None

None C-Ax

N

H-None W E H 9 8 7

None

CJ:10

H-

Tone":

D-None -None

The Queen of Hearts was now led, By bidding a new suit. (Three Clubs) and West was squeezed. He dis- Mrs. Culbertson now hints strongly carded the Knave of Spades, and at slam possibilities. Hence my bid dummy the small Club. South then of Three Diamonds. There is no led the King of Spades, dropping the risk of the calling stopping short Ace and Queen together, West of game. North's Four Diamonds now had to lead a Club, and dummy's invites South to use Asking Bids or Ace of Clubs and Ten Spades the conventional Four No-Trumps. took the last two tricks. If at the He chooses the latter and Mi bertson announces her Ace of

South now knows there is an missing, and bids only the Slam, and in No Trumps rath Diamonds,,

10th trick West had kept his two Spades, and riscarded a Club,....... I Ace would have discarded a Spade from mall dummy and led the last Club from han his own hand to make the Ace and case North should small Club in dummy

dancing, romancing girls, gayety cat-Claude Binyon, author of "The Bride chy songs and uproarious fun, it has Comes Home" and "The Gilded Lily" also an unusually strong story. Cast and as fast and funny as "anything includes Charlie Ruggles Eleanore Claudette has ever done.

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