1938-12-13 — Page 26

Ettore Pellegatti ('Cello) From The Studio

THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 13, 1938

Today's Wireless

12-12.20 p.m.-Relay of a Service of In- forcession from St. John's Cathedral.

12.30p.m.---Songs by Gigl. (Tenor), · It is you (Sandoval); If I could for get your eyes (Sandoval-Albeniz)

with Orchestra. Come Back To Me (from Alm 'Lulla- by de Curtis). with. Members

of La Scala Oroh., Milan, 'cond. by Dino Olivieri.

Venetian Serenade (film 'Lullaby'-

Melichar).. ...with Berlin State Opera Orchestra cond. by Alios Melichar.

12.42 p.m.-Weber-Concertstuck In F Minor, Op. 79. Robert Casadesus (Piano) and the Orchestre Sym- phonique de Paris conducted by Eu- gene Bigot,

1 p.m.-Local Time Signal and Wen-

ther Report.

1.03 p.m.-Quentin M. Maclean at the

Organ.

Edward German-Selection; King Of with Regal

Jazz-Selection

Cinema Orchestra cond. by` Eman- uel Stärkey.

ments,

ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M. (9.52 megacycles)

1.40 p.m.-New-Variety,

Vocal Music, Maestro, Please (from These Foolish Things'); A-Tisket, A-Tasket (Feldman); Frances Day with Orchestral accomp. Dance Orch.--Minuet For A Modern Miss Fox-Trot; Plastered In Paris-Fox-Trot

The Six Swingers directed by George Scott Wood. Vocal Chinatown, My Chinatown (Schwartz); Rockin' Chair (Carmi- chael) Mills Brothers Quartet

with Guitar.

Vocal-Daniel In The Lions' Den (Granatt).....The Duncan Sisters with accomp. on two pianos. Dance Orch. Yes, There Ain't No Moonlight Fox-Trot; I hadn't Anyone Till You-Fox-Trot Tommy Tucker & His Orchestra with "vocal refrain. Vocal--Panamania

High, Swing Low'). Lamour with Orchestra. Vocal-Qu'est-Ce Qu'on

(Misraki). Piano accomp.

(film

'Swing Dorothy

Attend

Pils et Tabet with

1.17 p.m.-Harry Roy & His Orchestra. Shine Quickstep: Oh! You Sweet -Thing - Fox-Trot; Everybody's Swingin' It Now-Fox-Trot; Ev're Time I Look At You Fox-Trot 2.15 p.m. Close down. (film 'Dancing Feet').

6 p.m.-Relay of the Dance Orchestra cal chorus.

from the Roof Garden of the Hong| Kong Hotel.

with 'vo-

1.30 p.m.-Reuter ́ and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce-

(a) A-Tisket, A-Tasket; (b) Rhythm Mad; (c) Mama's Gone Goodbye; (d)

Winning

CONTRACT

(By the Four Aces).

David Burnstine, Merwin D. Maier, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken World's leading Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system that has

beaten every other system in existence.

HUOM CARD VALUES

A PROBLEM IN PLAY

To-day's hand offers was eventually able to make a spade two distinct lines of trick, thereby beating the Slam con- FOUR-ACRE SYSTEM play. To those of our tract.

readers who like pro-

ACE KING

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QUEEN.1 JACK..

Music, Maestro, Please.

6.14 p.m.-Record: Piano Medley of Strauss Waltzes.. ...Charlic Kunz (Piano) with Rhythm Accomp..

9.21 p.m.—(a) I'm Gonna Lock My Heart; (b) The Yam; (c) Joseph Joseph!; (d) Lullaby In Rhythm. 6.35 p.m.--Records: Parade Of Parades --Selection.....Quentin. M, Maclean

(Organ).

Czardas (Monti).

Gigetto Caston-

celli (Accordeon) with Piano. 6.44 p.m.-(a) The Moonlight Hawaii And You; (b) Midnight In Mayfair; (c) A Serenade to the Stars; (d) Love Walked In.

7 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quotations, 7:02 p.m.-Selections from "The Fleet's Lit Up", "Crest of the Wave”, and others.

"Crazy Days" - Selection (Eyton,

Carter & Mayer!)....The Shaftes bury Theatre Orchestra, London, cond. by Billy Mayer!. (Vocalists: M. Browne & F. Conyngham) "Running Riot" Selection. De-

broy Somers Band.

"The Fleet's Lit Up"-Selection (V.. Ellis)......Geraldo & His London Hippodrome Orch.

"Crest Of The Wave"-Selection

(Novello, arr. Prentice).

The

Drury Lane Theatre Orch, cond. by Charlie Prentice.

7.30 p.m.-New Mayfair Orchestra and

Percy Heming (Baritone), "The Gay Nineties"--Waltz Medley New Mayfair Orchestra with vocal refrain.

8

London Relay:

An Armada Programme

ing (Baritone) with Orchestra. Memories of Horatio Nicholla

New Mayfair Orchestra with vocal refrain.

Joggin' Along The Highway (Sam- uel); The Dovout Lover (White) Percy Heming (Baritone) with Piano.

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Honey Coloured Moon (film 'Music hath charms') .New Mayfair

p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather

Orchestra with vocal, chorus,

Report and Announcements.

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8.03

p.m.

Songs. by Tino Rossi (Tenor). Listen to the Mandolines (Scotto); Catari! Catari (Cardillo); Mia Pic- calina (Scotto); Only My Love Song (Scotto).....with Orchestra. 8.15 p.m.-London Relay—"The Grand- mother Clock' by Philip Callan. Characters: Owney Maloney, a farm. er; Matty, his brother; Thomson, a bailiff; Larry, a lorry driver. Pro- duction by Howard Rose.

8.45 p.m.-Studio-Cello Recital by

Lindsay A. Lafford at the Piano. 1. Sonata, Op. 45 (Mendelssohn). 2. Kol Nidrei (Max Bruch).. · 9.15 p.m.-Berlin State Opera Orches-

tra.

"Caliph Of Bagdad" Overture cond, by Clemens

(Boieldieu).

Schmaistich.

Le

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Prophete-Coronation March (Meyerbeer); Torch Dance No. 1 in B Flat Major. (Meyerbeer). cond, by F. Weissmann,

9.30 p.m.-London Relay The News. 9.50 p.m.-Strauss Waltzes.

Vienna Bon Bons-Waltz. Morning Papers-Waltz, Du. Und Du-Waltz ("Die

maus")..

Fleder-

Fairings; Come To The Fair ("Songs 10 p.m.-Studio-A Sketch.

of the Fair"-Easthope Martin); 10.20 p.m.-London Relay An Armada Jock The Fiddler; The Ballad- Programme. The material for which Monger ("Songs of the Fair has been collected by Igor Vinogra- Easthope Martin)....Percy Hem- doff. Production by Stephen Potter. Ettore Pellegatti accompanied by 11.15 p.m.-Close down.

What's On At the Cinemas

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AT THE ORIENTAL~"The. Prison--

AT THE QUEEN'S AND ALHAM- cluded in the cast are such well-known BRA

"That Certain Age",

players, Margaretta Scott, Arthur

glas, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich, John Selten. with Deanna Durbin, Melvyn Dou-Margetson, Ronald Squire, Athole Ste- wärt, Percy Marmont and Morton Halliday, Juanita Quigley, Jackie Sear- le, Charles Coleman, Nancy Carroll and The alternate play is as follows: Peggy Stewart. Deanna is presented blems, we suggest Play a low diamond at trick two, as a 16-year-old girl undergoing her er Of Zenda." One of the greatest love covering the East and ruff the club return, cash the Ace-first pangs of school girl romance when stories of modern times is dramatical- West hands, studying King of spades, and then play the North and South diamond and go up with the

ashe falls romantically in love with ly inter-woven with desperate ádven- Ace. man many years her senior. The plot those incomparable lovers, Ronald Col- ture and intrigue. This picture features hands and the bid- Next play a third diamond ding, and then plan- trump it, return to your own hand vious stories, but it has the same glas Fairbanks, Jun, in the role of the and is more comedy than any of the pre-man and Madeleine Carroll, with Doa- ning how they would play the six- by ruffing either a club or a heart, heart-interest and stirring emotional The notable supporting cast includes spade contract.

fighting daredevil, Rupert of Hentzau. We will give one draw the one remaining trump, and qualities which have distinguished all Mary Astor, C. Aubrey Smith, Ray. hint the actual Declarer took what make the contract. appeared to be the best chance, whereas the second-best play would, have made the hand.

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After the hand was played it caus- 'ed considerable discussion, and the Declarer was rather interested in

AT THE MAJESTIC—“Action For AT THE KING'S—"The Adventures: finding out whether his unsucessful Stander." One of the most dramatic Of Tom Sawyer" Mark Twain's im- line of play was nevertheless the scenes occurs when Clive Brook, as an mortal classic brilliantly produced in proper one. The answer is yes; army officer hunted by scandal, at-technicolour, bringing to the screen there is a slight percentage in favour tempts to commit suicide. But the the newest juvenile sensation, Tommy of Declarer's play, the reason being, Ann Todd, restores his balance

¡timély arrival of his wife, played by Kelly, The cast includes Jackie Moran,

and as Huckeberry Finn, May Robson,- first, that in order to make the con-under her persuasion he decides to Walter Brennan, Victor Jory and Cora tract by any method of attack both fight back and clear his name. In-Sue Collins. diamonds and spades had to break 3-2; second, the method adopted would win automatically if three spades and two diamonds were in the same hand, and would lose auto- matically if two spades' and two diamonds were in the same hand. The alternate play would work

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West opened his sixth-best club. diamonds in the same hand. The Declarer won with the Ace in dum- Declarer had no indication as to the my, studied the hand a while, then

distribution of the other cards. played a diamond over to the Ace Hence, there was a very slight and returned a low diamond. A se-

mathematical percentage in favour cond club was trumped by the three of finding three spades and two of spades, and Declarer now played diamonds together. Finally, a hand a low diamond. West put on the of this type is pretty much of eight of spades, dummy was forced, guess.

to ruff with the King, and now East

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