1938-12-19 — Page 26

Latest Variety: Children's Hour: Orchestral

THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 19, 1938

Today's Wireless

12-12.20 p.m.-Relay of a Service of In- tercession from St. John's Cathedral. 12.30 p.m.--London, Plano-Accordeon

Band and Elsie Carlisle (Vocal).

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

ther Report.

1.03 p.m. Gilbert & Sullivan Excerpts.

"The Yeomen' of the Guard"

Comes The Pretty Young Bride

.Full Company.

Leonard, My Loved Onc..... Wini- fred Lawson, Derek Oldham. George Baker & Chorus.

"Patience"

Prithee, Pretty Maiden.....Wini-

fred Lawson & Leslie Rands. Let The Merry Cymbals Sound..

D. Oldham, D. Fancourt, M. Green, G. Baker and Chorus of Girls and Dragoons. Stay, We Implore You....D. Fan- court, D, Oldham, G, Baker and Mixed Chorus.

Oh, Fortune, To My Aching Heart Be Kind....G. Baker, B. Lewis, W. Lawson, D. Fancourt, M. Green, M. Byre, N. Briercliffe with Orchestra;

"Trial By Jury"

Oh, Never, Never.

Leo Sheffield,;

Winifred Lawson, George Bakeri and Chorus.

May It Please You.... A. Hosking,

G. Baker, W. Lawson & Chorus. 1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce- ments.

1.40 p.m.-Programme of Latest Dance

Music.

Fox-Trot-Ol' Man Mose.....". Eddy. Duchin, & His Orchestra with vocal refrain.

Fox-Trot-The Meanest Thing You Ever Did Was Kiss Me...... Harry Roy & His Orchestra with vocal ' refrain.

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

Quickstep-Four String Joe; Fox;1 Trot A Mug of Ale....Joo Venu ti's Blue Four:

Tangos A Farewell Letter! A Love Lettor.....Heinz Huppertz & His Orchestra.

Fox-Trot Lullaby In Rhythm.

Eddie Carroll & His Swing-phonic Orchestra.

Quickstop Mine Alone (from 'Pa

prika)....Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra. Fox-Trot-Who'll Buy My Bublitch- ki?....Emery Deutsch & His Or- chestra with vocal refrain. 2.15 p.m.-Close down.

6 p.m-For The Children.

Nursery Rhymes....Sung by Uncle

Peter's Party.

New Nursery Tunes For Old Nur- sery Rhymes (Saunders, arr. Kes- ter)..... „Vocal and Orchestral. Studio-Serial "Seeing The Em- pire"; Silly Symphonies (arr. Munro). Ambrose & His Or-

chestra with vocal chorus. Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs. Intro: With a smile and a song; I'm wishing; Heigh-ho......Chorus and Orchestra directed by Jay Wil- bur,

6.30 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-

tions.

6.32 p.m.-Sea Shanties.

Songs Of The Sea (arr. Terry). In- tro: Whisky Johnny; Sally Brown; Let the Bulgine Run; Blow My Bully Boys; Billy Boy; Johnny Come Down to Hilo; Blow the Man Down; Rio Grande....Royal Naval Singers (Portsmouth) cond, by C. T. Lee, R.N.

6.40 p.m.-New Light Symphony Or

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.

A LUCKY SLAM

In to-day's hand we present cne of the luckiest Slams we have seen made in some time.

It was played

by John Crawford, one of Philadel- phia's most brilliant young players.

Of course on proper] bidding North and South would

HIGH CARD VALUES

OF THE FOUR-ACKS SYSTEM

ACE KING.. QUEEN.1 JACK.....':

TOTAL ARGUE WOF ONEAL DA

AVERAGE NAME 67%

never

have reached a Slam contract. But we think the blame for this can be placed

almost entirely on North's shoulders. North's opening bid

was about as weak as the law allows. His rebid to one notrump after Mr. Crawford's one-spade response was very poor, as this bid

North, Dealer

Neither side vulnerable

9

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J 6 3

K 4

K 8 6 2

9 3

Q 10 9

N WE S

087 6 2 487 4

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A Q 10 8 7 5 2 Q 10 3

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Mr. Crawford

The bidding:

North

1

East South West Pass 14 Pass INT Pass 3♡ Pass 3NT Pass BA

Разв Pass Pass

should always show some support would not

for partner's suit. Since North

chestra.

Zampa-Overture (Herold); Triana (Albeniz); Spanish Dance No. 3 (Grenados); "The Dubarry"-Sc- lection; Irish Washerwoman (arr. Sowerby); Turkey In The Straw (Guion).

7.10 p.m.-The B.B.C. Variety Orches

tra.

Lulworth Cove (Shadwell); Manhat

tan Moonlight (Alter); Curtain Up (Ballerina Suite A. Wood)

with Reginald Foort at the B.B.C. Theatre Organ.

7.20 p.m. Jane Carr, Hildegarde, George Formby and New Variety. Vocal Cafe-Chantant (Wal-Berg)

Damia (Vocal) accomp, by Wal-Berg & His Orchestra. Impressionist The Singing Lesson (Carr); Sun Bathing (Carr)..... Jane Carr.

Dance Orch.-Alexander's Ragtime Band-Selection (Irving Berlin) ..New Mayfair Dance Orch. Vocal-The Moon Got In My Eyes (Johnston).. Hildegarde with

f

· Orchestra. Dance Orch.--In A Little Toy Sail- boat-Fox-Trot; Small Fry-Slow Fox-Trot (film 'Sing, you Sinners')

Geraldo & His Orchestra with; vocal refrain. Comedian-George Formby Medley

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"Increased

Facilities":

London Relay

Midnight In Mayfair (Chase).... Car-

roll Gibbons (Piano), With Thee I Swing (Adlam)....Car- roll Gibbons & His Boy Friends. Foolin' Myself (Tinturin); You're Here, You're There, You're Every- where (Loeb).....Carroll Gibbons (Piano) & His Boy Friends. 8.30 p.m.-Songs by Robert 'Ashley

(Baritone).

With All My Heart (film 'Her Mas

ter's Voice'); Bird On The Wing (Grosz); Moon For Sale (Hender- son & Rosen).......with Orchestra. 8.40 p.m.--Concert Waltzes.

Rosenkavalier Waltzes. (R. Strauss) ....Bruno Walter conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. The Last Waltz (Oscar Strauss); Donauwellen, Waltz (Ivanovici)'

..Edith Lorand Orchestra. North Sea Waves-Waltz (Krannig)

..Orchestra Mascotte.

9 p.m.-London Relay Increased Faci-- lities for the passage of wheeled behicles, for instance velocipedes, in- valid chairs, and ambulances'.

A. Programme in celebration of the ju- bilee of the Pneumatic Tyre, patent- ed by John Boyd Dunlop in 1888. The speakers will include: Mrs. Jean McClintock, the inventor's daughter; Thornton Rutter and Captain G. E. T. Eyston, holder of the world's land- speed record from the house in Bel- fast where the invention was made. 9.20 p.m.-Songs by Richard Crooks

One Alone ("The Desert Song"-

Romberg); When You're Away ("The Only Girl"-Herbert); You" Will Remember Vienna (film 'Vien- nese Nights' Hammerstein & Romberg)......with Orchestra.

(Tenor). George Formby with His Uku- lele and Orchestra, Cinema Organ-The Wind Has Told Me A Story-Tango; Puszta (Mi- ..Reginald Foort at the haly). B.B.C. Theatre Organ, Vocal w. Orch.-The Lambeth Walk

(from 'Me and My Girl')....Lupino 9.30 p.m.-London Relay The News. Lane with Teddie St. Douis & 9.50 p.m.-Dance Music. Company:

8 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements.

8.03 p.m.-Carroll Gibbons (Piano) and]

His Boy Friends.

Ain't She The Dainty (Theme Song) 'Aunt Sally'); I Want A Fair And Square Man (Theme Song 'Aunt Sally').

.Carroll Gibbons and

John W. Green (Piano Duet) with Their Boy Friends. Nymph Errant-Selection (Cole Por- ter)....Carroll Gibbons and John W. Green (Piano Duet) accomp. by Their Boy Friends.

It's An Old Southern Custom (Me- yer); According to The Moonlight (Meyer). ....Carroll Gibbons (Pia- no) and Mis Boy Friends.

What's

AT THE

KING'S

10

Fox-Trots-Shall We Dance (from

the film); Slap That Bass (from 'Shall We Dance').. .Harry Roy & His Orchestra with vocal re- frain.

Tango-Siempre Unidos....Orques- ta Tipica Francisco Canaro with vocal refrain.

p.m.-London Relay "Ups And Downs'. A radio plaything written by W. Farquharson Small and based upon Frank Stockton's short story 'A Tale of Negative Gravity'. Pro- duction by W. Farquharson Small.

- Impressions 10.35 p.m.-Charpentier

D'Italie. Orchestre Symphonique de Paris under the direction of Gustave: Charpentier.

11 p.m.-Close down.

On At the Cinemas

al-

"Everybody the honour of his explorer-father,. Sing". A riotous musical farce, deal whose report of the phenomenon is not ing with the life and household of a believed by museum authorities temperamental play-wright, his equally though warned by British officers sta- temperamental wife and their stage-tioned at the outpost of the jungle that struck daughters, chef and maid. Allan chances of his coming out alive are Jones, Fanny Brice, Judy Garland, Re-doubtful, he plunges into the "green ginald Owen, Lynne Carver, head the inferno" accompanied only by his na- big cast..

tive guides and meets with exciting adventures. AT THE ORIENTAL — "Vogues".

AT THE MAJESTIC—“Happy Land-· Starring Warner Baxter and Joan Ben-

Sonje Henie and Don Ameche ing." nett, supported by Helen Vinson and starred, supported by Jean Hersholt, Mischa Auer, this picture has rollick- Ethel Merman and Billy Gilbert. ing romance, riotous comedy, swell

AT THE STAR-“Saratoga”, with stars, gorgeous girls, swingy tunes, Clark Gable and Jean Harlow. Laughs novel dancipation all set in a grand and tears, thrills and romance, mingle story by the authors of "Boy Meets in this picture. A vivid story of the Girl" and filmed in the breath-taking racetrack, with paddock intrigue, new advanced technicolour,

great race, unusual characters, in

a

AT THE ALHAMBRA & QUEEN'S which a delicate romance is woven, the- -"Booloo", with Colin Tapley and Ma-play is an ideal one for these stars. be enough. However, mo Clark. The story tells of a young They hate, fight, and love through an held a singleton spade, he should dummy's fourth diamond would Englishman who goes into the heart action-packed drama in which much have bid two clubs. Mr. Craw furnish a third discard provided of the Malayan jungle in order to find whimsical comedy leavens the heavier ford's second-round force of three his opponents would be kinda fabulous white tiger and so redeem moments. hearts was somewhat unorthodox enough to refrain from cashing but he wished to show a powerful their two top hearts.

Mr.

Mr. Crawford thought all this hand and hoped at the same time to prevent

out very quickly and, having: done heart opening. a Crawford next Jumped to the Slam, 80, won the diamond lead with the figuring that his partner, in addi-Ace, laid down the Ace of spades and followed with the ten-spot. tion to having some spade support, West won with the King and now would have a high honour in made the mistake of leading a hearts since his diamond holding second diamond, whereupon Mr. 'could be no better than Queen Crawford drew East'e last trump, high. A very lucky distribution took his three discards and made plus a really excusable error on

the hand. We feel that a very the part of West saved the seem-

alert player in the West position ingly hopeless contract.

West opened the nine of dia-might have realised that there was "something rotten in Denmark"

monds, and Mr. Crawford managed and a heart even though he held to conceal the distaste he felt for

his partner's hand. Of course he King and one.

But the player in

realised that he could immediately question did not. discard two of his hearts, but this" (Copyright. By The Four Aces).

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