SUPPLEMENT TO RADIO TIMES, APRIL 9, I937 RADIO TIMES 1 VI s ION SUPPLEMENT PROGRAMMES FROM APRIL 12 TO APRIL 17 STEVE GERAY AND MAGDA KUN, celebrated stage stars, will be televised on Friday • RADIO TIMES TELEVISION SUPPLEMENT, APRIL Q, 1937 TELEVISION PROGRAMMES MONDAY APRIL 12 AND TUESDAY APRIL 13 VISION 45 Mc/s SOUND 41.5 Mc/s Transmission by with both radio listeners and viewers 3.5 THE WORLD OF WOMEN the Marconi-EMI system for his sea stories, is in charge of New Series, I things, and altogether it seems he will have an exceptionally busy time. Sculpture in Wood, Bronze, As well as discharging his official and Stone Monday duties, he will give prizes for deck Dora Clarke games and compere the ship's concert, 3.0 FASHIONS FOR CRUISING and generally attend all the social Presentation by Mary Adams A Seasonable Parade of Clothes functions that are considered import• Dora Clarke studied at Havard for Sea Travel ant at sea. Possibly he will also find an Commerce and at the Slade School, opportunity to tell an anecdote or two. where she was awarded a scholarship Arranged by H. E. Plaister and Luckily, several of the passengers for sculpture. This scholarship was G. R. Kenward-Eggar happen to be well-known artists who specially created for her as hitherto At this time of the year hundreds of will give a professional touch to the there had not been one in existence people prefer to hunt the elusive sun concert. at the school. In 1928 she went to on a cruising liner, rather than try to Africa to study Negro types, and find a place in England where the 4.0 CLOSE among the work she is exhibiting weather can be trusted to keep warm, today she will show some inspired and it is for them that this programme by that visit. Notable examples of has been specially devised. A display her work are the memorials of of clothes will be shown that will give 9.0 FASHIONS FOR CRUISING Joseph Conrad in New York and suggestions to the cruising holiday- London. maker from morning to night—beach A Seasonable Parade of Clothes pyjamas, afternoon dresses, bathing for Sea Travel suits, and evening gowns. There Arranged by H. E. Plaister and 3.20 GAUMONT BRITISH should be plenty of fashions, however, G. R. Kenward-Eggar NEWS to interest viewers who intend to have a more modest holiday at an English 9.15 GAUMONT BRITISH seaside resort. NEWS 3.30 THE BBC An interesting feature of this DANCE ORCHESTRA programme is that some of the models 9.25 CABARET CRUISE Directed by Henry Hall will be ' passengers ' on the ' liner ' that viewers will see in ' Cabaret Commander: Cruise '. A. B. Campbell 4.0 CLOSE In the Passenger List are: 3.15 BRITISH MOVIETONEWS The Geddes Brothers Mr. Walsh 3.25 ,, CABARET CRUISE Mr. Barker 9.0 KEITH WILBUR Commander: Miss Pamela Randall (mimic) CRUISE FASHIONS. Two of the A. B. Campbell Miss Margaret Fry Keith Wilbur comes from New In the Passenger List are: Mr. Neil Pascall Zealand. His act is known all over models who will show fashions The Geddes Brothers the English-speaking world. His first for summer cruising on Monday. The Ship's Band broadcast in this country was in 1927. Mr. Walsh Presented by Harry Pringle Mr. Barker 9.5 THE WORLD OF WOMEN 9.30 DORSET GARDEN Miss Pamela Randall 10.0 CLOSE New Series, I Miss Margaret Fry A Miniature Restoration Revue Sculpture in Wood, Bronze, Mr. Neil Pascall devised and produced by and Stone Dallas Bower The Ship's Band Tuesday Dora Clarke Presented by Harry Pringle The artists include: Presentation by Mary Adams This entertainment will present the ELINOR SHAW JAMES TOPPING lighter side of life on board ship. 3.0 Commander Campbell, a favourite (dancer) 9.20 BRITISH MOVIETONEWS JOAN CROSS The BBC Television Orchestra Leader, Boris Pecker Conductor, Hyam Greenbaum ^ This production will try to recapture the atmosphere of a well-known London playhouse of the seventeenth century, Dorset Garden Theatre, which was built facing the Thames in 1671. Pictures of its facade, which bore the arms of James, Duke of York, suggest that itw was designed by Wren. A quaint feature of the period was that footmen were ad• mitted to the galleries free of the usual charge of 2s. 6d. at the end of the fourth act of any production. 10.0 CLOSE All programme timings shown on these pages are approximate RADIO TIMES TELEVISION SUPPLEMENT, APRIL 9, I937 TELEVISION PROGRAMMES WEDNESDAY APRIL 14 AND THURSDAY APRIL 15 VISION 45 Mc/s SOUND 41.5 Mc/s 9.20 GAUMONT BRITISH Ceylon, and Tibet. Two very rare Wednesday NEWS specimens of Egyptian masks, both more than 3,000 years old, will be 9.30 'PICTURE PAGE' televised. Roman masks carved from 3.0 SNOOKER stone will also be shown, in addition (Forty-Sixth Edition) An Exhibition of Play to several beautiful examples of A Magazine Programme of Eastern art, specimens from Ceylon, by General and Topical Interest Java, India, and Japan. The last- Horace Lindrum Devised and edited by CECIL MADDEN named country will provide specimens and Produced by ROYSTON MORLEY of the famous No masks, closely preserved as temple treasures. As in Willie Smith The Switchboard Girl: JOAN MILLER the first talk, viewers will also see This is the first television demonstra• 10.0 CLOSE extracts from films showing masks tion of snooker. Both the players are worn by natives. expertprofessionals. Horace Lindrum, Two more talks by Duncan Melvin a nephew of the great Walter Lindrum, Thursday are to follow, and in them he will comes from Australia and is one of the trace the evolution of the mask by few snooker players who can rival steps right up to the present day. Joe Davis, the champion. 3.0 INGRID LINCKE (See article on pages 4 and 5) (soprano) 3.20 GAUMONT BRITISH NEWS 3.10 DAFFODILS This is the second appearance of vivacious Ingrid Lincke. She made A display of various types of daffodils her television debut on March 12. 3.30 'AD LIB' from the Daffodil Show to be held on A Dane, she came from Denmark A Revue by Herbert Farjeon April 15 and 16 under the auspices of to England just before Christmas for the Royal Horticultural Society in the an audition with C. B. Cochran. The Music by Michael Sayer New Hall, Elverton Street. The As a result, she is now understudying with blooms will be described by one of ALFREDO TOMASINI, operatic Gitta Alpar in Cochran's Coronation NADINE MARCH the exhibitors. revue, Home and Beauty, at the baritone, is this week's ' Music Adelphi. She sings delightfully, and ELIZABETH FRENCH Maker '. He will be televised on Presentation by Mary Adams has an attractive foreign accent. She IRENE PRADOR Wednesday night. has appeared in musical comedy all HENRY CAINE 3.20 BRITISH MOVIETONEWS over the Continent. Viewers will have another opportunity of seeing and Chorus music by Michael Sayer. The cast 3.30 'PICTURE PAGE' her at 9.55. and includes Elizabeth French, whose (Forty-Fifth Edition) The BBC Television Orchestra voice and personality have charmed A Magazine Programme of 3.5 MASKS THROUGH Leader, Boris Pecker viewers several times previously. She General and Topical Interest Conductor, Hyam Greenbaum had an enormous success when she THE AGES—2 took over Lea Seidl's part in White Devised and edited by CECIL MADDEN Duncan Melvin Produced by Stephen Thomas Horse Inn at the Coliseum and Produced by ROYSTON MORLEY Presentation by Mary Adams In this production the lyrics of on tour, and later she played Lucy The Switchboard Girl: JOAN MILLER Herbert Farjeon (dramatic critic and in the musical version of The Rivals In this second talk Duncan Melvin revue writer, brother of Eleanor at the King's Theatre, Hammersmith. will deal with the evolution of the Farjeon, poet and novelist, Harry Another of her triumphs was as Sari 4.0 CLOSE mask through the ancient civilisations Farjeon, Professor at the R.A.M., in Bitter Sweet. Recently she sang of Egypt and Rome, and the various and Jefferson Farjeon, author of the part of the Tsarevitch in Boris cultures of India, Japan, China, Java, thrillers), are combined with original Godunov at Covent Garden, where 9.0 MUSIC MAKERS she also appeared in Pickwick, Julia, ALFREDO TOMASINI and Madam Butterfly. Alfredo Tomasini is a notable addition to the celebrities who have already 4.0 CLOSE appeared in the ' Music Makers' series. He was born in Winnipeg (his real name is Young) and before becoming a professional singer he had 9.0 THE BBC a half-share in a drug store. Both he and his partner were keen on singing, DANCE ORCHESTRA however, and nowadays he can afford Directed by Henry Hall to smile when he remembers how the shop used to be closed every after• This is the second appearance this noon so they could study. But if week of Henry Hall and the BBC Tomasini was not a good shopkeeper, Dance Orchestra. Before their per• he made up for it with his voice. formance last Tuesday, they had not Since 1932, when he joined an been in the television studio since operatic company in Italy, he has March 19, when they celebrated their been in the public eye as a baritone fifth anniversary. of fine quality in Europe, the United States, and Canada. 9.30 BRITISH MOVIETONEWS 9.10 DAFFODILS 9.40 MASKS THROUGH In the afternoon at 3.10 viewers saw THE AGES—2 some beautiful specimens from the Daffodil Show to be held at the New Duncan Melvin Horticultural Hall tomorrow and the Presentation by Mary Adams day after.