at the Organ of the Ritz Cinema,
Nottingham
Jack Helyer , who has been resident organist at the Ritz, Nottingham, since 1934, claims to have had probably more cinema experience than any other cinema organist living. He has had twenty-two years' continuous employment in cinemas, including seven years as an operator, five years as a tympanist, and ten years as an organist. He taught himself the organ when he was a drummer in a small Bournemouth cinema, and was later employed in the same cinema to play the organ as accompaniment to silent films.
He later moved to a larger Bournemouth cinema, and thereafter joined Gaumont-British circuit in which he held appointments in Sutton, Bristol, Hove, London, and, of course, Nottingham. He is close on securing his century of broadcasts.
by The E.I A.R. Chamber Music
Orchestra and Choir
Conductor, Tito Petralia
will talk on some of life's little problems
(Midland)
A short story written for broadcasting by Martin Armstrong and read by Ronald Watkins
(syncopating pianist)
(Midland)
from
The Council Chamber of the Football Association
Commented on by Ivan Sharpe
Here is a broadcast for real football fans, for those who know their various teams backwards and who will undoubtedly welcome this opportunity of overhearing, under the guidance of one of the greatest football experts in the country, the proceedings at a Football Association Cup Draw.
These draws, which take place on the Monday after the previous round has been decided, are held at the Football Association's headquarters at Lancaster Gate. On this occasion the fourth round will have been decided on the previous Saturday, and sixteen teams will be left in for the fifth round of the Cup. A green baize bag holds sixteen red numbered balls. As these are drawn from the bag by two officials, the numbers are called out and the corresponding team on the list of F. S. Rous , Secretary of the Football Association, will be announced. The team whose number is the first of each pair drawn from the bag plays its match at home.
Alfred Cortot (pianoforte): Impromptu in A flat, Op. 29 (Chopin)
Edwin Fischer (pianoforte): Impromptu in E flat, Op. 90, No. 2 (Schubert)
Eileen Joyce (pianoforte): Impromptu in F minor, Op. 31 (Faure).
Ewart Kempson has again arranged two bridge hands which will be played by four experts of the North-East. As before, the players will have no previous knowledge of the hands.
(Stagshaw)
(A Little Teatime Show)
Produced by Ernest Longstaffe with several new artists including
Peter Wise accordion
Eileen Barry torch singer
Cyril James compere
Alan Paul and Ivor Dennis
The maestros of two keyboards
The author of the scripts for Afternoon Revues is Barry Delmaine , a young man not yet in his thirties who has just completed a series of radio scripts for that popular comedian, George Formby.
Delmaine is well known in theatrical circles as the author of many of the Windmill Theatre's revue scenas and has written additional dialogue for the screen.