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CONTRACT KEEP UPKEEP DOWN
BRIDGE
By W. E. McKenney
Winifred Bhotter, one of the most popular and most talented of the English actresses, comes to The Cen- tral to-morrow in her first starring role. She plays the load in "The Love This now contract scoring has Contract", a British and Dominions been adopted almost universally production, and is supported by Owen and is now used by everyone who Nares. The story is adapted from cinima to keep abreast of the times that famous International stago in his bridge. However, many success "Chauffour Antoinetto" score pads showing the old values is a bright and breezy comedy of a wealthy lady who loses all her money are still in use, and unless ong in a stock exchango crash and is as taken the time to study and forced to take up a position as lady learn the new scoring, he may be chauffeur. There are plenty of laughs unable to find the proper Informa- in this film and there are two tuneful tion when he most noods it, songs that will be thoroughly enjoyed. I recaivo a great many letters in-- The theme song "Antolnotto" is quiring about the now no trump already wellknown to music lovers, count and many of my readors are and "The Automobile Song," char- mingly sung by Winifred Shotter, not quite sure when a trick counts. a delightful melody. "The Love Con. 30 and when it counts 40. tract" is an exceptionally fine British Bin, with splendid photography and Invish setting*
The new undertrick ponalites are also dificult to remember, for no two tricks have the same val- ue. To-day I am going to suggest a couple of mathematical short- cute which should be of nestetanco in remembering the new count.
"Madame Racketeer" **Madame Racketer" the film tits for the human-interest comedy story by Harvey Harria Gales and Malcolm Stuart Beylan, la the type of movie that becomes an adinfrable vehicle for The now no tramp scoring be actors who know their character-comes very simple if we handle It stuff and know it well. Paramount in the following way-just score having algned up two of the most the no trump tricks at the same capable interpretive artists of the values as before but drop the last world of make-beliove for tho prin five whenever it occurs. sipal roles in this picture, has assured
For example, audiences everywhere of enjoyablo) times, whenever "Madame Racketeer counts 30 instead of 36; three no Is shown. The featured pair are trump counts 100 Instead of 105; Alison Skipworth and Richard Ben-ve, no trump counts 170, instead nett, Alison Skipworth, veteran of of 175. Two no trump, four no the stage, an artist as well as an act trump and six no trump do ress, and a humorlat by Instinct, de-fond in five and therefore count 70, monstrates delightfully just the 140 and 210, respectively, 'as they kind of bluff a "sporting widow" necus always did.
with charming finesse. Richard Ban-
one no trump
Bot
Lo get her schemes over quickly and There is a complication where nett, a master of quaint comedy roles part of the tricks are bid for and for thirty years, and possessing rare part of them are overtricks, but skill as an interpreter of character this also can be handled very sim- roles, the kind of trusting husband ply.
who doesn't know a gouge from a Let us suppose that we bid onc gimlet, or can't tell a harp from an no trump and made three. The ald harpie. The film comes to the King's Theatre on Thursday.
total value of the tricks is 100 points, but of that only the value of the one bid trick, namely, 30, can be scored below the line. The remaining 70 points must be scored above the line,
"The Unholy Garden" Ronald Colman's cavalcade of yel low-haired leading ladies appears end. cd. For the third time, a brunette, or rather two dark young ladies ap- Again, let us suppose that we pear with him in a picture. In "The bid three no trump and made Unholy Garden", the Ben Hecht- Charles MacArthur adventure medo seven. The total value of these drama that Samuel Goldywn is pre tricks would be 240 points senting at King's Theatre to-day, Fay we can only score the value of the Wray and Estelle Taylor share the three bid tricks, namely, 100 feminine honours. Both have hair as points, below the line. The bal- black as night. Kay Francies beganjance of 140 points would be scored the procession when Mr. Goldwyn above the line. selected her to play opposite Colman:
in "Rafles", It wasn't her Bercen debut by any manner of means, but it
*
but
Suppose we make one no trump did more to establish the popular and then make one no trump again Does the BC- Paramount player than any pleture on the next hand. before or since. Loretta Young, bor-cond trick in the case count 30 rowed from First National for "The or 40 points7. In that case cach Devil to Pay", carried on the tradi- trick counts 30 points, for each tion, which seemed a permanent fix-trick is the first trick of that ture in "The Unholy Garden hand. Harding was the last of the blondes.
That is, until Colman's next film, able to make one no trump three
Therefore, it is perfectly possi picturization of Arrowsmith", for
which Mr. Goldywn did an about-face times in succession and still not and selected Helen Hayes as Colman's make game. This appeared a lit- co-star. Production has already betle strange, and so it is, but few- gun on the screen transcription of the of us can remember a case where Sinclair Lewis novel which was exactly one no trump was made awarded both the Pulitzer and the on three successive hande. One Nobel Prizes. Therein will the Colino trump plus two no trump does man blonde tradition be reborn.
produce a game and we have the Life of Comedy "Gag" Short eculiar anomaly that one plus "Certain types of comedy become one plus one does not equal one outmoded just as styles in garments plus two. change," according to Edward Bedg
wick, who directed Buster Kouton inltics is the following series of The bhais of all undertrick pen- his new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer come dy. "Speak Easily," now at the numbers: 100, 250, 450, 700, 1000. Queen's Theatre. Ono gag that al-The player who has memorized ways used to be good for a laugh was that series need have no trouble the wrist watch atunt," continued figuring out any penalty he is like- Sedgwick. "Every time an after-ly to encounter.
dinner speaker wanted to make a hit,,
They give these penalties for 1, he would make some reference to the 2, 9, 4 and 5 undertricks, respec- tiny watches on a strap. Up until the time of the war this watch con- tively, when doubled and not vul- tinued to be a jest wherever mentionnerable. The penalties for un- cd shown. But when several mil-loubled, vulnerable, are exactly lion men had their lives saved many the samo. Use double the amount times a day through the accuracy of for doubled, vulnerable, or re- the little wrist timepiece, they ceased doubled, not vulnerable, and four to be funny. Another type of pre-times the amount for redoubled; war comedy that never failed was the vulnerable.
old bloomin' blighter' take-off on Eng-
Rahmen, Stogo productions, comie By using these simple memory strips, moving pictures, averyone en-aids, anyone who understood the joyed making them the butt of a joke, old scoring should have no trou- After thousands of these blighters' bla with the new. heroically lost their lives in the great struggle, a now Rubject for comedy
had to be found. "When automobiles old contraptions, most of this type of first came out, ream after ream of comedy ceased. This drawing on con- jokes were written. They were the temporary life for things having como- Bubject of much hilarity on the stage, dy value probably never cease as long and even some of the early flickers as people seek entertainment. Gags made light of them. When the best that are funny to-day will loss their citizens' began driving the wheezing comic algaißcance in the future."
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From MARSEILLES &c. Consignees of Cargo by the above named steamer are hereby informed that their goods with the exception of Opium, Treasure and Valuables ara being landed and placed at their risk in the Godowns of the Hongkong Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co. Ltd., Kowloon, whence delivery can be obtained as the goods are landed.—
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All clalma must be sent to the undersigned before the Thursday, 12th January, 1933, or they will not be recognized.- i
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THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD. COPENHAGEN,
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