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CONTRACT CINEMA SCREENINGS.
BRIDGE
By W. E. McKenney
Porhaps the most talked of hand of tho Eastern Championship Tournament is the one given below. A crack New York pair were play. ing North and South. Samuel Guggenheim and Omar Mueller of Cleveland were playing East, and Weat. North and South were rulnerable, and East and West were not vulnerable. The pecullar, part of this particular bundle that a grand slam cm be made by North and South in diamonds or East and West in upades.
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The Bidding
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Wallace Beery is surrounded by some of the greatest names in the aport world in his new starring pic ture, "Flesh," now showing at the Queen's Theatre.
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In addition to the reguint watch includes Karen Morley, Rianrde Jean Hersholt and John Cortez, Man, the picture employed a crew of huskles which by comparison maken Captain Kidd's plug-uglien look l- most effeminate.
This crew comprises some twenty or more wrestlers, fightors, weight litters, football players and others of red-blooded athletk repute. Once champions in their respective sports, they are now rounding out their years as actors--and Beery says they are good actors,
Beery has the role of Polikal, a wrestling walter who becomes cham
and comes plon of Germany, America, where he runs afoul of a Brooked wrestling ring, besides getting himself entangled an illicit love affair tatween Karen Morley and Ricardo Cortez.
"Under-Cover Man."
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Set a thief to catch a thief, has Tong been an accepted axiom, but seldom has it been developed · so dramatically and in so unusual A manner as in "Under-Cover Man," the now film showing from Thursday nt the Queen's Theatre. Hore 11.
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Barrie, Maurice Evans, Morton Selten, Edmund Breen and Lawrenes Hauray "Wedding Rehearsal", will bo altown at the King's Theatre от Wednesday.
"Panama Flo."
The bidding was unusually fator-
Fresh from his triumph in "Night esting. South passed, West bid After Night," George Raft gives an one spade. This bid was subject other performance of outstanding. to a great deal of criticism as the merit in the role of Nick Darrow, a hand contained at the very most high-class confidence man, who offers one and one-half high card tricks, his services to the police as an under- but certainly with the distribution cover man, for the sole purpose of al possiblities of the hand, West finding the murderer of his father.
For the first time since "her Man," cannot be critleized for opening the This Nick Darrow, of the steel nerves, Helen Twelvetress again reverts to a crock who has always worked alone, the type of characterization which bidding. The ace of spades and gives the police Inspector to under-won her stardom in "Panama Flo," an the king of hearts
In partner'stand that he's not turning, stool RKO Pathe picture, which opens to hand will produce a game for West. pigeon; he doesn't like the police any day at the Central Theatre. This, in With the nce of diamonds and the better than he ever did; but he'll play aclf, was not, easy beenuse she le king of hearts he cannot miss along with the department until he
necomplishes his revenge.
pressed at every turn by the splendid cfforts of Robert Armstrong Nancy Carroll, has the role of tho Charles Bickford.
game.
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So certainly, when holding a hand that only requires one and one-half girl, Lora Madigan, whone motive is Ralph Murphy handied the direc-i tricka from your partner to produce also revenge, for the same gang which game, you should not be criticized killed Nick's father, murdered her bank-runner. Looking for making an opening bid-rather brother, a complimented on your strategic bid-more beautiful than ever in the past, Miss Carroll gives a moving and ding. Remember, however, that dramatic performance. She
and when you have opened the bidding Raft, in fact, make a good team." with this type of hand, that you have taken command of the ship and that at no time can you stand a double. Regardless of how high your opponents bid, if your partner doubles, you must be prepared to take that double out.
"Indiscreet."
IN it worth while
elder for un gister to risk the destruction of her own romance in order to frustrate a discarded lover's attempt to win her younger sister?
This is the situation in which Gloria
Swanson, as the very modern Jerry. Treat, finds herself in her new United Artiste plcture "Indiscreet" showing at the King's Theatre.
Monroe Owsley in the farmer lover and Barbara Kent is the younger sister. Other members of the cast
are Auther Lake and Maude Eburne.
"Wedding · Rehearsal.” -
After the opening bid of one spade by West, North doubled show- ing a hand much stronger than an ordinary overcall. Eust rathor complicated the situation by raising
Miss Swanson's leading man in Ben his partner to four spades. South Lyon. He appears as a novelist, Tony made
bold did of dve clubs which Blake, whose love for n
Jerry Trent West pussot. North, who had or undergoes more than an acid
tesi, ginally intended with his double to once she decides to guide her sister's show both hearts and diamonds, destiny. now felt there was a possible alam in clubs and went alx clubs-and] the surprising thing happened.
Omar Mueller, sitting in the East position, passed alx clubs, He felt quite confident that he had North and South in the wrong suit and if Reland Young's polished and never been he were to double they might get sophisticated acting has into the right bid, therefore his seen to better advantage than in the pass of six clubs was a very mar-new Ideal picture "Wedding Rehear velous bid, South passed, but sal," which is the first offering of London Film Productions Ltd. In West, who was void of clubs, now this film, which has been directed by felt confident that North and South Alexander Kordo, the producer of could make six clubs and put in "Service For Ladles," halled by many what he thought to be a very good critics as one of the finest English sacrifice bid of six spades which films to dato, Roland Young plays the North doubled.
part of a Guards officer whose hobby. is the difficult art of remaining a East, holding six clubs, realized that his partner must be void of bachelor, Ever ready to act as boat clubs and as long as he could bidmans at his friend's weddings, he is remarkably astute at avoiding being and re-bid spades, East sees no pcs led to the altar himself. When his sibility of losing the contract, and strong-willed grandmother, played by therefore re-doubled. All passed, Kate Cutler, decrees that he is to and the final contract was six marry within a year and hands him spades by West doubled and re-a list of "possibles," the situation doubled.
dovalopa Into one of spontaneour gniety.
The Play
The king of hearts was opened by North and East and West made a grand slam for a plus ncore of 1920 noints. Even if North had opened the ace of diamonds, they would
Wedding Rehearsal" are John Loder,
Playing with Roland Young inj George Grossmith, Lady Rees, Wendy
still havo made the email slam dou-catching the lono king of diamonds bled and ro-doubled.
with the ace. Therefore the pos-
It is unusually interesting to note sible swing on this hand is close to that North and South could have 5000 points-perhaps one of the made u grand slam in diamonds by largest owings seen in tournament taking the
finesse in hearts and play.
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