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·FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1934.
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CONTRACT BRIDGE
By W. E. McKenney
Solution to Previous Contract Problem,
"Uipsy Blood," the flni veraton of To the Editor "Carmen," is a tense, exciting drama!
Hongkong Telegraph. of love and hato in a Spanish village. Carmen, the alluring gipsy steslor of Sir-As an individual member hearts, taunted by a follow-worker, of the community, having no staks her and is arrested, but the connection whatevor with the A. guards fall beneath har spell. But D. C., but one who has regularly while he has fallen desperately in attended all their productions for
Only too often players will com- love with one of them-Don Jose the past fourteen years, may plain of their bad luck, when it sho in forced to play up to his superior beg the hospitality of your really is their poor playing. Slam officer, Lieutenant Zuniga, in order to columna to refer to the deplorable contracts are not enay to make- gain her release. Zuniga, too, falls lack of support, accorded to the that is why such large premiuma victim to her charms, and when he opening night of "The First Mrs. are offered for slams successfully discovers Jose has broken barracks to Fraser yesterday? It is a mat-bid and made, visit Carmen, ho challenges him. The tor for surprise that in a Colony ensuing duol in a long and desporate such ours, where ninety per If you make overy stam you bid, one and Tom Burke and Lester cent of the foreign population then you are not bidding enough Matthews, who play respectively the spend a considerable amount of same--you are too conservative, parts of Don Josa and Zunign, wero forced to go all out to obtain the
To-day's star might be termed an necessary effect. What happens need not be explained here, but a bull fight which was actually filmed at the Roman Ring at Ronda provides a fi- ting finale to this tense, drama,
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"Design For Living" Innovations in furniture, conducive
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to comfort and grace, aro Been Minute Alibi they should be able Paramount's “Design for Living." commencing on Sunday at the King's to offer us further Theatro. Tho objects were designed] ment; this entertainment hy Louise Jorgulosco at the suggestion perforce be the outcome of con- of Ernst Lubitsch, who directed the elderable hard work on the part picture with Fredric March, Gary of all concerned, and while one Cooper, Miriam Hopkins and Edward appreciates, of course, that the Everett Morton in the leading roles. Company is in the business for "Design for Living" is the film adept | atlon of Noul Coward's stage hit and the love of it, at least they are
our order gap in concerns the unusual triangle of one filing a
and filling girl loving two men with equal in thlogs, tensity while the men retain their adequately.
som friendship. The scenes are Even if for no other reason Laid in the art-rection of Paris, lo
than that of "noblesse oblige." London and in fashionable Long
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lace at least to give the Company a fair measure of support: In view. of the invariable high An unusually fine programme is being presented at the Oriental standard of the productions the luck." Theatre for to-day and -morrow. expenditure of two, three or four The programme consists of three fea- dollars thereon cannot be re- ture comedy films. Walt Disney's garded as a "shot in the dark," North's bid of two hearts over "The Three Little and one can only conclude that West's bid of one spade is much famous cartoon Pigs", which created a sensation all once again the old slogan "We more than a chance-giving bid, be- over the world will be wine of the big features of the bill. Then comes can't be bothered" is to the fore! enuse, remember, West has kept the moan, however, would bidding open, so North's call in Douglas Fairbanks in his marvellous adventure picture, "Mr. Robinson arise, if these talented amateurs practically the same as a three- Crusoe."
It tells a sustained story, downed tools and ceased to work heart bid would have been, if there one based upon the celebrated Defoe for the entertainment of an un-had been no intervening bid. character.
But it goes a lot farther appreciative public! than the Robinson Crusoe of fetion. "The xter carries the main burden of the story, of course, and seldom has
Italinson Cravo"
What
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optimistic bid, but there is one chance to make the hand and. If you do not take that one oppor tunity, don't complain of your "had
The Bidding
Now, when South bid three clubs, he is showing a new feature to his hand he knows that the safety of the hand is hearts, and the showing
the idea of locating a home for the lasers in ease there might be a slain.
he been better. Marin Alba Is his tray. The press universally acclaint-of thle new feature is made with leading woman, and the little Latined catches the dash and elan which motivates Doug. William Farnum is. a particularly convincing "heavy." In addition to the above pictures, Mickey Mouse, the screen's greatest ictor, will present his latest comedy "The Mad Doctor."
"The Last Trail"
This is the "Ledway Principle" of the Sims system.
When North bids three diamonds, he also makes a constructive move toward a slam by showing another feature in his hand, and this can
"Her Sweetheart” They did a scene together two years ago-Marie Dressler and Lionel Barrymore. That was when they ap peared before a brilliant assemblage, Siis Dressler to receive the award for an actress, Barrymore the trophy for an actor, when the Academy of Motka Picture Arts and Science proclaimed El Brendel frankly admits he is their respective performances the be done safely as he has a fit in strictly not on outdoor, man. One best of the year. Now they do scenes clubs, South now knows that he voyage he made into the wide open together again, this time as co-stars has at least a gamble for the slam. spaces was undertaken on behalf of teamed for the first time in "Her The Big Trail." That was nearly Sweetheart" (Christopher Bean,)
The Play three years ago. He escaped further which has its Anal showings to-day excursions into the wilds until ho want the Queen's as Metro-Goldwyn- selected for n featured role with Mayer's transcription of the celebrat George O'Brien and Claire Trevor in ed stage play. "The Late Christopher the ace. South can see that, if the Zane Grey's "The Last Trail" cuc- Bran," in which Pauline Lord was club finesse works, the contract is rent attraction at the King's Theatre. starred Broadway. Players in made, but he must try to avoid On the other hand, Clarie Trevor, support of Miss Dressier and Barry this finesse if possible, in case it young blande actress, brought from more include Helen Mack, Beulah fails. This can be accomplished if the New York atago n for months Bondi, who appeared with Harrymer West holds the ace of hearts. nge, has had the time of her life in in "The Stranger's Retam," Russell the two Western pictures which con- Hardie, Jean Hersholt, H. B. Warner, stitute her film work to date. She Helen Shipman and George Coutouris, had almost literally naver had her foot
"Peach O' Reno" uff the pavement until she went into motion pictures,
morrow.
"Roman Scandal,"
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If you thought "Caught Finstered" und "The Cuckoos" were good vehicles for the comedy favourites. Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey, (and, of Aileen Riggin, one of the greatest course, Dorothy Lee!) you should see girl swimmers and divers of this Peach-O'-Reno," showing at the Lee Theatre on Friday and Saturday, generation, will be seen as one of the Ronian slave girls who dances with "Peach-O'-Reno" is a unique burlesque satirizing the Reno divorce colony and Eddie Cantor when "Rominn Scandals' the banjo-eyed comedian's fourth an-demonstrates how lucrative can be the nual screen musical comedy for business of two enterprising young Samuel Goldwyn, which comes to the lawyers who advertise perfectly legal Queen's and Alhambra Theatres to and satisfactory divorces for $50 and
This marks Mas Riggin'sne questions asked. The film debut as a dancer. During her bril-sents the famous comedy team, and such other favourites as Dorothy Lee, Bant aquatic career, she studied dan- eing as an aid to grace in diving. Zein O'Neal, Joseph Cawthorn, Cora According to advicon from Anterica, Harris and Arthur Hoyt. The boys Witherspoon, Sam Hardy, Mitchell "Roman Scandals" cost U.3.91.000,- 000, while the Oregonian says:The themselves enact the part of Reno's inbat successful, and "wholesale” di- picture is a grand, munificent, produc
vorce lawyers. tion, in which nothing has been spared, There are hordes and droven of gorgo. our girls, magnificent settings, novel gags in natobless Canter manner, and; A chariot race that combinon specta- cular thrills with boisterous comedy to make one of the greatest sequences; of its kind over filmed.” In the dis tinctive cast are Ruth Etting. Gloria Stuart, David Mannera, Vorrer Heas dale, Edward Arnold, and Alan Mow.
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The ten of spades is ruffed, de- clarer returning to his own hand with the queen of diamonds. An- other spade is ruffed. The ace and king of diamonds are cashed, tun clubs being discarded. The ten of diamonds is played next, South
Today's Contract Problem
South is declarer at four hearts. True, ho hasn't many tickets, but that shouldn't discourage him from trying to make his contract--and it can be done.
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heart toward, dummy's ten, hoping¡ of hearts is returned. that, if West holds the ace and West is forced to win with, the X of hearts, he will not go up on ace. Now he is helpicas-if he the first heart: West makes the leads a spade, the declarer will ruff careless play of a small heart, in dummy and discard the lesing which is won in dummy with the club, while if the club is led, it is ton of hearts, byl row the seven right into the declarer's ace-queen.
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