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THE HONGKONG
CONTRACT BRIDGE
By W. E. McKenney
Solution to Previous
Contract Problem.
It is not always the game or siam hand that is the most in teresting. D. Jay Becker of Philadelphia, member of the former national contract champion ship team-of-four, sent me to-day's hand, in which he plays the con- tract at three odd.
While the hand may appear to bo played in more or less of a dou- ble dummy manner, nevertheless each play is based upon accurate nnnlysis.
North cashed
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WEDNESDAY,
CINEMA SCREENINGS
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MAY 16, 1934.
Thomas Mitchell, played
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by Edmund Lowe and Victor MieLazien In "Guilty as Hell" a murder farce, which opens on Friday at the King's the successful stage play by Dantel Theatro. Tho picture in adapted from N, Rubin, and ran for many months on the Broadway stage last season. Lowe plays the role of police reporter, which Craven, played in the ntago veralon. MeLaglen is a defective, the rale portrayed on the stage by Mit- chell. Richard Arlen and Adrionne Ames have other lending roles in the picture. The pletura makes sport of the conventional murder thriller by developing as a comedy, instead of a
amusing
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THE THEATRES Paul Lukas and Gloria Stuart, who play the romantle leads in Universal's The Secret of the Blue Room," which commenced its run yesterday at the Alhambra Theatre, find a happy cut nination to their screen love at the end of the drama. Lukas is the lucky one of three suitors for Gloria's hand in the production and after braving many hair-raising porila together and sharing in the excitement which nor vaded the haunted Castle, they find mutual happiness ahead. However, Universal production in which the pair committed at the opening of the film. in The Klas Before the Mirror," the mystery. Lowe and McLaglen try to selve a murder that the audience, soos were featured together prior to "The The audience knows who's guilty, but Secret of the Blue Room," the play Lowe and McLaglen blithely bungle wright had a much more tragic twist to give to their love, as Death put their way through many an end to it forever. Lukas played it cast as the young man scused of
sequences before they find out. the role of an Insanely jealous hus band, who, suspecting his beautiful the crime, and Miss Ames as his sis young wife of being unfaithful, fol- the girl who spurs Lowe and lowed her to a rendezvous, and shot McLaglen on,
"Fashiona of 1934". Tourist Class
South opened the queen of clube, her in the arms of hor lover. The
Stare rarely do their own singing a low club was played from dum-terrific remorso, and overwhelming
picture rolo my, and the
held the trick. regret which followed his act won him in motion U.S.$240.00 The six was continued and won by the sympathy of avery audience, just musical comedy productions when they as the "happy ending" of "The Secret are selected largely for their singing of the Blue Room" will win their talent. Usually the U.S.$196.00 North with the ten.
player smalles of approval. The part of Irene through the motions of singing, which U.S.$240.00 his ace of clubs and South dis-
von Hellsdorf in much more to Miss the camera records, and then later Stuart's liking than that of the young
professional rendors the song which wife in "Kiss Before the Mirror." for, is dubbed in on the sound track. This is because fow actreasca possess both according to hory she cannot feel sympathy for the action of the woman histrionfe talent and good singing who she was called upon to portray. voices. On rare occasions, however, Misa Stuart feels the combination is found. Such is But as an artist it necessary" express every sort of the case with Verreo Teasdale who human emotion, and rather than be sings in the First National picture, "typed" as a sweet-young-heroine in "Fashions of 1034," which comes on all of her parts, she took the oppor- Friday to the Queen's Theatre. tunity to play a type extremely op her role of "The Duchens," posite to any she had ever ensayed. starred in a musical revue, which is Howover, the courageous heroine of a show within the production
Mian Tenndale isi "Secret of the Blue Roem" is right "Fashions of 1934".
A noted radio singer 48 well as a in line with Miss Stuart's own con- victions of "good form" and fair play, talented stage and screen actress, of and she is able to give her character New York, and some of the famous ization of Irene Just the proper em- masters of Europe. Her song, "Spin phasis and winsome appeal.
a Little Web of Dreams," is the bigk- light of the rovue, which includes a fan daner, by 200 beautiful girls clad The picture is a comedy romance with in a few feathers and two fans aplece.
William Powell in the stellar role and Bette Davis playing the feminino lend opposite him. It presents the amur- Ing adventures of a high pressure promoter who corners the Paris fashion market. Others in the cast
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carded a diamond.
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Declarer has already lost three tricks and must lose the ace of trump. As South had bid spades, Becker now led the three of spades and finessed the queen, which hold, A small heart was returned and North played low, dropping the eight. Becker won the trick with the queen.
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tically marked North with the ace of hearts. The drop of the eight of hearts by North gave Becker a problem of whether North held the ace and ten of hearts, or the sin- gleton, sec.
Becker realized that South had already discarded two diamonds and that is only chance to make the hand was to find Narth with u singleton ace of hearts, so his next play was the deuce of hearts, which North won with the are.
Of course, North could not re- turn a diamond or it would be right into declarer's tenace; there fore, he had to return a spade. Becker discarded1a diamond and won the trick in dummy with the beg. He then led the jack of dia- monds from dummy.
North realized that it would do him no good to cover, as his part- ner had already discarded two dia- monds, so he played low. Becker allowed the trick to ride and South's ten fell.
A small heat was played next Land won by Becker with the king, which picked up South's ten. The diamonds now were all good,
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"Three Cornered Moon" Successful actors, with few excep tions, start their careers in extreme youth, a survey of Hollywood screen players has revealed. The survey, conducted on the Paramount lot where "Three Cornered Moon" was being filmed, brought out the fact that out of the hundred featured players and atars in the studio, only four started their careers after they were twenty include Frank Mellugh, Reginald years of age. Twenty of them made Owen, Henry O'Neill, Hugh Herbert, Gordon Westcott and Phillip Recd. their flest professional appearances
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tron by the personal, charm magnetism of i cotussal senemur, a part payed by Warren Wulism, and are eventually sacrmced to his am- bition. This remarkable' atory is taken from the novel of Einar Thor valdson. The story is so astounding that it outdoor the wildest fiction, and would not be credit if the blazing newspaper headlines that had suggest- ed the story hadn't already estauiwined | signed by, the authenticity of the details. ren William's role is that of a man absolutely unscrupulous and ruthless with women. He makes love lizat himself and then, by some strange hypnotic power,
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wonen. Others in an un- usually strong cast include Harold Huber, Spencer. Charters, John Wruy.. Murray Kinnell, Hardie Albright, and Alan Hale. The story was adapted by Houston Branch and Sidney Suther land, and directed by Howard Brether- ton.
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