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CONTRACT BRIDGE
By W. E. McKenney
Solution to Previous
MONDAY, JULY
CINEMA SCREENINGS
30, 1934.
MANILA EXCURSION
NO PASSPORT VISAS FOR DOLLAR LINE TOUR
In connection with the forthcoming Mania during the oxcursion to August Bank Holidays by the Dollar luxury mor President Hoover, the Dollar Line announces that the advertised rate of £12. 0, 0. covers first class accommodation for the whole of the excursion.
The Company also states that passengers travelling on excursion tickets will not be required to secure an American or Philippine, visn. No vian of any kind is required for either Chinese or foreign passengers.
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invested Rich in originally and with unusual force, "Frontier Mar- shal," Fox Film's latest roninace, Contract Problem
showing at the Alhambra Theatre to- Do you remember, in the days of day, and proved to be a fast-moving auction, that we were afraid of Western epic which delighted the 10 end. a four-card suit, due to the fact audience from beginning that we never really knew whother Taken from incidents in the novel by wo had a proper fit with our pari. Stuart N. Lake, the flin: is true and ner, or whether it was the proper convincing. Wyatt Earp, the prin- declaration?
cipal character in Mr. Take's novel Take, for example, to-day's who was known as the fearless and band. South has a perfect four-courageous peace officer of the front- card suit bid in spades, and his ter, here comes to life. And George
normal support. partner has
O'Brien, who portrays the charneter However, North also has n Ave-
of Earp, gives a splendid performanco card sult, and South has a perfect in the leading role. In love with the flt there.
girl whose father has become the victim of the murderous individuals in Tombatone, Arizona, with the double aim of finding the murderer order to the and of bringing low town. His suspicions are aroused by the Mayor who is in alliance with the outlaws that have given Tombatono its disreputable name. Tricked by the Mayer, O'Brien te accused of a robbery and is forced to leave town. The method by which he manages to extricate himself from these dif- culties and bring penco and order to Tombstone is so exciting that you In addition to those regular must see it for yourself to really tourist agencies, travel experts from appreciate it. O'Brien is aptly suit the Dollar Line office in Manila will ed to his role and gives it his bost. also moet the President Hopver and NEW YORK SERVICE Irene Bentley, who was last seen in give every possible assistance to "Smoky," has the feminine lead excursionists. opposito O'Brien, and her performan
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As a result, in auction, we might And ourselves playing the hand at Even hearts, Instead of spades. to-day at contract, some players will make the mistake to getting Into the wrong declaration.
When your partner opens with a four-card auft, and you velleve you have all the cards necessary to fill in that auit, although you have a Ave-card major of your own, don't be too sure that the hand must be played in your major. Remember that contract is, a partnership game, and it is up to you and your partner to try to arrive at the proper contract.
"Let's Fall In Love"
requirement The only port or other document for identifien- passengers have some form of pass fion purposes. Special arrangements have been made for the waiving of all visa or other Immigration feca in connection with the President Hoover's excursion.
The Dollar Lino has made special, arrangements for representatives of the American Empresa Co., Philippine Tourist Association and other travel agencies to meet the President Hoover tho purpose of on arrival for furnishing Information and arrang- ing sight-seeing tours to Bagulo, the mountainous resort, 6,000 feet above sea level, and other places of interest in and around Manila.
cludes Owen Nares, Adrienne Allen, David Hawthorne and C. M. Hallard.
"A Bedtime Story"
Do is really something to talk about, Ruth Gillelte as the lady Lou of: Tombstone does yeoman work in her character portrayal. Others in the cast who acquit themselves creditably are Alan Edwards, George E. Stone,
Churchill, Frank Conroy, Maurice Chevaller, the French star Berton Ward Bond, Edward LeSaint, Russell
and Baby Loroy now appear in their Simpson, and Jerry Foster, Lew Istest picture, "A Bodtime Story" at Seller did a splendid directorial job the Oriental Theatre. Edward from the aereen play by Willion Everett Horton and Adrianne Ames Conselmaa and Stuart Anthony...
head the cast supporting Chevalier. There's also Baby Loroy, the one- year-old chosen from among thou- ands of babies of his own age to play in the picture. It's the baby whe makes the new Chevaller. Maurice is cast as a Parisian man-about town! who finds the youngster abandoned in his motor car, and is no intrigued with him that he decides to bring hin. up as his son. Miss Twelvetrees is the uso; Horton, Maurice's valet. The picture reaches a whimsical climax when Maurice takes baby, nurse, valet, et ali, to his fiancoo's chateau for a weekend. There he nearly loses i all of them, but ultimately he emerges with Miss Twelvetrees and the babe still among his possessions.
"Let's Fall In Love", starring Edmund Lowe, and the sensational now screen And, Ana Sothorn, is coming to the King's Theatre on one of the Wednesday. Hailed as season's most unique and tuneful musical offerings the production has created much favourable comment, It is entirely different from the run of musicales which has flooded screens One West's double, North's bid recently as its music in worked into of two hearts is highly constructhe story in a logical and convincing tive. I think East's bid of three diamonds rather optimistic. South shows a fit in his partner's suit by a bid of three hearts.
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manner. Even without the music, t would still an outstanding dramatic production. The famous song-writing team of Harold Arlen and Ted Koch North's bid of three spades ler composed the lyrics and score for then made to show partner n fit the half-dozen musical numbers heard
In the picture. The team is respon
On a feral float in the famous: in the original spade suit. This lesible for such big song hits Tournament of Rose parado at "Minnie the Pasadena, California, last New Year's all the information that South Stormy Weather"
dark-eyed, black-haired needs. If his partner holds four soocher", "I've Got a Right to Sing Day, rode hearta and four spades, undoubt the Blues" and "Get Happy" and their little schoolgirl of 17. She wasn't a edly the same tricks will be made offerings in the picture are of the doll-like beauty, but there was in either suit,
samo high calibre. Supporting the sweetness, a wholesomeness
a selected her, that was eyetaking. She was principals will be seen cast consisting of Gregory latoff, only one of Reveral hundred such Tala Birell, Mirian Jordan. Betty specimens of American youth, posing Furness, Ruth Warren, Arthur on the floats but she chanced to be the Jarrett, Greta Moyer and Anderson one whom Fortune singled out for an Lawlor. The direction is by David affectionate embrace. In the grand. Burton from an original script by lierbert Fielda.
However, it is safer to have the diamond suit led up to rather thun through. While North happened to hold five hearts, the fifth heart enn be used for a valuable discard, As you will see in the play.
tuken.
The-Woman-Between"
About
stand sat a middleaged woman with The Play
photographic eyes. That is, she had However against a four-spade
exinera like perception; she knew contruct, West with ensh his king
what sort of face-and-figure-would and queen of clubs, and will now When it came to the knowledge of look much better on photographic probably shift to heart, which Earl Bollingdon that his daughter, film than it does in real life. She was the secretary to one of the largest will be won in dummy with the Lady Pamela, had been kissed in a king. Now the spade suit is start-room with a bed in it by a Socialist, movie magnates. She jotted down cd, three rounds of spades being his rage knew no bounds. But he did the number of the float, and the dark not know what was in store for him. girl's position on it, and after the
her Hought
out
"Jean In "The Woman Between," which is parade showing at the Queen's. Theatre, a Parker, 17, student, Pasadena High dramatic story is told, against School ambition, to write or paint", political background of the rivalry was the personal description the of two candidates for electoral hon- little fiel gave. "You may do thoso ours and the love of Lady Pamela. things later my dear, but first you're. The latter,, having formed in attach going to be tested for motion pic- nent for the Conservative, Ands her lurea", said the keen-visioned middle- self losing interest in him in favour aged woman. The test proved that of the Socinilst, and visits him at little Jean' had marvellous possbill- sho wns, prospectively, his lodgings for enlightenment ou ties, that things political. As she fenves, the what the liard-boiled picture maiters Suelaltat confesses his feelings for called one of the best little bets in her and kisses her. On hearing of the business". She proved her ability in small parts in "Rasputin and the this, her father, who favours the Con-
ervative, is outraged at such con- Empress", "Strango Rhapsody" "The duct, and determines to reveal to the Secret of Madame Blanche" and Broadway" "Players electorate certain facts detrimental "Made
Then the declarer runs off the heart suit and discards the losing diamond on the fifth heart. The losing club, of course, can be ruffed in dummy with the spade.
All the declarer has to lose is a diamond and two clubs.
Today's Contract Problem
If South wore in arrive ut a six-heart contract, and you held the West hand, what opening would you make and why?
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FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS
FRECKLES, IF I ONLY COULD RAG ENOUGH MONEY TO HOLD THIS PLACE A WHILE LONGER, I, MIGHT BE ABLE PEDDLE
IT LATER, TO SOME OIL
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to the Socialist. But Lady Pamela nowadaye, as everyone knows, are ha an arrow in her quiver with a "borrowed" by one studio from an sharper barb, and tells the Earl that other, and zo Columbia borrowed Jean she will reveal the fact that she has and mada her the star of "What Price been the mistress of the favoured Innocence?" a problem-drama with! tho saying goes. A star at 17t- candidate. Shocked as he had been it, at her unconventional behaviour bo How many girls have dreamied futile- fore, the Earl is crushed and fieartly of that! And so, when Columbin broken at this confession, and with needed a young leading woman for draws from the field of battle, leaving one of its most important pictures of his daughter to remain at the side of the year, it borrowed Jean again and her victorious man. Tils British she proved to be loveller and more pie- has Picture International
been accomplished than ever. This plendidly directed by Miles Mander, ture Lady For A Day" is showing and a particularly strong cast in to lay at the King's Theatre.
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