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Cinema Notes

"STRIKE ME PINK KING'S THEATRE

BRIDGE NOTES

THE DECOY DUCK

By Ely Culbertson

This lavish $1,500,000 produc To the sportsman who gets up tion, featuring Ethel Merman, early in the morning, shoulders Sally Eilers Parkyakarkus and

William Frawley and a glorious bis gun and starts off to his shoot- new array of Goldwyn Girls, casts ing at slams and games, a decor

duck is something else. Eddie Canter as a timid little col-

Unfortunately, there are far too lege tailor whose secret passion for a glamorous night club singer, many players who would not have in the person of Miss Merman, made the same intelligent duck on partner's opening lead as East moves him to take dence course in personal magne did in today's hand..

or Mouse, tism, entitled "Man What Are You?"

correspon

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"Strike Me Pink" was based on Kelland's Clarence Budington Saturday Evening Post story and novel, "Dreamland." The adapta- tion and screen play are by Frank East Butler, Walter Deleon and Fran-Pass Martin. Norman Turrog Pass directed. Harold Arlen and Lew Pass Brown are responsible for the)

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West opened the three of spades

snappy song hits, which include and when North played low from The Lady Dances" "First You dummy, East was practically cer Have Me High. Then You Have tait. South held the King or the Me Low." The Calabash Pipe" ten. If the King, putting up the Queen would enable declarer to and "Shake It Off."

Highlights of the musical are win three tricks in spades. If the a thrilling. laugh-loaded comedy ten, the failure to come up with: chase on a Giant Roller Coaster the Queen would allow declarer land a wild balloon, ascent, with to win two tricks, but these two Eddie and Parkyakarkus in the could be won anyway by a later to the Ace-Jack. With basket and the gangsters at the finesse İcontrols.

nothing to lose and everything to East. without hesitation gain. played the eight

and i Soath counted his tricks

win three realised he

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HANDS ACROSS THE TABLE" -QUEEN'S THEATRE

must

Discarding the expensive jewel- spades, four hearts and two ad-j

and

lery, beautiful gowns fursditional tricks in clubs and dia- which have been such an imper-monds to make his contract. Hop- roles in pasting West held the Queen, declarer tant part of her

Carole Lombard productions.

correctly won the first trick with assumes the garb of a manicurist the King and immediate returned thres in her latest picture, "Hands the tea in order to win Across the Table," in which she tricks in spades, gain entry to is featured with Fred MacMurray. dummy and still be able to take Allwyn. Ralph Bellamy the heart finesse. The play of to the Astrid and Marie Prevost

Cummy's Jack then lost This gay romantic comedy de Queen, and East shifted to the scribes the amusing and drama Jack of clubs. With this defence, tic happenings in the everyday of course the contract was hope! life of an attractive young man less.

to marry curist who longs

It is interesting to note that millionaire. Events begin tothis hand, played in a seven table made five times happen swiftly and humorously duplicate, was when she meets the rich playboy when East blindly played third at the first trick of her dreams, only to discover hand high that he is already engaged, to Scuth then won three tricks in ""marry money." They make a spades and four in hearts, after

that

will they

go which he end-played West for a pact through their promises to marry trick in diamonds, in addition to for wealth and until love enters his certain winner in clube. their lives they are determined to iful their desires for riches.

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An amazing laugh-filled climax brings the film to a breath-taking finale.

"RENDEZVOUS”—ALHAMBRA THEATRE

William Russell and

Powell,

Rosalind

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"LES MISERABLES"-STAR

THEATRE

Fresh laurels were heaped on the heads of Fredric March and Charles Laughton as co-stars of Darryl Zanuck's stirring prodne-j tion of Victor Hugo's "Les Miser-

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this exciting drama.

his career as the unfortunate Val- The title of the picture reters jean and Laughton is superb as Cedric Hardwicke, Javert. Sir to a spot in the Atlantic where American troopships are met by the celebrated British stage and British destroyers for protection screen star, is splendid, making against U boats. William Powell his American screen debut in the is the code expert and most of the role of the kindly Bishop Bien- action of the picture revolves Įvenu.

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desperate adventures in his life- Others in the cast are Binnie long attempt to evade the relent- Barnes and Lionel Atwill

less Javert.

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