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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1933,

CONTRACT

BRIDGE

By W. E. McKenney There is no question but that bridge is one of the world's most popular pastimes to-day.

In 1928 Mr. Harold Vanderbilt presented a silver trophy to bo played for annually by teams of four. He has participated in sev eral of these events himself and this year enrolled himself as one of the Vanderbilt cup winners by winning his own trophy.

His partner was Mr. Waldemar

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von Zedtwitz, president of the American Bridge League. Their teammates were Mr. P.II. Sima and Mr. Willard S. Karn.

Following is one of the most important hands played in this event. Mr. von Zedtwitz ant in the South and Mr. Vanderbilt in the North.

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(The breath of Reno) ROBERT WOOLSEY

announcing Radio's Latest Laugh. Sonsation I'

recently completed an original screen | AUTOMATIC DECARBONISER story upon order of Samuel Goldywn. It was called "The Unholy Garden" and Ronald Colman has transcribed it into a picture. It is now showing at the King's Theatre. The yarn. brings a new treatment to "The Port being North Africa. When they of Mining Men” theme, the locale started "The Unholy Garden," Hecht and MacArthur had just supervised the adaptation of their celebrated stage play, "The Front Page," the Hughes pleture which still in" hang- ing up tremendous box-office recorda the world over. 'Gortainly, it is ono of the greatest talking picture ver made, Completion of "The Unholy Garden," though, ended the collabora tion of Heen; and MacArthur. For, while the former signed up with Samuel Goldwyn, the latter went under exclusive contract to Metro- Goldywn-Mayor. Under that con- tract, liecht polished off the dialogito of two mare noward Hughes pictures, "Bearface" and "Queer People," the latter an adaptation of the sensational story of Hollywood by Carroll and Garrett Graham. In addition to the joint authorship with MacArthur of The Front Page" and "The Unnoly- .Garden," Hecht wrote for tha screeni "Underworld," "The Unholy Gar den," "Road House Night" and "The Great Gasbo,” while MacArthur authored "Way for a Sailor," "Pald" and the stage "Lulu Belle."'"

"Madame Racketeer"

Natural talent will come to the sur- face, regardless of circumstance or environment As evidence of this, Evalyn Knapp, former stage actress and now points to the beginnings of her own featured in player, theatrical career. Miss Knapp, who While Mr. Sims and Mr. Karn is now appearing in Paramount's were using the Sims one-over- "Madame" "Racketeer" with Alison one system, Mr. Vanderbilt and Skipworth and Richard Bonnett, dis- Mr. von Zedtgitz were using the closca that her early ambition was, to Vanderbilt Club convention,

become a newspaper raportor. The glamour and adventure of journalism intrigued her mind, she says, and she

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Mr. von Zedtwiz opened the bidding with one spade, passed and Mr. Vanderbilt in the North bid three hearts. This is a jump shift bid and hot only guarantees a game, but is also a mild slam try.

probably would have followed thia career had not Fate, in the form of amateur theatricals, revealed her aptitude for stage work. She has now in sixteen feature productions, including "The Millionaire," with Mr. von Zedtwitz then bid three Arliss, ligh Pressure,"

"Fireman spades to show length and a remity" and "New York Town." Sie Save My Child," "Successful Cala- biddable spade suit. However, hiy bid is not encouraging. With has an important part in "Madame Racketeer," which is the King's any encouragement from Mr. von Theatre's feature beginning next| Zedtwitz, Mr. Vanderbilt would Thursday, have gone to seven, but with the weak responee, he took the con- tract to six spades.

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"My Pal, the King."

Uniteraa! erected a complete, circus "big-tep" for the production of "My The play of the hand is unusual- Pal, the King" now staring virile ly interesting and well demonstrates Tom Mix at the Central Theatre. the deep thought and planning give

Band-stand, main-entrance, centre

to every hand by Mr. von Zedtwitz, ring, Gypsy-coloured wagons and al The deuce of hearts was opened are part of the huge retting that was by West. East's nine forced the built by real circus men and for the declarer's ace. A small heart was the cast! The picture had performed real eircus people. Thirty players in returned and won' in dummy within various circuses. The film, con the queen.

Icerning a Wild West Show, in un al- The ace and jack of spades were venturous performance in tiny played from dummy, Mr. von alkun kingdom, depicts Mix in a Zedtwitz. overtaking the inck wit ole that he has played in real life headliner for the Sells-Floto the queen in his own hand and then

ircus for years. Most of the Indians leading the king of spades.

ith Jim Thorpe had also played in Wild West Shows Mickey Rooney and lays in boy king in the film,

A diamond was discarded from dummy and Weat dropped the thre

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of clubs, which marked Enst withloel Francis. Stuart Holmes, Paul the king of clubs,

The average player, if he wer not careful to make the proper deductions, would now make the mistake of finessing the queen of

ural, Finis Barton. James Kirkwood nd Jim Thorpe make up the support- 1g cast.

Mr. von Zedtwite did not heal-

clubs, but Mr. von Zedtwitz realized clubs. East, of course, refused to] that his only hope of making the over with the king as he saw that contract was to drop the jack of it would establish dummy's nine. clubs from the West hand, so he led a email club and finessed the eight, East winning with the ten of clubs. East returned a diamond which was won in dummy with the ace The ace of clubs was now played from dummy and West'a fack dropped.

tate but immediately discarded the ten of diamonds. West must also discard a diamond. This loft Mr. von Zedtwitz with three good spades and a good heart in dummy.

A carefully played hand that However, if West had falled to produced a small slam for the de- discard a club, and had dropped a clarer, it was one of the hands diamond, it would have been Im-which was instrumental in bringing material, because Mr. von Zedt to the team the Vanderbilt cup witz's next play was the queen of championship,

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