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CONTRACT CINEMA SCREENINGS.

BRIDGE

By W. E, McKenney

Give the average player 150 aces at contract bridge and it makes no difference what you, an partner, bid: he will continually overcall with a no trump.

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Thone who liko laughs which comes A cowardly attack on a middle from brilliant lines and adroitly con aged widow was perpetrated ecived situations will enjoy "The the staircase of 32 Des Voeux Guardaman," the new Matro-Goldwyn-

layer feature which opens to-morrow Road resterday afternoon by a at the Queen's Theatre. "The Guard. Chinese mate who threw stinging of an White powder in the face of Yu sman" is a diverting story acter, who becomes jealous of his Luk-miu.

Would it surprise you to learnown wife, and makes love to her in The woman was coming. down that a hand holding only 160 aces officer. The protagonists of this tugging at her handbag. She the disguise of a Russian Cossack the stairs when she felt something should seldom play the hand at fardai situation are Alfred Lunt and turned and caught a glimpse of a no trump? Take, for example, Lym Fontanne, noted stage stars of.

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**BURDWAN the down the stairs and her assailant New York stage. Not the least in-made. off with her handbag con- It is true that we have what is teresting feature of "The Guardamantaining money and personal effects known as Cavendish distribui ita "play within a play." To in tion: 1. c., a four-three-throc-three an actor thero in given a short sceno. She blew a police whistle and a

troduce the stars as an actress and worth $11.90, distribution; which, in auction, we from the latest Lunt-Fontanne, Thes- few minutos inter saw her attacker believed to be ideal distribution tro Guild success, "Elizabeth, the, in the custody of an Indian police- for a one no trump opening. In Queen" by permission of the author, man. addition this hand has 150 aces.

Maxwell Anderson. Sidney Franklin, The man will be charged in the Nevertheless, few experts to- always a highly capable director, has Pollee Court this morning. day, employing the one over one

made a smooth, even production of system, will bid the band with an the story. Besides the stars the best erformance is given by Roland Young original one no trump. The bet-as the critic, the Innocent bystander situation to the public. Miss Colbert ter hid would be one diamond. Tasu Pitte gets a lot of comedy out

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You make the bid simply to Ono of America's best-known stage show partner that your hand con-personalities makes his talking-picture Luins the required strength for debut in "The Phantom President" an original bid, and you are hop-olitical comedy which comes to the problems, went into the latest mystery ing that this response will be two King's Theatre on Sunday. lie in drama of the screen, "Unashamed," no trump. You know that he can George M. Cohan, known to both which is now showing at the Queen's make this bid even though he has Broadway and the "road" us one of Theatre. The new story, by Bayard normal diamond support.

the stage's most prolific actors, play- Veiller, deals with a police ense, as do Supposing partner's land were Claudette Colbert and Jimmy Durante The dramatic climax comes

wrights, producers, and song writers most of the muted playwright's stories. as follows:

are also featured in the east. Cohan sensational trial sequence. In plays two roles. His Brst is

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Not only does partner have a medicine-show barker fairly oozing normal trump support, but, in nd-personality, who is hired to get him. Twelvetrees plays the heroine, faced dition, he has a biddable auit of The climax ultimately reveals the

with the choice of her brother's life or his own. However, he would at

the nerfice of her own reputation. once realize that while game

Rout. Young la the brother, and Ro- might be made at diamonds-with off bid of weakness and should sms, the father. Lewis Stone, Jean bert Warwick, famous star of allent you opening with an original bid raise the contract to two ne trump. Hersholt, John Miljan, Monroe Owsley, of one diamond-undoubtedly the Unless he held just a minimum no Gertrude Michael, Wilfred North. easiest way to go game would be trump response, partner would Tommy Jackson and Loulse Beaver in no trump.

now make a try for game.

have important roles.

He has every suit but spades well protected, therefore he has a right to assume that you have some strength in spades, and bla proper response would be two no trump, which you would carry to. three no trump.

Here is where you would gain the advantage-most of the op- ponents' strength lies in the spade suit, and now, if the spade suit were opened, it will be coming up to partner's queen of spades, and you are bound to make two tricks in spades. If spades are not open- ed, any suit that is opened is slopped at least twice.

If the hand, with the 150 aces avere to play the hand at no trump, and spades were opened, the chances are that only one trick would be made in spades, there fore if the club suit did not break, it might be easy for the opponents La defeat a no trump game.con- tract.

hand with one diamond and find

It is fine to open this type of:

partner with all that strength, but supposing you found him with a very weak hand and he respond- ed with one no trump-a sign-oh bid showing wenkness.

It is better to have him play the hand at no trump with the lead coming up to one of his queens or tenace positions, than it is to have you play the hand with only your dead. four tricly. You have Nothing to gain by the opening

lead.

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