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CONTRACT BRIDGE

By W. E. McKenney

Solution to Previous Contract Problem

1934.

ties to music. In a pen nearby was the rhinoceros, which the studio had brought from abroad some time nge Bonie for Tarzan the Apo Man." how the elephant didn't like his Icoks and set up a deafening roar. In the meanwhile executing a brisk trot in Cecil B. DeMille's first production! mer of the new screen season comes to the direction opposite to that which the Alambra Theatre to-morrow and he was supposed to take. It was is entitled "This Day and Age." necessary to cover the rhinoceros Tormed "the first great spectacle of pan with a canvas tent before the modern times by the director, the abated and the scene could go on.

anxiety of the ponderous puchydorm film depicts the fight of a com munity's youth to combat their city's

→"K's A Boy".

Naturally, most of the interest- racketeers and gangsters after all legal offorts by the adult members “It's a Boy" showing at the King's ing hands at contract bridge pre- problem in bidding. of the community have failed. This Theatro to-day, is a farce of intricate sent only picture is announced as B truc and amusing complications. Two The following hand was indeed an Bestille eple, cavealing the same friends, the groom and his best man, interesting problem, due to the fact masterful handling of mobs, the same are so late for the marriage that the that East, in the course of the bid-

decides bride's frate father

that the realistic touches that brought fame

The ding, had put in a paychic. abandoned. bo to his previous classics, "The Sign ceremony shall of

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Over South's bid of one heart, guilty couple Iny the blame at the ent" and "The King of

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Day and Age" reaches surging novelist, and decide to produce him North should bid two diamonds heights when it presents scene in which Ave thousand young to confirm their story. But "John rather that support the heart suff is a woman, and actually Remember that we do not advocato sters have put a racketeer on trial ont of the wedding guests. This the supporting of partner's bid for his life in a kangaroo court. oxceedingly complication has to be with less than four trump-even own subversive surmounted, and the fun grows more with three to the ace-If there is Kidnapped by his metheus, the racketeer is brought furious as the situation becomes more a better bid in your hand, until by the mob to the old abandoned involved. Behind the fluster, quarry and there "wented" for bluster of the groom and his friend to ther; by a re-bid, shows his suit confession. Then he is ridden is the fear that the supposed truth to be at least five cards in length. breaks into the home of the judge ago will be revealed; a persistent the two diamonds, of course, is East's bid of three clubs over on a rail back to town, and the mob regarding the former's affairs years who had once acquitted their captive youth clamouring. for recognition as puroly a paychic, with a good out of a murder charge and forces the

farco ada. The

is excellently Jurist to witness the confession, played by a cast who enter very in spades. South properly doubles | DeMille has assembled a

fully into the humour of the amazing the three-club bid, North letting it "south"

romain. cast te portray the characters in his situations. story.

If East had passed, East and

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"College Humor" "Duck Soup".

An impresive and versatile all-star Those humpty-dumpty, hooligan cast is featured in "College Humor," stars of the stage, the radio and the Paramount's boisterous musical story screen, the Four Marx Brothers, are of college life, as it ought to be coming here next week, their newest which is sholwng at the Queen's Crosby, Richard picture, "Duck Soup" Theatre. Paramount

Barilsic, Jack Onkle, opening on Wednesday at the King's Arten, Mary Theatre. The film, directed by Leo Geo. Burns and Mary Kornman, who

between them

stage, represent McCarey, who made "The Kid From betwe Spala" has a stellar supporting cast, screen, and radio, play the leading

aquel Torres, Louis including Raquel

roles in the picture, The Ox-Road hern and Margaret Dumont. As all Co-Ede; a comedy chorus calculated the other pictures these four comed-to drive aging alumint back to the ians have made, "Duck Soup" is alma mater, prance in and out of crammed with delightful music in the action. Coach Howard Jones of cluding tho famous "Who's the University of Southern California Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" football team, plays, as you might suspect, the role of Mid-West Univer- College aity's

coach. football

production,

now

"Meet the Baron"

Cal

An elephant who didn't want to Humor" is a movie musical in the associate with a rhinoceros almost now style. Its lavish spoiled "Baron Munchausen's" talk-glittering cast, fast story, crackling Ing picture debut! This surprising dialogue and entrancing music re-

the present

Paramount studio's anobbery of the animal kingdom pre made itself manifest during the alm-determination to have it stand as the ing of "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's all-season's smash musical hit.

"Meet the Baron," star comedy,

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is proper to show that his second suit really is clubs. North's bid of four spades shows no losing tricks in spades.

in which Jack Pearl, radio's famous The adventures for four sideshow "Baron,

makes his first appearance entertainers who try their luck on before the emeras in company with Broadway, is divertingly told in "Paramount such veteran laughmakers as Jimmy "Take a Chance," the Durante, Zasu Pitts, Ted ilealy and musical film which is now at the Edna May Oliver. The disturbanco Alhambra Theatre. The quartette, South bids five hearts to show

of James

June Dunn, occurred On mammoth set re-composed presenting

women's college. Knight, Cliff Edwards and Lilian that he would prefer to play the Pearl and Durante were set to make Roth, find that the Great White Way hand in hearts. North can a comical entrance in a howdah on Isn't much different from Main Street the contract to seven hearts, East the back of an elephant while a after all and climb to the top of the makes a fine sacrifice bid of seven

spades. thousand girls, representing the (Continued on Page 11.)

OUEENS WEDNESDAY

It's a M-C-M Programme- It must be good!

Bringing what this town needs most

MORE LAUGHS!

and how you will laugh

BARON

with

STAN LAUREL OLIVER

HARDY

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(Schnozzle). DURANTE

MUNCHAUSON

(Vas you dere Sharlie?)

and not forgatting

in

TED HEALY and his. STOOGES

"MEET THE BARON"

take

South, now la confronted with quite a problem. His partner has mende a cue bid in spades, showing no losing spades. Due to the fact that South holds a singleton spado, It looks very much as though North holds the ace of spades rather than a void, and, if this is the case, undoubtedly a grand slam in nó trump can be made.

However, South should not guess -his proper declaration is to pass. This is a forcing pass, requiring partner either to bid seven trump or to double.

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Naturally, without the ace apades, North is forced to double. If North's cue bid had been based on the ace of spades, the grand slam in no trump could be made.

This is a fine example of the forcing pass, and is a bid for which aur readers should watch carefully.

Today's Contract Problem

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