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By W. E. McKenney
Solution to Previous Contract Problem.
WEDNESDAY,
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MAY 16, 1934.
Thonias Mitchell, ar played by Edmund Lowe and Victor McLaglen in "Guilty as Hell" a murdor farce, which opens on Friday at the King's the successful stage play by Daniel Theatre. The picture is adapted from N. Rubin, and ran for many months Lewe plays the role of polleo reporter, on the Broadway atago last season. which Craven played in the atago veralen. McLaglen is a detective, the role portrayed on the stage by Bilt chell. Richard Arlen and Adrienno picture. The picture makes sport of Ames have other leading moles in tho developing as a comedy, instead of a the conventional murder thriller by
THE THEATRES Paul Lukas and Gloria Stuart, who play the romantic lends in Universal's The Secret of the Blue Room," which commenced its run yesterday at the Alhambra Theatre, find a happy cul mination to their screen love at the end of the drama. Lukan ta cho tucky one of three suitors for Gloria's hand It is not always the game or many hair-raining perils together and in the production and after braving alam hand that is tho most in-sharing in the excitement which per teresting. B. Jay Becker of vaded the haunted Castle, they and Philadelphin, a member of the mutual happiness ahend. However, former national contract champlon Universal production in which the pair Rolve a murder that the audience sees is Tho Kiss Before the Mirror," the ystery. Lowo and McLaglen try to ship team-of-four, sent me to-day's were featured together prior to "The committed at the opening of the film. hund, in which he plays the con- Secret of the Blue Room," the play: Lowe and McLaglen blithely bungle The audience knows who's guilty, but tract, at three odd.
Roquences before they find out. Arlen their way through many nmusing it cast as the young man acused of the crime, and Bliss Amen as his alo ter, the girl who spurs Lowe and McLaglen on,
While the hand may appear to be played in more or less of a dou- ble dummy manner, novertheless each play is based upon accurate analyslo.
South opened the queen of clubs, a low club was played from dum- my, and the queen held the trick. | U.S.$432.00. U.S.$240.00 The six was continued and won by U.S.$360.00 U.S.$196.00 North with the ten. North cashed his ace of clubs and South dis- U.S.$240.00
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Declarer has already lost three tricks and must loso the ace of trump. As South had bid spades, Becker now led the three of apades and finessed the queen, which hold. A small heart was returned and North played low, dropping the alght. Becker won the trick with the queen.
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to give to their love, an Death Dut nu end to it forever. Lukas played the role of an Insanely jealous hus- band, who, suspecting his beautiful young wife of being unfaithful, fol. lowed her to a rendezvous and shot her in the arms of her lover. The terrifle remorse and overwhelmingi regret which followed his act won him the sympathy of overy nudience, just a tho "uppy ending" of "The Secret of the Blua Room" will win their smiles of approval. The part of Irene von Hellsdorf is much more to Miss Stuart's liking than that of the young wire in "Kiss Before the Mirror," for, according to her, she cannot feel Byn.pathy for the action of the woman who she was called upon to portray. Dot ng an artist Miss Stuart feels it necessary to express every sort of kuran emotion, and rather than be "typed" as a sweet-young-heroine la all of her parts, she took the oppor. tunity to play a type extremely op posite to any she had over cenyed. However, the courageous heroine of "Secret of the Blue Room" is right in line with Miss Stuart's own con- and she is able to give her character. victions of "good form” and fair play,,
ization of Irene just the proper em- phasis and winsome appeal.
"Fashions of 1934"
Stars rarely do their own singing in motion picture roles except in muslenl comedy productions when they are selected largely, for their singing talent. Usually the through the motions of singing, which player gocaA the camera records, and then later professional renders the song which is dubbed in on the sound track. This is because few actresses possess both histrionic talent and good singing. voices. On rare occasions, however, the combination is found. Such is the case with Verree Teasdale who sings in the First National picture, "Fashions of 1934," which comes on Friday to the Queen's Theatro. In her role of "The Duchess" the in starred in a musicni rovue, which la a show within the production of "Fashions of 1934". Miss Teasdale is a noted radio singer as well as a New York, and some of the famous talented atago and screen actress, of
masters of Europe. Her song, "Spin n Little Web of Dreams," is the high- "Three Cornered Moon"
light of the rovue, which includes a Successful actors, with few excep. fan dance, by 200 beautiful girls cind tluns, start their careers in extreme in a few feathers and two fans apiece. The plcture is a comedy romance with youth, a survey of Hollywood screen William Powell the stellar zole and pinyers has revealed. The survey, conducted on the Paramount lot where Bette Davis playing the feminine lend Three Cornered Moon" was being opposite him. It presents the amus filmed, brought out the fact that outing adventures of a high pressure corners the Parin of the hundred featured players and promoter who stars in the studio, only four started their careers after they were twenty years of age. Twenty of them made their Brat professional appearances before they were ten years old. Cinudette Colbert, one of the stars of "Three-Cornered Moon" produced by B. O. Schuberg for Paramount which now playing at King's Theatre, started her carver when she was just eighteen, while she was at. Richard Lending school in New York.
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fashion market. Others in the easL includo Frank McHugh, Reginald Owen, Henry O'Neill, Hugh Herbert, Phillip Iteed, Gordon Westentt Dorothy Burgess. Besides the fan was staged by Busby Berkeley, there is an elaborate fashion show presented by a score of pretty mannequins displaying the very Intest In women's gowns. William Dieterle directed.
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Lydn coberti, niso in "Three-Cornered Moon", had the earliest start. Sho was one year old, being carried on the stage in the arms of her mother! Becker realized that South had for the Broadway stage hit of the "Three-Cornered Moon", adapted already discarded two dianionds same name, was written by Gertune and that his only chance to manke Tonkonogy. It concerned the men the hand was to find North with a
bers of the "looney" kimpiegar family. eagleton ace of hearts, so his next Their acties, when in their irrespon play was which North won with the acc.
dence of hearts,sible way, they try to adapt them neives to a "new" way of living. be.
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Of course, North could not re- cause all their fortune was lost In And Godown Co., Ltd., whence and/or
turn a diamond or it would be right into declarer's tenace; there- fore, he had to return iL spade. Becker-discarded a diamond-and- won the trick in dummy with the
acc.
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23 May are eventually smerniced to his Ams and won by Hecker with the king, on
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North realized that it would do him no good to cover, as his part. ner had already discarded two din- monds, so he played low. Becker allowed the trick to ride and Sunth's ten fell.
Today's Contract Problem
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ed the story hadn't already estaoished the authentlenty of the details. WILL ren William's role is that of a man absolutely unscrupulous and ruthless, | with women. He makes love first himself and then, by some strange hypnutie power, forces them to entangle men of political power for his own ends and to their ruin. In hin ambition to control the world, he does not hesitate to use women of every class, women from the lower walks of life, beautiful actresses and; society
women. Others in 23 -| usually strong cast include Harold Huber, Spencer Charters, John Wray, Murray Kinnell, Hardio Albright, and Alan Hale. The story was adopted Ly Houster Branch and Sidney Suther- lind, and directed by Howard Brether. ton
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