TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 13, 1923
FUNNY REMARK CHANGES SERIOUS MOVIE
INTO COMEDY BECAUSE STAR LAUGHED
Agnes Ay res Unable to Control Face, and Scenes in "Marguerite" Are Made Over to Fit In With Important
, Scene'Already Photographed Under Difficulties.
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Ati.VKS AI RES, AS M ARGl F.RITK)
THIS WAS supposed to be a ser
ious picture, but some one be
hind the camera made a facetious
remark, so what could Agnes Ayres
do but smile at the king- and queen.
Kins? George end Queen Mary of
Paramount pictures, not of England.
Miss Ayres is seen as "Marguerite,"
one of the characters she assumes in
"The Lane That Had No Turning."
Richard Kreeland plays King George
and Dorothy Gordon is cast as Queen
Ma ry.
"The Lane That Had No Turning"
is Apnes Ayres' first star picture for
Paramount. Sir Gilbert Parker and
Eugene Mullin collaborated on the
story for the screen, which is an
adaptation of one of Sir Parker's
best novels. The author says the
Auction
IN line with my discussion of last
Sunday, I give the following hand
as showing gain through depart
ure from rule.
"Know the rules and when to break
them," is an admonition which It be
hooves players generally to observ.
Not only the rule, but the reason gov
erning, the rule should be so thor
oughftr known and understood, that
one's Judgment and common sense
should be infallible guides as to when
a rule may be broken. There Is
scarcely any rule that may not be
broken at times if a player knows
that he is breaking it. This Is but
another way of saying that one must
be perfectly familiar with a rule if
ha would see the times when he
may break it. To break a rule
through Ignorance is an entirely dif
ferent thing from breaking it be
cause one recognizes that it doeaj not
apply to the particular situation and
that Its observance would prove in
imical to one's interests.
To give more emphasis to this all
lmportant subject, 1 quote as follows
from a well-known eastern authority:
"Every auction player should make
it his business to know the laws; he
should make it his business to know
the rules and to be familiar with
every 'school of play,' even those
whose theories are opposed to his own.
On top of that he should make it his
business to use his common sense.
"But please note the order of these
three suggestions., You do not play
by common sense alone, first, last,
and always; you do not make your
own head your only guide book. If
you try anything of that sort, you kill
team work and get yourself thor
oughly disliked. Too many players
brag with mock humility, "1 know no
rules; I play by my head alone and
by my common sense.'
"Deliver me from such players. If
I must play with them, let them be
my adversaries, though even In that
capacity they generally ruin the
game.
"Know your laws.
"Know your rules.
"But realize that while the rules
form the absolutely necessary
groundwork of every decent game,
snd while they cover all general situ
ations, there are, nevertheless, many
special Instances which are covered
by no rules and where good sense
alone must be one's guide. Also,
realize that rules are breakable; not
. generally breakable, but occasionally
breakable. Measure your situation
against your rule and decide which
is the more Important. If you gen
erally decide against the rule, you be
come definitely marked as a mighty
poor player.
"If you never decide against the
rule, you are a reliable, safe and
steady player, but you are wooden
and you lack imagination. If you de
cide against the rule about once in a
hundred times, the chances are that
you are right. In that case you are
numbered among the brilliant players
of the earth."'
Here is the hand above referred to:
10 9
A 10 S6
7 4
Q J 10 g 5
A Q J 4 2
K 5
4 KJS
4 A7 2
Z, the declarer, bid a heart. The
others paused, so the bid held and A
was the player to lead.
As is seen. A's hand offers no lead
that is promising and it would almost
aeem it was purely a matter of luck as
to whether he hit upon the best. His
strongest suit, diamonds, is a four
card suit made up of a ten-ace double,
a combination which it is well known
is unwlso to lead from. The four
card club suit headed by a seven is
certainly nor promtslng. The lead of
a trump up to declared strength would
be most unwise. The only thing left,
therefore, is the two-card spade suit.
The lead of a singleton against a
trump declaration Is generally a sound
lead when the player holds one or
more small trumps which ho wLab, to
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RICHARD FBEKIASD. AS KIXG GEORGE, AND DOROTHY GORDON, AS
QLEE. MAKV.
story Is based on facts in the lives of
two real and famous persons, one of
them a celebrated French, opera
singer.
Mr. Mullin, who has adapted more
than 100 stories for the screen, de
clares that this was one of the most
pleasurable tasks he ever had.
"The story," he said, "is not only
one of the most dramatic I have ever
worked upon, but also one of the
most suitable for the screen."f Rollin
Sturgeon supervised the production
and Victor Fleming directed,
Miss Ayres had- quite a strenuous
time in working on this picture, for
the story is filled with heavy situa
tions and touches of melodramatic
action, it is said, Involving numerous
changes of costume and a good deal
of traveling about to locations.
Bridge
.utilize for ruffing purposes This lead
! if often particularly effective if the
player holds the ace of trumps, as In
such case he can stop the trump lead
if the declarer takes the first trick
and attempts to exhaust trumps before
the leader's partner gets the chance to
return his lead. Such lead often re
sults in one or mora tricks to the side
which otherwise they would not make.
A doubleton lead, however, the lead
of a two-card suit, is an entirely dif
ferent thing, and while such lead
works at times to one's advantage, it
Is generally attended with more or
less uncertainty, as more often than
not by the time the leading player has
been led out of the suit and is in a
position to ruff, he has also beer, led
out of trumps. This is particularly
liable to be so if he or his partner has
not the ace of trumps. Therefore, be
fore adopting such lead a player
should be absolutely assured his hand
offers nothing better or more promis
ing. However, by the process of elimina
tion as shown in the hand given, A
felt he had no better lead than the
lead of his two-card suit, or the down-and-out
lead, as it is often called, so
he led the higher of his two-card
spade suit, the six. The hand went
badly for A-B and declarer made a
grand elam. There are doubtless many
who will assert that this was owing
to A's lead and that he would better
have made his ace of diamonds while
he had the chance, and saved at least
the grand slam.
While this undeniably would have
saved the grand slam, let us consider
a moment before quite condemning the
lead. I will give the hand first as it
was actually played, and we will see
whether It was owing to the opening
lead or failure on the part of the
leader's partner to take advantage of
the special situation which resulted in
declarer securing a grand slam. The
hand went thus:
Trick. A y B Z
1 6 10 K A
2 2 A 9 5
3 5 10 J 2
4 7 9 6 4
G 3 6 J K
6 8V 44 K A
7 4 J 3 2
g 4 8 Q J
9 84 Q 9 7
14) 7 8 2 64
11 104 6 34 .14
12 Q4 10 54 K4
IS 1 A4 74 94 Q4'
Denotes winner of trick.
Trick 1. To this trick declarer put
up dummy's 10 of spades, not know
ing but that the leader might hold
the king, in which event the 10 would
hold good, and he would still retain
command of the suit. B, however,
played the king and declarer took
the trick in his own hand with the
ace. This round established dummy's
spades, and as declarer had two of
the suit with which to put the dummy
later in the lead, he at once went to
work to exhaust the trumps. In
order to take a finesse in the trump
suit, at
Trick 2 he puts dummy in the lead
through the lead of a small club,
dummy getting in with, the ace.
Dummy at
Trick 3 led the 10 of hearts
(trumps) in the hope king was held
by B declarer's right-hand adversary
and would eventually be captured.
This turned out to be the case. B
did not put up the king and the 10
won. with the result that at
Trick 4 dummy led his remaining
heart, the 9, which also held the
trick. (It may be explained, that as
both the 10 and 9 of trumps were in
the dummy hand, B saw nothing
would be gained by putting up the
king of trumps to dummy's lead, but
that his doing so would rather make
it all the easier for declarer to estab
lish the suit. He therefore correctly
refused to play king until he was
compelled to do so, knowing that If
his partner chanced to hold either
jack or queen of the suit, guarded,
he would win the first or second
round, and In any event there was a
chance that his king would eventu
ally become good.) At
Trick 5 declarer led a small club
from the dummy, getting in the lead
with the king, and' at
Trick S, leading the ace of trumps
in the hope that the two remaining
adverse trumps would havj to fall,
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Among other things Miss Ayres
sings the role of Marguerite in the
opera "Faust."' the scenes for part of
the third act being staged at a Los
Angeles auditorium. Also she has a
wild chase in an old-fashioned car
riage, is involved in a duel scene be
tween Theodore Kosloff and Mahlon
Hamilton and generally enacts a role
that Is filled with dramatic possibili
ties, of which it Is asserted she has
taken the fullest advantage.
Gonna Are Exquisite.
Exquisite gowns .will be a feature
of the picture, it Is said, and will ap
peal especially to the feminine spec
tators. Miss Ayres wears clothes as
few women can and among the
dresses Is one for the Marguerite role
which Is said to be stunningly beau
tiful. and knowing that if B'b king were
still guarded, it would make In any
event. Both trumps fell, " however,
so his course was easy. At
Trick 7 he led a spade, dummy get
ting in the lead with the Jack. In
stead, however, of at once making
his spades, at
Trick 8 he iled a club, B putting
up the queen and declarer trumping:
This play, a wise precautionary play,
left dummy with the ' commanding
club and gained for the side an extra
trick. This accomplished, declarer at
Trick 9 led his remaining spade,
dummy took the trick and at tricks
10 and 11 made his two remaining
spades, and at
Trick 12 his good club.
Trick 13 went to declarer with his
remaining trump.
I desire to call particular atten
tion to declarer's play at trick 8, as
it would have been so easy at this
stage to have lost a trick, the trick
In this case having a value of 108,
since it was the trick which resulted
in grand slam. Z could have dis
carded but two rather than all his
diamonds and A's ace of diamonds
would eventually have made.
Now as to the way the hand should
have been played: By carefully
studying the situation the student
will see that it was not A's lead (in
reality it was the best lead the hand
offered) but mistaken play on the
part of B, his partner, that enabled
declarer to make his excellent score.
Trick. A Y B Z
1 6 10 3 2
2 5V 10 3 2
3 7 9 6 4
.4 2 6 9 K
5 8 44 K A
6 34) A4 J 54k
7 4 Q 9 7
8...: 84 5 K4 A4
Denotes winner of trick.
The declarer so far has taken every
trick, but his hand now looks like
this, and there Is no possible hope
even of a little slam:
QJ
.
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A, his left-hand opponent, holds
these cards:
7 4
4 A Q 10
4
Y, the dummy, holds the jack and
g of spades, the only spades remain
ing, 10 and 8 of clubs, and a losing
diamond. B holds the best club and
four small diamonds. Z is in the lead.
Whatever diamond he may lead, A
will Just cover, and then lead a club
to which his partner will play the
queen, the command, and Z will
trump, Z will then be forced to lead
another diamond which A again will
just cover and then come out with
the command, the side thus making
threq tricks and saving a score of 124.
Z's smaller score in the hand as thus
played Is in no sense owing to Incor
rect play of his own, but solely to the
fact that his right-hand opponent,
B, correctly sized up the situation and
departed from the well-known rule
to play high third in hand.
Let it .be distinctly noted that at
the first 'trick B, third player, failed
to play his highest card, the king,
and played rather a small card, leav
ing the lead with dummy. Such play
ers as from their kindergarten course
in whist have had impressed upon
them the Importance of always play
ing a high card as third player, may
look upon this as rank heresy and
perhaps become skeptical regarding
all rules. As has been already said,
however, there is no rule that hae not
its exception, the exception at times
being as Important as the rule. When
as in the case under discussion it is
apparent that the observance of rule
will but work to the player's disad
vantage, it is quite vtime to depart
from rule and adopt ' such 'policy as
seems to offer the promise of smaller
loss.
In this particular hand the moment
dummy's cards appear upon the table
B should recognize and be able to
place the entire spade suit. He
should know by the 11 rule that his
partner had led short, evidently with
the object of securing a ruff. If by
putting up his king he were assured
of securing the lead, such would un
doubtedly be his play. As," however.
he feels it to be Impossible that A i
has led away from the ace,' this card
is markea with the declarer, so the
play of king would but force the ace
and fully establish the spades In dum
my's hand. Why, then, should he so
play as would result to the manifest-!
advantage of, the declarer J Wiiy .
should he not rather adopt such a
policy as will make it difficult for
the declarer to establish dummy's
spades, as may 'in fact prevent their
being brought in?
I would explain that were the dum
my hand without re-entry, the king
undoubtedly should be played to the
trick, if for no other reason than to
compel declarer to win the trick .and
lead trumps up his, B's, guarded king
of trumps. As the dummy holds re
entry, however, B knows the trumps
in any event will be led by the dum
my through his king and that his
king is doomed from the start. He
therefore sees the impolicy of so
playing In other respects as will but
contribute to the declarer's gain. By
playing a small spade to the first
trick, three rounds of spades are
played before the suit in dummy's
hand becomes established, and by the
time this has been accomplished
dummy's club re-entry has been
played, and It becomes impossible for
his spades to mane.
Three tricks saved to a side because
of well-thought-out departure for
rule marks a player as thoroughly
sound and possessed of far more than
the usual ability, such player as one
desires as a partner and respects,
though dreads as an opponent.
Educational Film Industry
Practically an Infant.
Large IrodnceT Are Willing to
Enter Virgin Field.
THE educational field of motion
pictures has been practically un
explored, according to John J. Tlgert,
United! States commissioner of edu
cation. In his annual report, an ad
vance copy of which ' has been re
ceived by the National Association of
the Motion Picture Industry, Commis
sioner Tlgert says:
"Although there are now more mo
tion picture machines in schools,
churches and clubs than in commer
cial theaters, conditions are such that
the industry is organized almost ex
clusively to sej-ve the interests o-f the
commercial theater.
"The demand from educational in
stitutions may never equal in bulk or
in steady continuity the commercial
demand, and yet its potential strength
is sufficient to attract attention If
only it can be organized and given
expression. Representatives of the
larger producers have declared their
willingness to produce the films; pro
vided they can be assisted In deter
mining what is needed and can be
used in the schools, and they have
appealed to the bureau repeatedly to
take the initiative in organizing some
plan of investigation. No producer or
organization ol producers can afford1
to make the necessary analysis of
school needs and educational possibil
ities, and they all lack the motive, the
personnel and the school contracts
which are essential to the success of
such a study. "
"In addition, much help is needed
In studying the use of the stereopti
con and stereopticon slides, the stere
oscope, the phonograph and other
aids to instruction to determine how
much time may be used in these
ways, what are the most effective and
economical methods, the sources and
cost of such Instructional materials
and the needed equipment."
The bureau should be permitted to
organize at once a division of Amer
icanization and education of illiter
ates, says Mr. Tlgert, because this
feature is obviously a function ot the
federal government and should not
be left to the different methods of
the states.
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How many of- the readers of The Ore
Konlan know Portland? Dally contact
with the same scenes breeds familiarity
and even contempt. Portland is one of
the most beautiful cities in America. Her
bert Heywood will make a aeries of weekly
sketches and DeWitt Harry will co-operate
with him in writing descriptive matter
calling attention to bits of Portland of
more than ordinary interest.
TOO-many of us fail to use to the
full extent all of our five senses.
To be blind would be a calamity,
but why not make full use of our
eyes? Why walk about this beautiful
city and fail to see her charms?
Doutbless most of the readers of
this have visited the city hall, at
Fifth and Madison, yet how many ap
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Of course there are ugly features in
every perspective, yet let's try and
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land. The piquant oharm of an old-world
scene seldom fails to draw sighs of
pleasure from those who view the
entity when placed on canvas. Yet
here is a bit of Normandy set in our
midst. It does not take a great flight
of the imagination to people this
street with quaint, old-country char
acters, yet the artist, in his faithful
delineation, has grouped the modern
automobiles at the curb and we must
admit that they do not present a
jarring note.
Stand where he did, in front of the
city hall, and get this view. It's
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