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Married. Roy Del Ruth, 52, veteran cinema director-producer (DuBarry Was A Lady, The Babe Ruth Story); and Winnie Lightner, fortyish, boisterous cinecomic of the early talkies; each for the second time; in Riverside, Calif...
Married, Theodore Lightner, 40, contract bridge expert, partner of Ely Culbertson; and one Mary Patricia Smith, 25, bridge player; in London...
...Culbertson, Theodore A. Lightner, Michael T. Gottlieb: the "international bridge championship" for a trophy put up by Charles M. Schwab; against a British team of four, whose bidding grew timid after they had piled up an early lead, 104,080 points to 93,180 after 300 boards; in London. Wrote Ely Culbertson in his description of the match which was played in two glass-enclosed rooms at Selfridge's Department store, with periscopes outside the walls for spectators: "The hands were tough and the battle was a titanic one but gradually we began to impose our will...
...margin of Mrs. Culbertson's defeat was 190 points. Next day, David Burnstine & partners beat the team most people thought would win the cup, Ely Culbertson, Oswald Jacoby, Theodore A. Lightner and Michael Gottlieb. Margin of Ely Culbertson's defeat: 1.500 points...
...Theodore A. Lightner...