Don’t Play Bridge with Your Wife (1933)

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Country: USA
Genres: Comedy, Short
Release: 1933-01-13
Director: Leslie Pearce
Writers: Felix Adler , Jefferson Moffitt
Language: English
Stars: Nora Lane , Marjorie Beebe , Marjorie Beebe , Ruthelma Stevens , Ruthelma Stevens , Ruthelma Stevens , Cornelius Keefe , Richard Cramer , Richard Cramer , Richard Cramer , Grady Sutton , Bud Jamison , Ted Stroback , Ted Stroback , Ted Stroback , Ernie Alexander , Gladys Blake
Runtime: 18 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Don't Play Bridge with Your Wife (United States of America) , Don't Play Bridge with Your Wife
Plot: Three games of bridge over the ages are presented. Each game has two husband/wife couple playing against each other. The first two games take place during prehistoric times and with King Henry VIII respectively. Although the names, places and faces have changed, the two games are remarkably similar in tone, with the end result having a wife clobber her husband over the head because of a series a stupid plays leading to losing the game. However, by the twentieth century, when the third game is played, things, including the way bridge is played, are more refined. One couple are very much in love newlyweds Eddie Baker and Dorothy Baker née Roberts, who had to overcome many obstacles, including the disapproval of her parents, to get married. While on their honeymoon, the hotel steward sets up a spur of the moment game for them with fellow hotel guests, Mr. & Mrs. Haley. The game doesn't go nearly the way Eddie and Dorothy would like. Dorothy does not clobber Eddie over the head, but the loss places a strain on their young marriage and even threatens to end it, that is unless...
IMDB:tt0315508