paul lukas played russian intellectual making living waiter inbr br grand slam directed william dieterle  surprisingly funny satire building celebrity waiter russian restaurants hatcheck girl played loretta young become americas sweethearts bridge partners squabble aid publicist ghostwriter speed mccann the wonderfully deadpan frank mchugh become walking advertisementsbr br for stanislavsky system system bidding whatever one feels likebr br since bids rational basis recriminations stupiditybr br a duel displaced bridge guru cedric van dorn sounds close goren no suspect choice characters name stanislavsky also slam another kind system puffedup charlatan played well ferdinand gottschalk broadcast radio stations across america like prizefight roscoe karns another great fasttalking deadpan comic actor sbr br the bridge players even ropedoff square though audience isbr br above them unlike boxing ringsbr br the wide variety american types prefigures comedies preston sturges though manufacturing celebrity grand slam calls mind two better movies precode era lee tracy playing fasttalkingbr br publicists the halfnaked truth bombshell grand slam itsbr br moments especially anyone played bridge serious pointbr br countersbr br loretta young already clothes horse to me face seems bit longbr br and horsey too another eras notion beauty guess moviebr br unfortunately drops glenda farrell plays mchughs forgetfulbr br girlfriend