Photoplay (Jan - Jun 1934)

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"After I went through with 'Mr. Billings,' the studio heads told me they had no more stories for me to direct. I knew they had. They preferred to settle. I wanted to make 'Big Brother,' and told them if they'd let me direct that one picture, then they could tear up my contract if they so desired. But they wouldn't, so I just sat pretty and drew my pay. "My attitude helped to put me in bad generally, I suppose. For the next year, there was so little demand for my services I thought I had no future. Yet I had been considered a good money director before that 'Mr. Billings' experience." Both times Ruggles has been "down," assignments to direct a series of short comedies have figured in his resurrection. He began his film career as a Keystone cop, learned the A-B-C's of laugh-making under Mack Sennett, and directed Charlie Chaplin for the Essanay Company, so he knows what comedy is all about. Comedy, in fact, runs in the Ruggles blood. There are few more droll fellows than Brother Charles. Several days before Christmas, 1924, F.B.O. played Santa Claus and signed Ruggles to direct "The Pacemakers," a series of tworeelers written by H. C. Witwer. "Then B. P. Schulberg had the rights to a novel he wanted to produce, but the Hays office disagreed on its treatment. I told Schulberg I could put the story on the screen for him, and he said it was a go. The story was 'The Plastic Age,' and it made Clara Bow a star." But Ruggles was to enjoy this comeback only a few months. "First National wired me to come to New York and direct 'The Wilderness Woman,' with Aileen Pringle. Two weeks after I started that job, I was dismissed and told my comedy was no good — after the many comedies I had directed! As a result of that setback I couldn't even get an interview with a major producer. "But Sam Zeiler had George Walsh signed to act in five quickies. He advanced me twenty-five thousand dollars to make them. Anything I saved out of this staggering sum was mine. If I spent more, the loss was on my head. " I rented an old studio over in Fort Lee, New Jersey, wrote 'The Kick-Off and produced it. I actually came out ahead on that one, and, incidentally, discovered Leila Hyams. The second attempt, however, was disastrous. Rain held up the out-of-door shots. I lost more than I made on the first one and got out of the deal." Things were black, indeed, for Ruggles, when along came more comedies. Universal entrusted him with the direction of "The Collegians," also two-reelers, and liked his work on these well enough to hand him Laura La Plante to direct in feature length comedies. He turned out "Silk Stockings," and from that day to this his services have been at a premium. Some of his other pictures were "Condemned," with Ronald Colman; "Street Girl," with Betty Compson, the first talkie produced by RKO-Radio and a money maker; "Honey," with Nancy Carroll, and "I'm No Angel," with Mae West. ZIP EPILATOR-IT'S OFF because IT'S OUT PERMANENTLY DESTROYS HAIR Arline Judge pleaded on the left of him, Sharon Lynne on the right— for what, we know not. But Ernst Lubitsch just smoked that big, black cigar, at Emanuel Cohen's party for Mr. and Mrs. Gary Cooper