Employees' Entrance (Warner Bros.) (1933)

ADVANCE PUBLICITY your Ist story Department Store Life Revealed on Screen in “Employees’ Entrance” The intimate details of the lives of the people behind the sales counters and in the offices of a big department store form the basis of the First National picture, “Employees’ Entrance,” which opens ...-....... Sethe: = sn Theatre, with a great all star east. The. impory tance of the story and the “heavy requirements of the principal role miacaused First National £20 hand this choice assignment to Warren William @who scored so highly in such successes as WARREN WILLIAM) “IT he MouthCut No.1r ~* piece,” “The Cut 15¢ Mat sc Dark Horse” and “The Match IKing.” In “Employees’ Entrance” he plays the role of a ruthless, unscrupulous. department store General Manager whose only ambition in life is to make profits for his firm no matter how many lives and hearts he breaks in the process. He rules his employees not only during their working hours but also in their homes, and this gives rise to several situations which make this story. both startling and original, Particularly does he dominate the love situation in this story which is supplied by Loretta Young and Wal‘soo Ford, providing a new twist in “ ~-™t jn motion picture known names supplies additional interest. “Employees’ Entrance” particularly marks the return of Alice White to motion pictures. This blonde and blithe young actress comes back to the sereen after a two years’ absence, in an amusing and important role. During her absence from the screen Alice White spent 10 months in a triumphant tour of personal appearaneces throughout the United States. Others prominent in the cast are Allen Jenkins and Ruth Donnelly, who scored so highly in “Blessed Event.” Choice roles are also played by Helen Mann, Berton Churchill, Frank Reicher, Hale Hamilton, Zita Moulton, Albert Gran and Marjorie Gateson. The picture is announced as being one of the most ambitious productions in the matter of sets. Several First National sound stages were used for the building of sets representing entire floors of the department store, fully stocked with every conceivable sort of merchandise. The story, an original by David Boehm, was adapted for the screen by Robert Presnell. The direction was handled by Roy Del Ruth who will be remembered for the successful manner in which he _ handled “Blessed Event.” your 2nd story Hollywood Church Used for Wedding Scene in “Employees’ Entrance” The result of the demand of motion pieture fans for ever-increasing realism and accuracy on the screen may be seen in the First National picture, “Employees’ Entrance,” wher. it-opets et the — 33.6 cheathe. Next Oe et with an all star cast of five leading players. Instead of merely building an altar, as used to be done in the movies, for a brief scene of a few seconds on the screen, an actual church was used for the marriage of Loretta Young and Wallace Ford. The beau Page Four WARREN WILLIAM-LORETTA YOUNG There’s drama behind the “Employees’ Entrance,” as this emotional scene from the Warner Bros. picture of that name, will prove. It begins an engagement at the ____..___. eee Theatre on __._.__ Cut No.19 Cut 30c Mat roc your 3rd story Warren William Fitted By Army For Role in “Employees’ Entrance” As a hard boiled top sergeant in the A. E. F., Warren William received a training that particularly fitted him for the role of a ruthless driver of men and women, which he takes in the First National picture, “Employees’ Entrance,’ opening at CH Bie er cee rer ee a ee Theatre ONS ee ee As the heartless, unscrupulous manager of a great department store, he wins success through a domineering personality and an utter disregard for the feelings or the rights of others. “Every experience in life helps an actor in the portrayal of the characters he represents,” said Mr. William, “and nothing could have fitted me for this part as well as army life. No one has to be meaner, or tougher, to accomplish things than a top sergeant, unless perhaps it’s a mule skinner. I felt right at home in the picture.” William, by nature is of a dominating personality, with the necessary physical presence, being more than six feet tall, and proportionally built. In the pieture he is as ruthless in love as in work. Loretta Young, who plays opposite him, is one of the women he makes love to, breaks them and then carelessly tosses aside. Others in the cast include Wallace Ford, Alice White, who returns to the screen after an absence of two years, Allen Jenkins, Hale Hamilton, Albert Gran and Ruth Donnelly. tiful, vaulted, Gothice-domed Ste. Agnes Chapel in Hollywood is the scene of the “movie” wedding. The entire interior, including the pews, was decorated with flowers by the studio which sent a fleet of trucks to carry the cameras, lighting and sound equipment to the church. Warren William is the male lead in this story of the inside romances and drama of a mammoth department store, adapted from the play of David Boehm by Robert Presnell, The picture marks the return of Alice White to the screen. your Ath story Five “tars Head Cast of A Thousand in “Employees’ Entrance” An all star cast of five players, an imposing array of talent in featured roles and 1,000 extras form the background for the First National picture, “Employees’ Entrance” which comes to the <2 os" ae Theatre Ol Pee ee ee ee Warren William, whose excellent work will be remembered in “The Match King,” “The Dark Horse,” “Three On A Match” and “The Mouthpiece” heads the list of stars, with Loretta Young, who recently made a tremendous hit in “Life Begins,” as well as in “The Hatchet Man,” “They Call It Sin” and “Week End Marriage,” playing opposite him in the feminine lead. Alice White, fresh from a ten month triumphant personal appearance tour on the stages of the country makes her return to the sereen after a two year absence from the screen. Although, at the time she left the screen, Alice White was a star of the first magnitude, her role in “Em ployees’ Entrance” is that of one of the five headliners that compose the east of featured players. According to advance Hollywood reports, her performance as the sassy department store model who even vamps the ruthless boss, is one of the highlights of the picture. Others in stellar role include Wallace Ford, who had a leading role in “Central Park” and Allen Jenkins, who appeared in “Blessed Event,” “T Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang” and “Lawyer Man.” Featured players include Hale Hamilton; Albert Gran, Marjorie Gateson, Berton Churchill, Ruth Donnelly, Frank Reicher, Charles Sellon, Zita Moulton and Helen Mann. The large number of extra players are used as the employees of a mammoth department store in which practically the entire plot of the drama is laid. The picture, adapted from the play by David Boehm, is a real picture your Oth story “Employees’ Entrance” Marks Alice White’s Return to Screen Fame Alice White comes back. After two years away from the screen, the pretty script girl who made such a sensational rise to stardom as the typical flaming youth girl, will again appear in a First National picture 7 Reoy 83 ce eee eee, ee eee ane Theatre next Race eg a » 48 one of an all star cast in “Employees’ Entrance,” which features no less than five outstanding sereen stars. Warren William has the leading role with Loretta Young playing opposite him, while Miss White appears as a blonde department store model who vamps her way into the heart of her Boss. It has been two years since Alice White has appeared on the screen. The last ten months of that period she spent on a dazzling series of personal stage appearances all over the United States, Although she had never before appeared on the stage, that radiant personality which had won her great honors and fame on the sereen resulted in. her appearances breaking all previous box-office records in numerous cities. Her tremendous popularity on the stage, coupled with the fact that “Employees’ Entrance” had a role just fitted for her, lead Warner Bros. to bring Alice White back again to the studio from whence she had previously sprung to fame. She will be remembered for similar roles in “The Widow From Chicago,” “Hot Stuff,” “Broadway Babies,” “Naughty Baby” and “Show Girl.” And now she appears again in a ast action and romantic “Sequences, — “Employees? Entrance.” It is the inside story of department store lif in which Warren Wiitiam-as the ruvnless, unscrupulous head is said to give an even greater characterization than he did in “The Mouthpiece.” Others in the cast inelude Wallace Ford, Allen Jenkins, Hale Hamilton, Albert Gran, Marjorie Gateson, Ruth Donnelly and Berton Churchill. The screen play was dramatized from the play of David Boehm by Robert Presnell and directed by Roy Del Ruth. SHE'S BACK! Alice White returns to the screen in a featured role in “Employees’ Entrance,” the Warner Bros. drama coming tothe — oo on ili fetta ae Warren William and Loretta Young head the cast. Cut No.3 Cut 15c Mat sc istic story of a ruthless, unscrupulous department store head who refuses to recognize the human equation in his dealings with tradespeople, his employees or the pretty shop girl who may have attracted his passing fancy. The screen play is by Robert Presnell and the direction by Roy Del Ruth. i