Employees' Entrance (Warner Bros.) (1933)

your Oth story Largest Movie Set Ever Constructed, Used For “Employees” Entrance” One of the largest sets ever constructed for a motion picture will be seen in the First National production of ‘“Employees’ Entrance,” Which comeésto: the <2. eo eS THeatre-0n = 2: sss ee ee with an -all star cast headed by Warren William, Loretta Young, Alice White and Wallace Ford. This is a huge department store, complete in every interior detail, covering a floor space of 30,000 square feet, and containing everything sold in a modern shop, from bathroom fixtures to oriental rugs and antiques. It even contains a full sized model Colonial house of six rooms within the store, for the display of furnishings. It had first been planned to take many of the scenes in one of the larger department stores, but it was finally decided that the tense, dramatic sequences would be hampered by the regular activities of a department store. Consequently the interior of a mammoth store was constructed in its entirety, after artists had made an exhaustive study of Los Angeles store structures and obtaining sketches of the larger shops of New York and Chicago. From this a composite stage floor for offices and sales rooms was made. The screen drama, taken from the play by David Boehm, presents the romances and tragedies in the lives of the employees of a modern department store, with picturesque realism and emotional force. An excellent cast is headed by Warren William, Loretta Young, Wallace Ford, Allen Jenkins and Alice White, the latter making her first screen appearance in two years. The picture was adapted by Robert Presnell and directed b> Nuy Del Ruth. a snlanise White makes her return to ~ the less, unscrupulous General Manager, played by Warren William, falls. your 7th story “Employees’ Entrance” Action All Takes Place Within Single Setting “Employees’ Entrance,” the First _ National picture which comes to the es ee ad ... Theatre on ee et se » with an outstanding all star cast, is one of the few screen dramas that has a single or central setting, such as was the case in “Union Depot” and “Grand Hotel.” The scenes are practically all laid in a@ mammoth department store of a large city, with the drama of the employees enacted for the most part within its walls. It is the life of the clerks and sales force and office help behind the scenes — a life teeming with human emotions, love, hate, fear, loyalty and passion, that is veiled from the publie gaze. While the action takes place within four walls the scenes change with lightning-like rapidity from personality to personality, from the president down to the little model who rolls her eyes and vamps the boss; they shift from department to department, from offices to sales rooms, taking in all the varied activity of the force. The picture, which is taken from _the play by David Boehm, is said to be filled with thrilling incidents, glowing love affairs and broken romances, affording a panoramic view of the inner lives of a people banded together under one roof and ruled by a_ ruthless, tyrannical, unscrupulous department store head. A strong cast is headed by Warren William, Loretta Young, Wallace Ford, Allen Jenkins and Alice White, the latter making her first screen appearance in two years. The screen play is by Robert Presnell and the direction by Roy Del Ruth. LORETTA YOUNG and WARREN WILLIAM in “Employees? Entrance,” the Warner Bros. picture which opens at Strand_____.__________= apes ewes (SE Cut No.7 Cut joc Mat roc ADVANCE SHORTS Alice White Uses Chess to Vamp Her Boss in “Employees’ Entrance” Alice White, the lovable, blonde vamp in the First National production, “Employees’ Entrance,” costarring Warren William and Loretta Young, which comes to the Sees ea ee Theatre next Morena ee a Sieh ee adopts an entirely new method of getting her man in this intriguing story of department store life by David Boehm. Using all the wiles at her command, Miss White, in the role of “Polly,” a somewhat hard-boiled but easy-to-look-at shopgirl model makes little headway in her efforts to vamp the pompous vice-president of the store until she discovers that he is 8 screen as the flippant department a confirmed chess fiend. Although ~ __=stere_vamp-for—whom even the ruth-——_—_‘ she-isn't supposed tu Khow anything — about chess, “Polly” with three moves lands her victim. “Employees’ Entrance,” which was directed by Roy Del Ruth, marks the return of Alice White to the screen after an absence of two years. Pinochle, Not Bridge Is Alice White’s Fetish Alice White, who returns to the screen after an absence of two years to play a leading role in “Employees’ Entrance,” a First National picture whieh-comes to fhe. <2... Pheatre ON aye a ee scorns the Hollywood fad of bridge playing. While working on the production of the picture there was almost always a deck of ecards sticking out of her jacket pocket, but it was a pinochle deck. She played pinochle between scenes whenever she could find a player. She says she learned the game from stage hands and musicians during her recent ten months’ personal appearance tour. “Employees’ Entrance,” a story of life behind the scenes of a mammoth department store carries an all star cast including Warren William, Loretta Young, Wallace Ford and Allen Jenkins, besides Miss White. Screen’s 2 Tough Guys Started as Chorus Men ‘Allen Jenkins, who appears as a hard-boiled store detective in the First National picture, “Employees’ Entrance,” which comes to the .... RG Sine ee ae Theatre next ... eee and who made his picture start by being a gangster in “Blessed Event,” was once a chorus boy in the Grand Street Follies. Both Jenkins and James Cagney were chorus boys together in “Pitter Patter.” Jenkins appears in “Employees’ Entrance” with Warren William, Loretta Young, Alice White, Wallace Ford, Ruth Donnelly and others. “Employees’ Entrance” Will Start Violent Discussions hy Women “Employees’ _ Entrance,” which First National has made with a great all star cast headed by Warren William, Loretta Young and Alice White, and which comes to the ... ee ee Theatre, next ...... is going to cause a whale of a lot of discussion among the women, aceording to Loretta Young. All because, William, whose God appears to be business success, has adopted the creed, that “a wife handicaps a man in his efforts toward success.” Because of this creed, he refuses to let his assistant, played by Wallace Ford, marry his sweetheart, sults in a most unusual series of complications, that make for exceptional screen entertainment. “The women,” says Loretta, “are going to rise up in arms, when they hear this. However, it should be borne in mind that all of William’s own success came to him after he was married, so his theory in the picture should not be held against him. He’s a great believer in marriage as a means toward success.” “Employees’ Entrance” Loretta Young’s 25th Picture in Four Years Loretta Young celebrates the release of her twenty-fifth picture with the opening of the Warner Bros. production, “Employees’ Entrance,” which comes to the .............. Theatre: next. =e Still in her teens, the young actress has made this many pictures in a period of four years. Others in the cast of “Employees’ Entrance” are Warren William, Wallace Ford, Alice White, Ruth Donnelly, Allen Jenkins, Berton Churchill and others. 8 Miles of Streamers Used in One Scene in “Employees’ Entrance” Eight miles of colored streamers and twenty-one barrels of confetti were used to dress a hotel ball room for a gala dance in the First National picture, “Employees’ Entrance,” which comes to the ..... RS ee ae Theatre next ......... The scene represents a department store employees’ annual ball at which Warren William, as the ruthless manager of’ the store, relaxes from his dynamic business activities by making love to one of the prettiest employees, played by Loretta Young. Others in the cast include Wallace Ford, Alice White, Allen Jenkins and Hale Hamilton. your 8th story Warren William Gast as Ruthless Store Head in “Employees” Entrance” “What Price Success” might well be the title of “Employees’ Entrance,” which carries the all star cast consisting of Warren William, Loretta Young, Alice White, Wallace Ford and Allen Jenkins, and which First National is releasing Bt other ee et eee Theatre, Starting Nexto 8. see ose For the first time since the talkies, that beehive of humanity, the throbbing, pulsing department store, with all its ramifications, and its thousands of employees, has been made the locale for a picture. In “Employees’ Entrance,” Warren William plays the role of a ruthless, unscrupulous department store General Manager, whose dynamic, driving force for success, causes him to disregard every feeling for his fellow workers. He is a machine — too busy for any but the casual love affairs which he has with some of his pretty employees, whom he discards at his will. According to advance _ reports from Hollywood, William’s role in “Employees. Entrance,” is even greater than his wonderful performance in “The Mouthpiece,” while Alice White, making her return to the screen after an absence of two years, delights as the department store vamp, who is the only employee not afraid of the boss. NOVELTY STORY Where Trophies Finally Land The mystery as to what becomes of the thousands of loving cups given away annually is solved to a certain extent with the First National picture “Employees’ Entrance,” which is coming to [277 a ee . Theatre MOR aes Sie ees Hundreds of them it seems, find their way to the property departments of motion picture studios. In one of the scenes of the picture a trophy room is shown. It is filled with silver loving cups which were once actually awarded as prizes in various forms of competition. An examination of the trophies revealed the following inscriptions. “First Prize, Potato Race. Los Angeles County Fair, 1923.” “First Prize, Billiard Tournament, Bergen County, New Jersey.” “Championship, Jazzland Whoopee Contest, Ocean View, 1925.” “Best Display of Poultry by a Lady. Englewood Poultry Show, 1907.” “First Prize, Horse Shoeing Contest, Tacoma, Wash., 1919.” “First Prize, Hoop Rolling Contest for Girls, Athens, Ohio.” These cups were used to represent yachting trophies and awards for public service in the picture, in which Warren William, Loretta Young, Wallace Ford, Alice White and Allen Jenkins take the leading roles. The picture, based on the play by David Boehm, is an amazing story of the life of the employees of a great department store under the harsh rule of a ruthless General Manager, played by Warren William. It marks the return of Alice White to the screen after an absence of two years. Plant the 2-day Feature KRECH'S BAD BOY The Authentic Life Story of Warren William See pages 10 and 11 Page Five