The Ruling Voice (Warner Bros.) (1931)

Showing At The Walter Huston, now at th doesn’t resent criticism. am infallible in do,” “T have faults, some anything I Huston said. of which I ean see after a picture is released, and others which I have not the right perspective to judge. FRIENDS CAN’T JUDGE “T ean’t depend on my friends and acquaintances to truthfully point out imy faults—but I ean depend on the Loretta Young and David Manners i proved so successful as a team » several previous First National ypyctures appear together again in “The wing Voice” with Walter Huston, yr at the Cut No. 20 Cut rsc newspupermen. They do not con sider me in a personal light and have no incentive whatever to flatter me. They see my work objectively and I therefore look to them to hold up the |mirror to my frailties.” i Mat sc ; Hollywood’s most versatile screen actor does not look to them for praise only. He is not satisfied unless the critic analyzes just why he is good in certain things. He then makes notes of these analyses and ‘uses them ag guides. In the same way, he earefully goes over whatever faults reviewers may find and Doris Kenyon finds her private | Works them out to his benefit. ife following her into picture work.) In “The Ruling Voice,” Mr. Husfe appears with Walter Huston ton portrays the ezar of industrial is “The Ruling Voice” the First racketeering. It is an entirely differMitional picture coming to the/ent role from any he has played ott: Theatre ‘before, and as he confesses that he Hr, in which she has a young son knows no arch-racketeers of the type ft whom she hires Loretta Young he plays, he had nothing to base his fu instructress in French. interpretation on other than his imi It so happens that Miss Kenyon, #8ination. It is a role of silent, {tho speaks the language fluently, siuister power, with none of the clapjus been considering a governess trap business of the ordinary gang Docs Kenyon Role In Ruling Voice” Copies | Facts Of Real Life (Advance—Plant 4 Days Before) it her own son, Kenyon Clarence | Ster. who will be able to equip him | PRESS MIRRORS PUBLIC receive his education in France. | “The publie wants more than he youngster is only three and a { story,” he said. “The talking screen jult years old now, but Miss Ken— ‘ : Be is lav: F has edueated the people to differen ay = her plans for his edu| tiate in styles of acting and com _ quite early. She means to parative abilities. The erities re _ he displays some talent | Heet this in their reviews. They SS on meg Jn it. | treat the story and the acting sepe uling Voice” is a daring | rately, weighing one against the of milk graft, featuring | other.” ilter Huston : 2 ; i “thers j n and Loretta Young. “Tf I take one hundred reviews of ts in the strong cast are David : . ” : ann : ; a certain picture,” he went on to ers, Dudley Digges, Gilbert saree Pty . Inery, Wi ‘explain, “and find fifty percent of mery, Willard Robertson and the ; ifty iiek Haein cca dene them favorable and the other fifty st gias Scott. sdectrapese percent unfavorable, I know that I V. Lee di irected., |was not so good. Those who patted rae ;me on the back may have a personal ott Is A Movie Vet predilection for my work which outAt The Age Of Five | weighs their cooler calculations. Even ‘if the odds against me are from ten (Advance Reader) to twenty-five percent, there are still At the very tender age of five, | faults which I am forced to recog las Seott can boast of three nize. In this instance they are Mive years of motion picture work smaller, for a smaller minority has Penning with “Sins of the Fathers” detected them. mth Emil Jannings. He is now be“Tf the unfavorable ones are from Meeen in “The Ruling Voice,” one to five percent, and the balance Walter Huston, the First Na-| are more or less unified in their analyProduction which comes to ses, I can count on having done -..... Theatre next. i 1) some good work and discount some APO ANOTHER BIG HIT AT THE LLO WALTER HUSTON LORETTA YOUNG DUDLEY DIGGES DAVID MANNERS OS errno Better than last week’s great show. Keeping intact the Apollo’s record for “the biggest show in town” EVERY week! Indebted to Constructive Critics (Interesting Feature for No. 1 Paper) Ruling Voice,’’ the First National picture, is one actor who He depends on newspaper reviewers to give him a true estimate of his work, earnestly invites them to pick him to pieces—and likes it. ‘It is no use trying to fool myself into believing that 1 li ee (0 FINE A CHARACTERIZA WALTER HUSTON OF “RULING VOICE” SAYS HE GAINS TRUEST ESTIMATE OF HIS WORK FROM NEWS REVIEWS Dynamic Star Of First National Picture Now Strand Theatre Is e Theatre in ‘‘The of the opposition to bad digestion or general indisposition on the part of the reviewers who said me nay!” Featured with Mr. Huston in “The Ruling Voice” are Loretta Young, Doris Kenyon, David Manners, John Halliday, Dudley Digges, Gilbert Emery, Willard Robertson and the fine child actor, Douglas Sceott. Rowland V. Lee directed. David Manners Does Juvenile Lead In “Ruling Voice” (Biography, Sept. 15, 1931) David Manners, now at the...... Theatre in First National’s “The Ruling Voice,” was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on April 30, 1902. His father, George Morley Acklom, was in the publishing business, and the family moved to New York when David was seven, where he finished his education. As a child, David was fond of constructing miniature theatres where puppets reenacted the plays he had seen, but it was not until his high school years that he thought of the stage as a profession for himself. His parents wanted him to become a civil engineer and sent him to the University of Toronto from which he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science in forestry. His four years in Toronto did not diminish hig ardor for the stage, but he became one of the shining lights in the Little Theatre movement there. When he returned to New York he received a part in the stage production of “Dancing Mothers” and also appeared with the Theatre Guild. His parents urged him to try the field of business, and on a trip to London for an art firm he contracted pneumonia and was sent to Arizona, where he became a cowboy Guide. There he met Suzanne Bushnell whom he married. On their way to Honolulu on their honeymoon they stopped in Hollywood where he got the role of Raleigh in “Journey’s End.” He finished the picture and was about to continue on his way for Honolulu when he was engaged as Alice White’s leading man in “Sweet Mamma.” He later supported Ruth Chatterton in “Right to Love.” First National gave him a long term contract. He has since appeared in “Truth About Youth,” “Kismet,” “Mother’s Cry” and “The Millionaire.” David Manners is six feet tall, weighs one hundred and sixty-nine pounds, has green eyes and brown hair. He keeps fit by horseback riding and swimming, and his hobby is writing plays. Walter Huston In New Kind Of Characterization (Advance Reader) A grafting Big Shot who never carries a gun and behaves like a soft-spoken business executive is the anomalous character played Walter Huston in “The Ruling Voiee,” the daring expose of Big Business produced by First National and coming to the Theatre next. The east of “The Ruling Voice” includes Doris Kenyon, Loretta Young, David who bv Make The Apollo Your Movie Habit Cut No.15 Cut goc Mat roc Manners, Dudley Digges, Gilbert Emery, John Halliday, Willard Robertson and Douglas Scott. ee oe TION! guns loaded milk cans which are awaiting shipment on rural railroad platforms and otherwise crippling the supply until the city is rendered absolutely milkless. Ordinarily, thousands of gallons of milk would be required to film these scenes and it would actually result in a serious milk shortage in Hollywood. The director had to be content with mixing water with a white compound. Studio officials explained that even if it did not hurt the city’s milk supply, it would be a wasteful gesture if real milk were dumped. The strong cast is headed by Walter Floods Of Synthetic Milk Wasted In Gang Expose ‘Ruling Voice’ (Advance—Plant 1 Day Before) There are bounds to realism in motion pictures, and executives at First National Studios laid down one law in this respect during the filming of “The Ruling Voice”—sensational expose of the milk trusts comes to the starting tomorrow. — which Theatre, | | Huston, Loretta Young and Doris The activities of a group of graft-| Kenyon. Others are David Manners, ers, headed by Walter Huston,|/ John Halliday, Dudley Digges, Q@il climaxes in a war with the milk in-| bert Emery, Willard Robertson and dustry of a large metropolis. Their|the child actor Douglas Scott. Rowsabotage methods include the dump-|land V. Lee directed. “The Ruling ing of huge quantities of milk from| Voice” is one of the most sensational warehouses, riddling with machine! exposes of modern evil yet screened. WOMEN FALL PREY TO HIS LOVE—AS MEN TO HIS LAW! He is a respected member of society, a lovable father... yet.... he is the most merciless character the screen has ever shown. Who is he? You'll thrill when you hear RULING | ONCE: withW ALTER HUSTON LORETTA YOUNG DUDLEY DIGGES DAVID MANNERS DORIS KENYON JOHN HALLIDAY Cut No.7 Cut goc Mat roc Last Two Showings Of “Ruling Voice” Today A FIRST NATIONAL & VITAPHONE PICTURE FACE TO FACE STRAND TONITE 8:30 Robertson Does Excellent Work In “Ruling Voice” | (Current Reader ) Willard Robertson who plays the | part of Bailey, the man wrecked by| Today marks the end of the sucthe milk graft czar in “The Rul| cessful run of “The Ruling Voice,” ing Voice,” the First National pie-|the First National picture featuring ture featuring Walter Huston, now| Walter Huston, at the teteees at the Theatre, does more|Theatre. This sensational indictof the finest acting seen on the screen ment of those parasites who live on this season. Grilled by the big shot, the food supplies of the country and after having his business ruined and grow rich by raising prices of foods hig son killed—he returns, maddened jand even by crushing competition by misfortunes and does the will of | at the expense of children’s lives— the fates—just as the ruthless leader|is a thrilling story magnificently decides to go straight. Mr. Robertpresented and played. Others in the son’s acting is unforgettable. Others| cast are Loretta Young, Doris Kenin the cast are Loretta Young, Doris| yon, David Manners, John Halliday, David Manners, Dudley| Dudley Digges, Gilbert Emery, Wil (Current Reader) Kenyon, Digges, John Halliday, Gilbert |lard Robertson and the child actor, Emery, Willard and the child actor, — Scott. Don’t miss “The RulDouglas Scott. ing Voice.” a « ——S—