The Working Man (Warner Bros.) (1933)

si Sell “The Working Man” as a Big and Important Show In the words of Trade Paper and Newspaper critics, “‘ ‘The ing Man,’ is one of the best Box Office Babies lamped in a year, with George Arliss at his greatest best.” * * * You can’t go too strong in selling this picture as the best Arliss production with the star in a down-to-earth, universal appeal role. * * * Set up “The Working Man” as a BIG SHOW, selling the entire picture rather than depending upon individual situations. Your ads should reflect the bigness and importance of ‘““‘The Working Man,” and should be aimed at the masses. ok * * The picture broke all records in its opening at Radio City Music Hall, the largest theatre in the world. Feature this strong sales point in your ads and in your lobby displays. * * * ’ Because the picture is one of great mass appeal, we strongly urge that you go in for greater exploitation and ballyhoo than you have on any other Arliss pieture. GEORGE ARLISS * * * appearing in . “THE WORKING MAN” Cut No.1 Cut 30c Mat roc A big posting campaign will prove a most effective business getter. nnn... — — OOOO OO sss CAST OF CHARACTERS THE STORY Reeves George Arliss Reeves, a shoe manufacturer, is a Jenny, are furious at first. But Jenny Bette Davis . fighter. As long as his chief comwhen he shows them they are a : a petitor, Hartland, is alive he sticks headed toward certain financial disBenjamin Burnett Hardie Albright to his post and wages war without aster, they sober up. Tommy goes Pettison Gordon Westcott quarter. But when Hartland dies, to work as» Manager of his own Tommy Theodore Newton his business takes a big slump, so factory although Pettison really Reeves decides to go fishing and runs the business. Jenny wants Henry Davidson J. Farrell MacDonald let his nephew, Benjamin, handle to learn something of the business, Haslitt Charles Evans his own business, but not in her own plant. She gets Judge Larson ‘ Frederick Burton While on the Maine Coast, he 1s a job at Reeves’ factory. The Secretary Pat Wing invited to play bridge aboard a Pettison doesn't like the arrange4 : 5 visiting yacht. When he discovers ment. It interferes with his plan Briggs Edward Van Sloan it is the Hartland yacht with his of wrécking the plant and buying The Stenographer Claire McDowell late rival’s two children aboard, he it up at a small figure. He decides f i ¢ ee roes, but does not let them know to foree a sale immediately, but Tommy's bridge partner Harold Minjir on he is. Reeves had been in Reeves interferes and kicks him out Mrs. Price Ruthelma Stevens love with their mother before she of the office, holding over his head The Maid Gertrude Sutton married Hartland and is shocked to the fact that he had refused to sell > . fi t T y artle is ¢ for $1,250,000, cg naerab Edward Cooper sss igo Ree iy to ihe Benjamin, running Reeves’ fac Hammersmith » pay Wallis Clark RECORDS GEORGE ARLISS “The King’s Vacation,” “A Successful Calamity,” “The Man Who Played God,” “The Millionaire,” “Old English,” “The Green Goddess,” “Alexander Hamilton,” “Disraeli.” BETTE DAVIS. “kx Lady,” “Parachute) Jumper,” “Twenty Thou sand Years in Sing Sing,” “Three On A Match,” “The Cabin in the Cotton,” “So Big,” HARDIE ALBRIGHT “A Sue cessful Calamity,” “So Big,” “The Purchase Price,” “Jewel Robbery,” “Tho Crash,” “The Cabin in the Cotton.” OFFICIAL J. FARRELL MacDONALD—‘Publie Enemy,” “Week End = Marriage,” Molly Righteen,” “The Strange Love of Louvain,” “Under GORDON WESTCOTT — “Merrily We Go To Hell,” “Guilty As Hell,” “Heritage of the Desert,” “He Learned About) Women.” JOHN ADOLFI (director) — “The King’s Vacation,” “A Suecesstul Calamity,” “Central Park,” “The Man Who Played God,” “The Mil Hionaire.” BILLING Warner Bros. Pictures, Ine. & The Vitaphone Corp present GEORGE ARLISS “THE WORKING MAN" with Bette Davis Hardie Albright Gordon Westeott Theodore Newton, dr Directed by John Adolti A Warner Bros. and Vitaphone Produetion Length 7170 Feet Page Two Time be Minutes lhusiness, and that his sister is about us bad. Reeves decides that something is wrong at their faetory and manipulates it so that he is invited to their Hartland home where he is looked upon as a sort of doddering fool, He visits the faetory and sees that everything is wrong. He suspects Pettison, the manager, of treachery. Ile tries to buy the faetory secretly through an attorney for $1,250,000, although he knows it isn’t worth that sum, and is refused hy Pettison, Tommy, who is unable to get all the funds he needs from his trustees, hits upon the plan of having Reeves appointed a trustee, believing he can get anything out of him that he wants. Reeves has identified himself to Judge Larson, who gives him full control, the children) having signed a paper without reading it. Reeves immediately elamps down the lid. Tommy and his” sister, tory, is so elated over the rapid strides their factory is making, he begins to believe it is all his doing. He suggests to Reeves, in a letter, that he stay away and let him handle the business entirely as it needed younger blood, This angers Reeves. So he gets Tommy to launch a campaign that causes a big slump in the Reeves’ business. Benjamin and Jenny have fallen in love. But one day he finds out who she is and thinks she is spying on their methods. He is terribly eut up. Jenny quits and returns home. Benjamin goes after her and finds his uncle at the house. Tommy and Jenny are astounded to learn who Reeves is and to find he has been fighting his own factory, Jenny says she will not continue to fight Benjamin as she loves him, and Betjamin does not want to fight Jenny and Tommy. Reeves suggests that they merge which makes everyone happy PRODUCTION STAFF Directed by Sereen Play by Based on a story by Photography by Film Editor {rt Director Gowns by Vitaphone Orchestra Conducted by TABLE OF Accessories os ae Advance Publicity... ..... 3 Ads... i ....10to 4 Burgee .” scl bk <a Sei Ee at Biographies . are 3 ae John Adolfi Charles Kenyon and Maude T. Howell Edgar Franklin Sid Hickox Owen Marks Jack Okey Orry-Kelly Leo FL Forbstein CONTENTS Current Publicity : ...4 Exploitation 16 to 19 Features... . ‘ 6.7 Review cipal arr aes ‘ Shorts aie 3 3