"THE RULING PASSION."

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17702, 2 March 1923, Page 10

"THE RULING PASSION."

A SPLENDID PRODUCTION AT LIBERTY TO-MORROW. That- retirement" from an active' business life ia a dangerous luxury, apt to be followed by degeneration of both mind and body, is the soinowhat surprising warning issued recently by a famous London physician und medical expert. The folly of any person trying ,to live without work—even though ho has "the necessary means—is one of the basic ideas brought out in the latest George Arliss photoplay "The Ruling Passion," a United Artists' production. Mr Arliss, the star, picturises the part of a. multi-million-aire automobfie manufacturer, who is led to retire to hi 3 big country estate and seek relaxation from business cares. He Soon finds himself miserably discontented and unhappy, the enforced idleness tearing at his nerves and the right of everybody arotmd him busy at some form of work preying on his wind. To save himself from going to pieoea he secretly goes into a small-time garage business and finds immediate rejuvenation and peace. The rich James Alden and the poor John Grant give Mr Arhss an opportunity to wear evening clothes in his palatial home at night, and during the day to mosquerado in overalls as the impecunious mender of automobiles. Mr Arlisa. brings all his artistry to bear on these two characters, and a pretty romance rounds off a picture, story which is full of charm. The story of "The Euling Passion" was taken from Earl Derr Big<rer'fl story "Idle Hands" in the "Saturday Evening Post," and presents a. wide appeal. Those who are familiar with the work of Mr Arliss will enjoy seeing him in a role that is a great departure for him, aesociated as be usually is with oliaiac-terisations in which sinister motives and a satirical cynical, crafty cruel impersonation comes first. Doris Kenvon plays opposite Arliss, and the cast is" a bag one. ' A varied and interesting liet of supporting subjects will be shown, and the Liberty Prarid Orchestra, under the oonduetorsbip of « Mr , At * !iw ?<>rdon, will contribute a well-selected musical programme. The box plans are now open at The Bristol Piano Company.