The Ruling Passion
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Harmon Weight
Director
George Arliss
James Alden
Doris Kenyon
Angie Alden
Edward Burns
"Bill" Merrick
Ida Darling
Mrs. Alden
J. W. Johnston
Peterson
Film Details
Release Date
Feb
19,
1922
Premiere Information
New York premiere: 22 Jan 1922
Production Company
Distinctive Productions
Distribution Company
United Artists
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "The Ruling Passion," by Earl Derr Biggers in Saturday Evening Post (1922).
Synopsis
James Alden--machinist, designer, inventor, and multimillionaire who has given the world the "Alden" automobile engine--is ordered by his doctor to retire. Unable to remain idle on his country estate, Alden goes into partnership with young Merrick, and on the sly he works in a garage they open on a new state highway. Peterson, an unscrupulous business rival, loses trade because of his business methods; Alden and Merrick, on the other hand, attract customers by courtesy and consideration. Angie, Alden's daughter, discovers her father's subterfuge; but Merrick, whom Alden knows as John Grant, is in love with Angie. Her father gives his consent to their marriage and is revived by his "rest cure."
Director
Harmon Weight
Director
Cast
George Arliss
James Alden
Doris Kenyon
Angie Alden
Edward Burns
"Bill" Merrick
Ida Darling
Mrs. Alden
J. W. Johnston
Peterson
Ernest Hilliard
Carter Andrews
Harold Waldridge
"Al"
Brian Darley
Dr. Stillings
Film Details
Release Date
Feb
19,
1922
Premiere Information
New York premiere: 22 Jan 1922
Production Company
Distinctive Productions
Distribution Company
United Artists
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "The Ruling Passion," by Earl Derr Biggers in Saturday Evening Post (1922).
