The Ruling Passion (film)
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Contemporary newspaper advertisement.
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| Directed by | F. Harmon Weight |
| Produced by | Distinctive Pictures |
| Screenplay by | Forrest Halsey |
| Based on |
Idle Hands 1921 story in The Saturday Evening Post by Earl Derr Biggers |
| Starring |
George Arliss Doris Kenyon Edmund Burns Ida Darling J. W. Johnston Ernest Hilliard |
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Distinctive Productions
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| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time
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70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Ruling Passion is a lost 1922 American silent comedy film directed by F. Harmon Weight and written by Forrest Halsey. The film stars George Arliss, Doris Kenyon, Edmund Burns, Ida Darling, J. W. Johnston, and Ernest Hilliard. The film was released on January 22, 1922, by United Artists. It has a survival classification of unknown, which suggests that it is a lost film.
A self-made rich man, James Alden (George Arliss), is ordered to rest by his doctor. However, he gets bored with resting and he begins to work on machines in a simple machine shop.
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