Ruggles of Red Gap (1923 film)
Appearance
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Directed by | James Cruze |
Screenplay by | Anthony Coldeway Walter Woods |
Based on | Ruggles of Red Gap 1915 novel by Harry Leon Wilson |
Produced by | James Cruze |
Starring | Edward Everett Horton Ernest Torrence Lois Wilson Fritzi Ridgeway Charles Stanton Ogle Louise Dresser Anna Lehr William Austin |
Cinematography | Karl Brown |
Edited by | Dorothy Arzner |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Ruggles of Red Gap is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by James Cruze and written by Anthony Coldeway and Walter Woods that was adapted from the novel by Harry Leon Wilson. The film stars Edward Everett Horton, Ernest Torrence, Lois Wilson, Fritzi Ridgeway, Charles Stanton Ogle, Louise Dresser, Anna Lehr, and William Austin. The film was released on October 7, 1923, by Paramount Pictures.[1][2][3]
Plot
[edit]An English valet brought to the American west assimilates into the American way of life.
Cast
[edit]- Edward Everett Horton as Ruggles
- Ernest Torrence as Cousin Egbert Floud
- Lois Wilson as Kate Kenner
- Fritzi Ridgeway as Emily Judson
- Charles Stanton Ogle as Jeff Tuttle
- Louise Dresser as Mrs. Effie Floud
- Anna Lehr as Mrs. Belknap-Jackson
- William Austin as Mr. Belknap-Jackson
- Lillian Leighton as Ma Pettingill
- Thomas Holding as Earl of Brinstead
- Frank Elliott as Honorable George
- Kalla Pasha as Herr Schwitz
- Sidney Bracey as Sam Henshaw
- Milton Brown as Sen. Pettingill
- Guy Oliver as Judge Ballard
Preservation
[edit]With no prints of Ruggles of Red Gap located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.
References
[edit]- ^ Janiss Garza (2014). "Ruggles-of-Red-Gap - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ "Ruggles of Red Gap". afi.com. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Ruggles of Red Gap at silentera.com
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Ruggles of Red Gap
External links
[edit]Categories:
- 1923 films
- 1920s English-language films
- 1923 Western (genre) films
- Paramount Pictures films
- Films directed by James Cruze
- American black-and-white films
- Films based on American novels
- English-language Western (genre) films
- Lost American Western (genre) films
- 1923 lost films
- Silent American Western (genre) films
- 1920s American films