Along Came Ruth
| Along Came Ruth | |
|---|---|
Metro-Goldwyn | |
Release date |
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Running time | 53 minutes (5 reels) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Along Came Ruth is a 1924 American
Holman Francis Day's play of the same name, itself based on the play La Demoiselle de magasin by Belgians Frantz Fonson and Fernand Wicheler.[1][2] Viola Dana was one of the top stars of the newly amalgamated MGM, a lively comedian who enjoyed a long career that faded with the emergence of the talkies.[3]
Synopsis
Ruth (Viola Dana) is a small-town live-wire who takes over a furniture shop and its owner's nephew.
Cast
- Viola Dana as Ruth Ambrose
- Walter Hiers as Plinty Bangs
- Tully Marshall as Israel Hubbard
- Raymond McKee as Allan Hubbard
- Victor Potel as Oscar Sims
- Gale Henry as Min (hired girl)
- DeWitt Jennings as Captain Miles Standish
- Adele Farrington as Widow Burnham
- Brenda Lane as Annabelle Burnham
- Nelson McDowell as Nathan Hodge
- Valentine Black as Young Girl (uncredited)
Preservation
With no prints of Along Came Ruth located in any film archives,[4] it is lost film.
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Along Came Ruth.
- Along Came Ruth at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
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