Ruggles of Red Gap (1923 film)

Ruggles of Red Gap
Ruggles of Red Gap
	Famous Players–Lasky Corporation
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	August 7, 1923;
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

An English valet brought to the American west assimilates into the American way of life.

Cast

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

With no prints of Ruggles of Red Gap located in any film archives,^[4] it is a lost film.

References

^ 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

Ruggles of Red Gap at
IMDb

Synopsis at AllMovie
Ruggles of Red Gap at the TCM Movie Database
Ruggles of Red Gap at the American Film Institute Catalog

[1] 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.

[2] "Ruggles of Red Gap". afi.com. Retrieved February 2, 2015.

[3] Progressive Silent Film List: Ruggles of Red Gap at silentera.com

[4] The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Ruggles of Red Gap

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