Along Came Ruth

Along Came Ruth
Film poster
Directed by	Edward F. Cline
Written by	Winifred Dunn
Based on	a play by Holman Francis Day
Starring	Viola Dana
Cinematography	John Arnold
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn
Release dates	November 3, 1924 (1924-11-03)
Running time	53 minutes (5 reels)
Country	United States
Language	Silent film English intertitles

Along Came Ruth is a lost^[1] 1924 film starring Viola Dana. The film was directed by Edward F. Cline and written by Winifred Dunn, based upon a Holman Francis Day play. 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.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Synopsis

Ruth (Viola Dana) is a small-town live-wire who takes over a furniture shop and its owner's nephew.

Cast

Viola Dana - Ruth Ambrose
Walter Hiers - Plinty Bangs
Tully Marshall - Israel Hubbard
Raymond McKee - Allan Hubbard
Victor Potel - Oscar Sims
Gale Henry - Min (hired girl)
DeWitt Jennings - Captain Miles Standish
Adele Farrington - Widow Burnham
Brenda Lane - Annabelle Burnham
Nelson McDowell - Nathan Hodge

References

↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Along Came Ruth
↑ Eames, John Douglas (1981). This Is MGM's First Ever Film,"The MGM Story", p 13
↑ Along Came Ruth at silentera.com
↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Along Came Ruth

External links

Films directed by Edward F. Cline

Circus Days (1923)
Three Ages (1923)
Captain January (1924)
Little Robinson Crusoe (1924)
Along Came Ruth (1924)
The Rag Man (1925)
Old Clothes (1925)
Let It Rain (1927)
Soft Cushions (1927)
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath (1928)
The Forward Pass (1929)
In the Next Room (1930)
Sweet Mama (1930)
Leathernecking (1930)
The Widow from Chicago (1930)
Hook, Line and Sinker (1930)
The Naughty Flirt (1931)
Cracked Nuts (1931)
The Girl Habit (1931)
Million Dollar Legs (1932)
Parole Girl (1933)
So This Is Africa (1933)
Fighting to Live (1934)
Peck's Bad Boy (1934)
The Dude Ranger (1934)
When a Man's a Man (1935)
The Cowboy Millionaire (1935)
F-Man (1936)
On Again-Off Again (1937)
Forty Naughty Girls (1937)
High Flyers (1937)
Hawaii Calls (1938)
Go Chase Yourself (1938)
Breaking the Ice (1938)
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus (1938)
My Little Chickadee (1940)
The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940)
The Bank Dick (1940)
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)
Private Snuffy Smith (1942)
What's Cookin'? (1942)
Private Buckaroo (1942)
Give Out, Sisters (1942)
Crazy House (1943)
Hat Check Honey (1944)
Bringing Up Father (1946)
Jiggs and Maggie in Society (1947)

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