Along Came Ruth

Along Came Ruth
Film poster
Directed byEdward F. Cline
Written byWinifred Dunn
Based onAlong Came Ruth
by Holman Francis Day
La Demoiselle de magasin
by Jean François Fonson and Fernand Wicheler
StarringViola Dana
CinematographyJohn Arnold
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn
Release date
  • November 3, 1924 (1924-11-03)
Running time
53 minutes (5 reels)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Along Came Ruth is a 1924 American comedy film starring Viola Dana. The film was directed by Edward F. Cline and written by Winifred Dunn, based on 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

Preservation

With no prints of Along Came Ruth located in any film archives,[4] it is lost film.

References

  1. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Along Came Ruth at silentera.com
  2. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Along Came Ruth
  3. ^ Eames, John Douglas (1975). This Is MGM's First Ever Film, The MGM Story: The Complete History of Fifty Roaring Years. Octopus Books, p. 13. ISBN 0-904230-14-7
  4. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Along Came Ruth
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