Ruggles of red gap is a 1918 american comedy western directed by lawrence c. The film stars edward everett horton, ernest torrence, lois wilson, fritzi ridgeway, charles stanton ogle, louise dresser, anna lehr and william austin. Ruggles of red gap is one of the great comedies of all time, a wonderful source of pleasure. Media in category ruggles of red gap 1918 film the following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. Ruggles of red gap here is a great comedy novel by harry leon wilson made into a delightful feature picture. Previously filmed in 1918 and 1923, harry leon wilsons novel achieved movie classic status when it was remade by leo mccarey in 1935. Ruggles of red gapharry leon wilsonfree downloadpdf. The film was released on october 7, 1923, by paramount pictures. Sidney toler, best known for playing charlie chan, was signed to replace him, until delays on ruggles made the original casting possible. Librivox recording of ruggles of red gap by harry leon wilson. Watch ruggles of red gap movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at.
Ruggles of red gap movie trailer and videos tv guide. Ruggles of red gap by harry leon wilson free ebook. Also not in the novel but in the movie is the presence of ma pettingill, egbert flouds supportive mother in law. It almost became, however, when work on another film threatened to pull ruggles from ruggles of red gap.
With taylor holmes, frederick burton, lawrence dorsay, virginia valli. Overview of ruggles of red gap, 1918, directed by lawrence c. Ruggles of red gap is a lost 1918 american silent comedy film directed by lawrence c. The adaptation is literal in that it reproduces the effect of the original story with. It was based on harry leon wilsons novel ruggles of red gap cast. Windom on allmovie in a poker game, an english aristocrat lawrence. Fandango fanalert sign up for a fanalert and be the first to know when tickets and other exclusives are available in your area. Ma was a character in a separate wilson work but was brought over for this production and played delightfully by maude eburne. Download harry leon wilsons ruggles of red gap for your kindle, tablet, ipad, pc or mobile. Taylor holmes marmaduke ruggles frederick burton cousin. Lincolns gettysburg address charles laughton youtube. Windom and starring taylor holmes, a broadway stage actor. Harry leon wilson has written nothing more diverting than this story of the irreproachable english valet who is lost in a poker game to a roughandready westerner and taken to red gap ultimately to become its social mentor and chief caterer, and there is sheer delight in the story of how.
Movie descriptions, posters and backdrops are ed by their respective owners and provided by tmdb. Ruggles of red gap by wilson, harry leon, 18671939. Charles laughton is brilliantly cast as marmaduke ruggles, the ultimate valet. It was produced by veteran film company essanay studios. The asheville film society will screen ruggles of red gap tuesday, nov. Read in english by carol pelster a stuffy classconscious gentlemans valet is transplanted to the rough uncivilized american northwest, where the rubes and social climbers are duly impressed with his manners and style. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing ruggles of red gap 1918 near you. Ruggles of red gap is a lost 1923 american western silent film directed by james cruze and written by anthony coldeway and walter woods, adapted from the novel by harry leon wilson. Windom, with taylor holmes, frederick burton, lawrence dorsay, at turner classic movies. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Download the tv guide app for iphone, ipad and android. Charles laughton had delivered the gettysburgh address in his 1935 movie ruggles of red gap, a comedy in which he played an english butler whod been transported to the wild west.