Ruth of the Rockies
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| Directed by | George Marshall |
| Written by | Frances Guihan |
| Based on | "Broadway Bab" by Johnston McCulley |
| Produced by | Ruth Roland |
| Starring | Ruth Roland Herbert Heyes |
| Cinematography | Al Cawood |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
Release date |
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Running time | 15 episodes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Ruth of the Rockies is a 1920 American silent Western film serial directed by George Marshall. Two of the 15 episodes survive in the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[1]
Plot
[edit]As described in a film magazine,[2] in New York City breezy Bab Murphy (Roland) comes into possession of a trunk with the insignia of the Inner Circle, a gang of crooks, who have their headquarters in Dusty Bend along the Mexican border but also operate in New York. The gang trails the trunk to ownership by Bab and, for it and a jade ring that is mysteriously sent to her, a series of adventures begin as she heads for the Bend.
Members of the gang throw the trunk off a train into the California desert where it is picked up by two accomplices in an automobile, only to have an aviator who flies low enough to overpower them and intercept the trunk by taking their place at the wheel. This birdman of mystery will later save Bab from the enforced marriage to a member of the gang, and by the third episode saves her from being imprisoned on the narrow balcony of a high tower.
Cast
[edit]- Ruth Roland as Bab Murphy
- Herbert Heyes as Justin Garret
- Thomas G. Lingham as Edward Dugan
- Jack Rollens as Sam Wilkes
- Fred Burns as Burton
- William Gillis as Pendleton Pete
- Gilbert Holmes as Shorty (credited as Pee Wee Holmes)
- Norma Bichole
- Harry Maynard
- S.J. Bingham
- Al Hoxie (Extra / stunts) (uncredited)
Chapter titles
[edit]- The Mysterious Trunk
- The Inner Circle
- The Tower of Danger
- Between Two Fires
- Double Crossed
- The Eagle's Nest
- Troubled Waters
- Danger Trails
- The Perilous Path
- Outlawed
- The Fatal Diamond
- The Secret Order
- The Surprise Attack
- The Secret of Regina Island
- The Hidden Treasure
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Ruth of the Rockies". silentera.com. Retrieved November 14, 2008.
- ^ "Reviews: Ruth of the Rockies". Exhibitors Herald. 11 (7). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 104. August 14, 1920.
External links
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- 1920 films
- 1920 Western (genre) films
- 1920 lost films
- American silent serial films
- American black-and-white films
- Pathé Exchange film serials
- Films directed by George Marshall
- Lost American Western (genre) films
- Films based on works by Johnston McCulley
- Silent American Western (genre) films
- 1920s American films
- English-language Western (genre) films