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Ruggles of Red Gap is a 1914 play by Harry Leon Wilson, made into a movie several times, mostly famously in 1935. In the comedy Western film Lord Burnstead (Roland Young) loses his butler Ruggles (Charles Laughton) playing poker. Egbert and Effie Floud (Charlie Ruggles and Mary Boland) bring Ruggles back to Red Gap, a Western town. When the butler is mistaken for a wealthy Englishman, he becomes a small-town celebrity. Also in the film are Leila Hyams, Roland Young and Zazu Pitts. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (532x829, 119 KB) Summary from gilles. ...
Leo McCarey (October 3, 1898 - July 5, 1969) was a movie director, screenwriter and producer. ...
Charles Laughton as photographed in 1940 by Carl Van Vechten Charles Laughton (July 1, 1899 - December 15, 1962) was a British-born American stage and film actor of partial Irish Catholic extraction. ...
Mary Boland (January 28, 1880 - June 23, 1965) was an American stage and film actress. ...
Charles Sherman Ruggles (February 8, 1886 - December 23, 1970) was a comic American actor. ...
Egbert Anson Van Alstyne (born, according to differing sources, March 4 or March 6, 1878; died July 9, 1951) was a United States songwriter and pianist. ...
Edward Dmytryk (September 4, 1908 - July 1, 1999) was an American film director who was amongst the Hollywood 10, a group of blacklisted film industry professionals who served time in prison for being in contempt of Congress during the McCarthy era red scare. ...
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February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...
1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...
1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Comedy is the use of humor in the form of theater, where it simply referred to a play with a happy ending, in contrast to a tragedy. ...
Justus D. Barnes, from The Great Train Robbery The Western is one of the classic American literary and film genres. ...
Roland Young (11 November 1887, London - 5 June 1953, New York City) was a British actor. ...
Charles Laughton as photographed in 1940 by Carl Van Vechten Charles Laughton (July 1, 1899 - December 15, 1962) was a British-born American stage and film actor of partial Irish Catholic extraction. ...
Charles (Charlie) Sherman Ruggles (February 8, 1886 - December 23, 1970) was a comic American actor. ...
Mary Boland (January 28, 1880 - June 23, 1965) was an American stage and film actress. ...
Leila Hyams (May 1, 1905 – December 4, 1977) was an American film actress. ...
Roland Young (11 November 1887, London - 5 June 1953, New York City) was a British actor. ...
ZaSu Pitts (3 January 1894 - 7 June 1963) was a United States movie actress. ...
The film was written by Walter DeLeon, Humphrey Pearson and Harlan Thompson from the novel and play of the same name by Harry Leon Wilson. It was directed by Leo McCarey. Leo McCarey (October 3, 1898 - July 5, 1969) was a movie director, screenwriter and producer. ...
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. ...
Trivia
- The novel contains perhaps the earliest specific reference to Levi brand jeans, clearly describing to the trademark leather patch, or "placard" on the back waistband, illustrating "two teams of stout horses attempting to wrench it in twain".
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