Ruggles of Red Gap

The Resource Ruggles of Red Gap
Label
Ruggles of Red Gap
Statement of responsibility
a Paramount Picture ; Adolph Zukor presents ; [written] by Harry Leon Wilson ; produced by Arthur Hornblow, Jr ; directed by Leo McCarey ; screen play by Walter DeLeon and Harlan Thompson ; adapted by Humphrey Pearson
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Language
eng
Summary
A stuffy British butler, Marmaduke Ruggles, is traded in a poker game from an English Duke to a wealthy and rowdy American, Egbert Floud. Ruggles' new home is Red Gap, Washington, where he is introduced by Egbert as "Colonel" Ruggles. The town ladies are quite taken by the sophisticated servant in disguise as he enamors them with fictitious stories of battles gone by. Ruggles proves his newfound patriotism in one of the best scenes of the film, his recitation of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address in the Silver Dollar Saloon. The dream of freedom leads him to open his own restaurant, where one of his first customers is the Duke, who has come to reclaim his former servant
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Awards note
Nominated for a 1935 Best Picture Academy Award.
Cataloging source
IMR
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Cinematography, Alfred Gilks ; editing, Edward Dmytryk
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
Not rated by MPAA
LC call number
PN1995.9.C55
LC item number
R84 2009
PerformerNote
Charles Laughton, Mary Boland, Charlie Ruggles, ZaSu Pitts, Roland Young, Leila Hyams, Maude Eburne, Lucien Littlefield, Leota Lorraine, James Burke, Dell Henderson, Clarence Wilson
Runtime
91
Series statement
Universal vault series
Technique
live action
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