Ruth of the Range

Ruth of the Range is a fifteen episode American adventure film serial starring Ruth Roland, in which a young woman attempts to rescue her father from a gang that has kidnapped him in order to find out his secret for making "Fuelite," a substitute for coal.[1] The film was the final feature created by scenarist Gilson Willets for Pathe Productions,[2] and is now thought to be a lost film.[3]

Ruth of the Range
Directed byErnest C. Warde
Produced byGilson Willets
Frank L. Smith
Written byJohn W. Grey
StarringRuth Roland
Bruce Gordon
CinematographyAllen Q. Thompson
Edited byRichard C. Currier
Lena Hali
Production
companies
Ruth Roland Serials, Inc.
United Studios Inc.
Distributed byPathé Exchange
Release date
  • 14 October 1923 (1923-October-14)
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  • 20 January 1924 (1924-January-20)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (with English intertitles)

Episodes
  1. The Last Shot
  2. The Seething Pit
  3. The Danger Trail
  4. The Terror Train
  5. The Temple Dungeon
  6. The Pitfall
  7. The Fatal Count
  8. The Dynamite Plot
  9. The Lava Crusher
  10. Circumstantial Evidence
  11. The Desert of Death
  12. The Vital Test
  13. The Molten Menace
  14. Cancelled Orders
  15. Promises Fulfilled

Cast

Production

The series had three directors: the credited director was Ernest C. Warde, son of famed actor Frederick Warde, and was reportedly fired for filming too many close-ups of Roland; his replacement, W. S. Van Dyke, soon quit for another job; and Frank Leon Smith was hired to complete the serial.[2] Gillets died during filming but before he had completed the script, leaving Smith to create his own story from existing footage.[2] Roland left the feature before filming was complete, so Smith filmed her final scenes using her stuntman, Bob Rose, wearing a wig.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Ruth of the Range". SilentEra. November 3, 2006. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
  2. Rainey, Buck (February 2010). Serials and Series: A World Filmography, 1912-1956. McFarland. p. 207. ISBN 978-0-7864-4702-2.
  3. Hallett, Hilary (January 15, 2013). Go West, Young Women!: The Rise of Early Hollywood. University of California Press. p. 223. ISBN 978-0-520-95368-0.


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