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Along Came Ruth is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Edward F. Cline released in USA on 10 november 1924 with Viola Dana
Along Came Ruth (1924)
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Add to a movie listAlong Came Ruth is a lost 1924 film starring Viola Dana. The film was directed by Edward F. Cline and written by Winifred Dunn, based upon a Holman Francis Day play. Ms. Viola Dana was one of the top stars of the newly amalgamated MGM, a lively comedienne who enjoyed a long career that faded with the emergence of the talkies.
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Along Came Ruth
^ Eames, John Douglas (1981). This Is MGM's First Ever Film,"The MGM Story", p 13
^ Along Came Ruth at silentera.com
^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Along Came Ruth
Synopsis
Ruth (Viola Dana) is a small-town live-wire who takes over a furniture shop and its owner's nephew.Actors
Viola Dana
(Ruth Ambrose)
Walter Hiers
(Plinty Bangs)
Tully Marshall
(Israel Hubbard)
Raymond McKee
(Allan Hubbard)
Victor Potel
(Oscar Sims)
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