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Along Came Ruth
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Wikipedia article
'Along Came Ruth' is a 1924 American comedy film starring Viola Dana. The film was directed by Edward F. Cline and written by Winifred Dunn, based on Holman Francis Day's play of the same name, itself based on the play 'La Demoiselle de magasin' by Belgians Frantz Fonson and Fernand Wicheler.[http://silentera.com/PSFL/data/A/AlongCameRuth1924.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'Along Came Ruth'] at silentera.com[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=2566 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'Along Came Ruth'] Viola Dana was one of the top stars of the newly amalgamated MGM, a lively comedian who enjoyed a long career that faded with the emergence of the talkies.Eames, John Douglas (1975). This Is MGM's First Ever Film, 'The MGM Story: The Complete History of Fifty Roaring Years'. Octopus Books, p. 13.
Synopsis
Ruth (Viola Dana) is a small-town live-wire who takes over a furniture shop and its owner's nephew.
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Preservation
With no prints of 'Along Came Ruth' located in any film archives,[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3393/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'Along Came Ruth'] it is lost film.
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