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    Ruth of the Rockies

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    Ruth of the Rockies
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    Directed byGeorge Marshall
    Written byFrances Guihan
    Based on"Broadway Bab"
    by Johnston McCulley
    Produced byRuth Roland
    StarringRuth Roland
    Herbert Heyes
    CinematographyAl Cawood
    Production
    company
    Ruth Roland Serials
    Distributed byPathé Exchange
    Release date
    • August 29, 1920 (1920-08-29)
    Running time
    		15 episodes
    CountryUnited States
    LanguagesSilent
    English intertitles

    Ruth of the Rockies is a 1920 American silent Western film serial directed by George Marshall. Two of the 15 episodes survive in the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[1]

    Plot

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    As described in a film magazine,[2] in New York City breezy Bab Murphy (Roland) comes into possession of a trunk with the insignia of the Inner Circle, a gang of crooks, who have their headquarters in Dusty Bend along the Mexican border but also operate in New York. The gang trails the trunk to ownership by Bab and, for it and a jade ring that is mysteriously sent to her, a series of adventures begin as she heads for the Bend.

    Members of the gang throw the trunk off a train into the California desert where it is picked up by two accomplices in an automobile, only to have an aviator who flies low enough to overpower them and intercept the trunk by taking their place at the wheel. This birdman of mystery will later save Bab from the enforced marriage to a member of the gang, and by the third episode saves her from being imprisoned on the narrow balcony of a high tower.

    Cast

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    • Ruth Roland as Bab Murphy
    • Herbert Heyes as Justin Garret
    • Thomas G. Lingham as Edward Dugan
    • Jack Rollens as Sam Wilkes
    • Fred Burns as Burton
    • William Gillis as Pendleton Pete
    • Gilbert Holmes as Shorty (credited as Pee Wee Holmes)
    • Norma Bichole
    • Harry Maynard
    • S.J. Bingham
    • Al Hoxie (Extra / stunts) (uncredited)

    Chapter titles

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    1. The Mysterious Trunk
    2. The Inner Circle
    3. The Tower of Danger
    4. Between Two Fires
    5. Double Crossed
    6. The Eagle's Nest
    7. Troubled Waters
    8. Danger Trails
    9. The Perilous Path
    10. Outlawed
    11. The Fatal Diamond
    12. The Secret Order
    13. The Surprise Attack
    14. The Secret of Regina Island
    15. The Hidden Treasure

    See also

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    • List of film serials
    • List of film serials by studio

    References

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    1. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Ruth of the Rockies". silentera.com. Retrieved November 14, 2008.
    2. ^ "Reviews: Ruth of the Rockies". Exhibitors Herald. 11 (7). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 104. August 14, 1920.
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