Ruth of the Rockies

Ruth of the Rockies
Ruth of the Rockies
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Directed by	George Marshall
Written by	Frances Guihan
Based on	"Broadway Bab"; by Johnston McCulley
Produced by	Ruth Roland
Starring	Ruth Roland; Herbert Heyes
Cinematography	Al Cawood
Production; company	Ruth Roland Serials
Distributed by	Pathé Exchange
Release date	August 29, 1920;
Running time	15 episodes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent; 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

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

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

The Mysterious Trunk
The Inner Circle
The Tower of Danger
Between Two Fires
Double Crossed
The Eagle's Nest
Troubled Waters
Danger Trails
The Perilous Path
Outlawed
The Fatal Diamond
The Secret Order
The Surprise Attack
The Secret of Regina Island
The Hidden Treasure

References

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

External links

Ruth of the Rockies at IMDb

[silentera-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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