Along Came Ruth Explained

Along Came Ruth
Director:	Edward F. Cline
Based On:
Starring:	Viola Dana
Cinematography:	John Arnold
Distributor:	Metro-Goldwyn
Runtime:	53 minutes (5 reels)
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

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.^{[1] [2]} 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.^[3]

Synopsis

Ruth (Viola Dana) is a small-town live-wire who takes over a furniture shop and its owner's nephew.

Preservation

With no prints of Along Came Ruth located in any film archives,^[4] it is lost film.

Notes and References

1. http://silentera.com/PSFL/data/A/AlongCameRuth1924.html Progressive Silent Film List: Along Came Ruth
2. http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=2566 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Along Came Ruth
3. 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.
4. 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