''Ruth of the Range'' is a fifteen episode American adventure film serial starring
Ruth Roland, in which a young woman attempts to rescue her father from a gang that has kidnapped him in order to find out his secret for making "Fuelite," a substitute for coal.
The film was the final feature created by scenarist Gilson Willets for
Pathe Productions,
and is now thought to be a
lost film
A lost film is a feature film, feature or short film in which the original negative or copies are not known to exist in any studio archive, private collection, or public archive. Films can be wholly or partially lost for a number of reasons. ...
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Episodes
# The Last Shot
# The Seething Pit
# The Danger Trail
# The Terror Train
# The Temple Dungeon
# The Pitfall
# The Fatal Count
# The Dynamite Plot
# The Lava Crusher
# Circumstantial Evidence
# The Desert of Death
# The Vital Test
# The Molten Menace
# Cancelled Orders
# Promises Fulfilled
Cast
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Ruth Roland ... Ruth Remington
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Bruce Gordon ... Bruce Burton
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Lorimer Johnston ... Peter Van Dyke
*Ernest C. Warde ... Robert Remington
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Pat Harmon
Plummer Hull Harman (February 3, 1886 – November 26, 1958), known professionally as Pat Harmon, was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1920 and 1947.
In 1935, Harmon was the victim of a violent assault whic ...
... Jim Stain
*Andrée Peyre ... Judith
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Harry De Vere
Harry De Vere (February 1, 1870, New York City – October 10, 1923, Los Angeles) was an American silent film actor. He was signed by the Thanhouser Company based in New Rochelle, New York
New Rochelle ( ; in ) is a Political subdivisi ...
... J. Hamilton Camp
*V. Omar Whitehead ... Captain X
Production
The series had three directors: the credited director was Ernest C. Warde, son of famed actor
Frederick Warde, and was reportedly fired for filming too many close-ups of Roland; his replacement,
W. S. Van Dyke, soon quit for another job; and Frank Leon Smith was hired to complete the serial.
Gillets died during filming but before he had completed the script, leaving Smith to create his own story from existing footage.
Roland left the feature before filming was complete, so Smith filmed her final scenes using her stuntman, Bob Rose, wearing a wig.
See also
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List of lost films
For this list of lost films, a lost film is defined as one of which no part of a print is known to have survived. For films in which any portion of the footage remains (including trailers), see List of incomplete or partially lost films.
Reas ...
References
External links
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1923 films
American silent serial films
Lost American adventure films
1920s adventure films
American black-and-white films
1923 lost films
1924 lost films
Films directed by Ernest C. Warde
1920s American films
Silent American adventure films
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