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Ruth of the Rockies

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Genre
  
Western

Distributor
  
Pathe

Country
  
United States

Director
  
George Marshall

Producer
  
Ruth Roland

Duration
  

Language
  
Silent English intertitles

Release date
  
August 29, 1920 (1920-08-29)

Writer
  
Frances Guihan, Johnston McCulley (story)

Cast
  
Ruth Roland, Herbert Heyes

Genres
  
Silent film, Western, Black-and-white

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Deathtrap scene from ruth of the rockies 1920 silent serial


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

Contents

Plot

As described in a film magazine, 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 boarder 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

    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

    References

    Ruth of the Rockies Wikipedia
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    Ruth of the Rockies IMDb