Along Came Ruth

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]

Along Came Ruth
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Directed by	Edward F. Cline
Written by	Winifred Dunn
Based on	Along Came Ruth by Holman Francis Day La Demoiselle de magasin by Jean François Fonson and Fernand Wicheler
Starring	Viola Dana
Cinematography	John Arnold
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn
Release date	November 3, 1924 (1924-11-03)
Running time	53 minutes (5 reels)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Synopsis

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

Cast

• Viola Dana as Ruth Ambrose
• Walter Hiers as Plinty Bangs
• Tully Marshall as Israel Hubbard
• Raymond McKee as Allan Hubbard
• Victor Potel as Oscar Sims
• Gale Henry as Min (hired girl)
• DeWitt Jennings as Captain Miles Standish
• Adele Farrington as Widow Burnham
• Brenda Lane as Annabelle Burnham
• Nelson McDowell as Nathan Hodge
• Valentine Black as Young Girl (uncredited)

Preservation

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