''Ruth of the Range'' is a fifteen episode American adventure film serial starring

Ruth Roland Ruth Roland (August 26, 1892 – September 22, 1937) was an American stage and film actress and film producer. Early life and career Roland was born in San Francisco, California to Elizabeth Lillian Hauser and Jack Roland. Her father managed a t ...

, 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 or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o ...

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

... Ruth Remington * Bruce Gordon ... Bruce Burton *

Lorimer Johnston Lorimer Johnston (November 2, 1858 in Maysville, Kentucky – February 20, 1941 in Hollywood, California) was an American silent film actor and director. He was involved in the production of over 60 films in acting and directing and he also wr ...

... Peter Van Dyke *Ernest C. Warde ... Robert Remington *

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 *

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 in 1914 and starred in about 70 films until his d ...

... 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 Frederick Barkham Warde (23 February 1851 – 7 February 1935) was an English Shakespearean actor who relocated to the United States in the late 19th century. Career He was born in 1851 in Wardington, Oxfordshire, the son of Thomas Ward and ...

, and was reportedly fired for filming too many close-ups of Roland; his replacement,

W. S. Van Dyke Woodbridge Strong Van Dyke II (Woody) (March 21, 1889 – February 5, 1943) was an American film director and writer who made several successful early sound films, including '' Tarzan the Ape Man'' in 1932, ''The Thin Man'' in 1934, ''San Franc ...

, 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.

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* 1923 films American silent serial films Lost American films 1920s adventure films American black-and-white films American adventure films 1920s lost films Films directed by Ernest C. Warde 1920s American films Silent adventure films {{adventure-film-stub

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