Cultures clash when a wealthy American cattle baron learns about gentility from an English butler he wins in a poker game in Paris and then brings back to the States, where the ultra-obedient valet gets a taste of democracy. A Best Picture nominee., Previously filmed in 1918 and 1923, Harry Leon Wilson’s novel achieved movie classic status when it was remade by Leo McCarey in 1935. The story opens in Paris, circa 1908. Ruggles, beautifully underplayed by Charles Laughton, is the ultra-obedient manservant to the bibulous Earl of Burnstead (Roland Young). During one of the Earl’s nocturnal forays, nouveau riche American cattle baron Egbert Floud (Charles Ruggles) wins Ruggles in a poker game. Terrified at the prospect of being bundled off to the Wild West, Ruggles’ resolve is weakened somewhat when he and the raucous but ingratiating Egbert spend a wild night on the town. (The besotted butler’s periodic exclamations of “Whoopee!” are priceless.) Back in the frontier “boom town” of Red Gap, a misunderstanding obliges Egbert’s social-climbing wife Effie (Mary Boland) to pass off Ruggles as an aristocratic British army officer, immediately arousing the suspicions of priggish social arbiter Charles Belknap-Jackson (Lucien Littlefield). The longer he spends in America, the more Ruggles grows to like the concept of democracy and self-determination. Of the film’s many highlights, two are standouts: the scene in which Ruggles silences a rowdy saloon crowd with his recitation of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, and the droll, semi-improvised vignette in which dancehall girl Nell Kenner (Leila Hyams) teaches the Earl of Burnstead how to play the drums. Ruggles of Red Gap was filmed for a fourth time in 1950 as the Bob Hope-Lucille Ball musical Fancy Pants.
Q&A :
Q: Who are the main cast members in “Ruggles of Red Gap ” ?
A: The main cast includes Charles Ruggles,Charles Laughton,Charlie Ruggles,Mary Boland,ZaSu Pitts,Roland Young,Leila Hyams,Maude Eburne,Lucien Littlefield,Leota Lorraine,Clarence H. Wilson,James Burke,Dell Henderson,Baby Ricardo Lord Cezon,Brenda Fowler,Ernie S. Adams,Augusta Anderson,Sarah Edwards,Clarence Wilson,Rafael Storm,Frank Rice,Victor Potel,George Burton,William Welsh,Lee Kohlmar,Harry Bernard,Alice Ardell,Rolfe Sedan,Jack Norton,Jim Welch,Willie Fung,Libby Taylor,Armand Kaliz,Harry Bowen,Henry Roquemore,Heinie Conklin,Edward Le Saint,Charles Fallon,Genaro Spagnoli,Albert Petit,Ernie Adams,Frank O’Connor,Travis Banton,Hans Dreier,Harlan Thompson,Harry Leon Wilson,Walter de Leon,Alfred Gilks,Edward Dmytryk,Robert Odell,Humphrey Pearson.
Q: When Did the “Ruggles of Red Gap” Released?
A: The Movie “Ruggles of Red Gap” originally aired on 1944-11-02 and released in the year of 1935.
Q: What Languages are available to watch “Ruggles of Red Gap” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.
Q: Where to watch “Ruggles of Red Gap” ?
A: “Ruggles of Red Gap” is Avaiable on Netflix. as its Netflix Originals.
