Ruggles of Red Gap

Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)

SH-H-H-H! TONIGHT'S YOUR NIGHT TO HOWL! And howl you will at this funniest of all comedies...

In this comedy of an Englishman stranded in a sea of barbaric Americans, Marmaduke Ruggles – a gentleman's gentleman and butler to an Earl – is lost in a poker game to an uncouth American cattle baron. Ruggles' life is turned upside down as he's taken to the USA, is gradually assimilated into American life, accidentally becomes a local celebrity, and falls in love along the way.

Date of release
1935-03-08
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (87)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Leo McCarey

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Ruggles of Red Gap
  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 1. Including: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

Ruggles of Red Gap is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Leo McCarey and starring: Charles Laughton, Mary Boland, Charlie Ruggles and ZaSu Pitts and featuring Roland Young and Leila Hyams. It was based on the best-selling 1915 novel by Harry Leon Wilson, adapted by Humphrey Pearson, with a screenplay by Walter DeLeon and Harlan Thompson.

Production

Based on the best-selling 1915 novel by Harry Leon Wilson, Ruggles of Red Gap was adapted to screen by Humphery Pearson, with a screenplay by Walter DeLeon and Harlan Thompson. The story had twice been adapted to film in the silent era: in 1918 and again in 1923.

Regarded as the most outstanding comedy director with Paramount at the time, studio executives provided Leo McCarey with top quality talent for the picture. Indeed, the "A" film or high production period of McCarey's career can be dated from Ruggles of Red Gap."

According to film historian Wes D. Gehring, McCarey cast Charles Laughton in the lead role when he detected a "comedic flourish" in the actor's Academy Award-winning performance as the English king, in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933).

The film was shot on locations in Humboldt County, California.

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