Ruth of the Range


Ruth of the Range is a fifteen episode American adventure film serial starring Ruth Roland, 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.

Episodes

  1. The Last Shot
  2. The Seething Pit
  3. The Danger Trail
  4. The Terror Train
  5. The Temple Dungeon
  6. The Pitfall
  7. The Fatal Count
  8. The Dynamite Plot
  9. The Lava Crusher
  10. Circumstantial Evidence
  11. The Desert of Death
  12. The Vital Test
  13. The Molten Menace
  14. Cancelled Orders
  15. Promises Fulfilled

Cast

Production

The series had three directors: the credited director was Ernest C. Warde, son of famed actor Frederick Warde, and was reportedly fired for filming too many close-ups of Roland; his replacement, W. S. Van Dyke, 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.