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The Innocence of Ruth / Kleine-Edison-Selig-Essanay ; directed by John H. Collins ; screenplay by William Addison Lathrop ; Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
LIBRA DVD PN1997 .I5563 2021
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Guardian and ward--Drama.
- Guardian and ward.
- Orphans--Drama.
- Orphans.
- Marriage proposals.
- Balls (Parties).
- Seduction.
- Seduction--Drama.
- Balls (Parties)--Drama.
- Marriage proposals--Drama.
- Silent films.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Silent films.
- Feature films.
- Melodramas (Motion pictures)
- Short films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (59 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Phoenix, AZ : Grapevine Video, [2021]
- Language Note:
- Silent films with English intertitles and added musical accompaniment.
- System Details:
- DVD-R, NTSC, Region 1; full frame (1.37:1 aspect ratio) presentation.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- (The innocence of Ruth) Ruth Travers is orphaned and left the ward of an honorable young millionaire, Jimmy Carter, who places her in the motherly care of his housekeeper, Mrs. Jenkins. Ruth's winsome qualities gradually win Jimmy's heart. At the Charity Ball, Ruth meets Edna Morris, the mistress of villainous forger, Mortimer Reynolds, who is contriving to ruin Ruth's virtue. Next day, Ruth has a misunderstanding with Carter, and hastens to Edna's house, where Reynolds plies her with wine and attempts to seduce her. Carter rescues her just in time, and asks her to marry him.
- (Brother of the bear) A mill superintendent exiles himself to the Maine woods to work on his anger management problems. He cannot forget the daughter of the mill owner, so a rival suitor frames him for embezzlement. With the help of Bill, the 'taim' bear, the mill superintendent wins out.
- Participant:
- (The innocence of Ruth) Viola Dana, Edward Earle, T. Tamamoto, Brad Sutton, Nellie Grant, Augustus Phillips, Lena Davril.
- (Brother of the bear) Huntley Gordon, Mary Astor, Charles Slattery, Bradley Barker.
- Credits:
- (The innocence of Ruth) Music, David Drazin.
- (Brother of the bear) Photography, A. Gandolfi.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of the motion pictures produced in 1916 (The innocence of Ruth) and 1921 (Brother of the bear)..
- "From material preserved in the Library of Congress. Released in cooperation with Edward Lorusso."--Container.
- Special feature: Brother of the bear / Holman Day Productions ; story and scenario by Holman Day ; directed by Philip Carle (1921 : 30 min.)
- Contains:
- Brother of the bear.
- OCLC:
- 1299244734
- Publisher Number:
- 660845442023
- Online:
- http://www.grapevinevideo.com/innocence-of-ruth.html
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