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Tag Archives: Wesley Ruggles
Condemned! (1929) Wesley Ruggles, Ronald Colman, Ann Harding, Dudley Digges
Suave thief Colman is sent to Devil’s Island, where he becomes romantically involved with the wife of sadistic warden Digges. Read More »
Shoot the Works (1934) Wesley Ruggles, Jack Oakie, Ben Bernie, Dorothy Dell
Jack Oakie stars as seedy sideshow barker Nicky, who uses everyone he meets to get ahead. Read More »
Somewhere I’ll Find You (1942) Wesley Ruggles, Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Robert Sterling
Two brothers, both war correspondents, vie for the affection of the same girl at the beginning of World War II Read More »
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie (1936) Wesley Ruggles, Gladys George, Arline Judge, John Howard
Gladys George, a superlative actress often wasted in secondary roles Read More »
See Here, Private Hargrove (1944) Wesley Ruggles, Robert Walker, Donna Reed, Keenan Wynn
Journalist Marion Hargrove enters the Army intending to supplement his income by writing about his training experiences. Read More »
The Sea Bat (1930) Lionel Barrymore, Wesley Ruggles, Raquel Torres, Charles Bickford, Nils Asther, Action, Romance, Thriller
The West Indies island of Portuga is chiefly for sponge diving. Read More »
Bolero (1934) Wesley Ruggles, Mitchell Leisen, George Raft, Carole Lombard, Sally Rand, Drama, Music
This is the story of an egotistical nightclub dance performer named Raoul, his determination to succeed at all costs Read More »
Sing, You Sinners (1938) Wesley Ruggles, Bing Crosby, Fred MacMurray, Donald O’Connor, Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Of the singing Beebe brothers, young Mike just wants to be a kid; responsible Dave wants to work in his garage and marry Martha; but feckless Joe thinks his only road to success is through swapping and gambling. Read More »
Mississippi (1935) A. Edward Sutherland, Wesley Ruggles, Bing Crosby, W.C. Fields, Joan Bennett, Comedy, Musical
A young pacifist after refusing on principle to defend her sweetheart’s honor and being banished in disgrace, joins a riverboat troupe as a singer Read More »
Accent on Youth (1935) Wesley Ruggles, Sylvia Sidney, Herbert Marshall, Phillip Reed, Comedy, Romance
Steven Gaye, a successful New York playwright has passed forty and thinks he has bid farewell to the world of romance. Read More »
You Belong to Me (1941) Wesley Ruggles, Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Edgar Buchanan, Comedy, Romance
On a ski trip, rich, idle Peter Kirk pursues and falls (literally) for Helen Hunt, M.D. After a courtship of hypochondria Read More »
No Man of Her Own (1932) Wesley Ruggles, Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Dorothy Mackaill, Drama, Romance
Clark Gable plays a card cheat who has to go on the lam to avoid a pesky cop. He meets a lonely, but slightly wild, librarian, Carole Lombard, while he is hiding out. Read More »
Cimarron (1931) Wesley Ruggles, Richard Dix, Irene Dunne, Estelle Taylor, Drama, Western
When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a plot of the free land for himself and moves his family there from Wichita. Read More »
Roar of the Dragon (1932) Wesley Ruggles, Richard Dix, Gwili Andre, Edward Everett Horton, Adventure, Romance
A boatload of Westerners is trapped in Manchuria as bandits led by Russian renegade Voronsky ravage the area. Read More »