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Tag Archives: Wesley Ruggles
I Met Him in Paris (1937) Wesley Ruggles, Claudette Colbert, Melvyn Douglas, Robert Young
Kay Denham is off for a ‘fling’ in Paris, leaving her staid suitor Berk behind. Read More »
Slightly Dangerous (1943) Wesley Ruggles, Lana Turner, Robert Young, Walter Brennan
Peggy is 21 and bored. She has just been awarded a certificate Read More »
Street Girl (1929) Wesley Ruggles, Betty Compson, John Harron, Jack Oakie
Jobless, homeless and starving Freddie Joyzelle is saved by Mike Fall from the clutches of a masher Read More »
True Confession (1937) Wesley Ruggles, Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, John Barrymore
Helen and Ken are a pretty strange couple. She is a pathological liar, and he is a scrupulously honest (and therefore unsuccessful) lawyer. 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 »
Mississippi (1935) A. Edward Sutherland, Wesley Ruggles, Bing Crosby, W.C. Fields, Joan Bennett
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 »
Arizona (1940) Wesley Ruggles, Jean Arthur, William Holden, Warren William
Phoebe Titus is a tough, swaggering pioneer woman, but her ways become decidedly more feminine Read More »
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 »