Ruggles of Red Gap is a
1914 play by
Harry Leon Wilson[?], made into a movie several times, mostly famously in
1935. In the
comedy Western film Lord Burnstead (
Roland Young[?]) loses his butler Ruggles (
Charles Laughton) playing poker. Egbert and Effie Floud (
Charlie Ruggles[?] and
Mary Boland[?]) bring Ruggles back to Red Gap, a Western town. When the butler is mistaken for a wealthy Englishman, he becomes a small-town celebrity.
The film was written by Walter DeLeon[?], Humphrey Pearson[?] and Harlan Thompson[?] from the novel and play of the same name by Harry Leon Wilson[?]. It was directed by Leo McCarey.
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.