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  • Ruth's Remarkable Reception (1916)
  • Short | Short, Comedy
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Ruth's Remarkable Reception (1916)
Short | Short, Comedy
Ruth, an old maid, was the only one who had ever visited Hades Square and felt sorry for the poor little children there. It was a favorite place to send new policemen and test their courage, and it they were alive at the end of the week ...See moreRuth, an old maid, was the only one who had ever visited Hades Square and felt sorry for the poor little children there. It was a favorite place to send new policemen and test their courage, and it they were alive at the end of the week they were considered good cops. The old maid decided to invite the boys of Hades Square to her home for a children's party. Settlement workers who realized what was in store for the kind-hearted woman pleaded with her to abandon her purpose. In spite of protests, however, the old maid had her way, and the dirty-faced little boys came to her home to the party prepared for them. She invited them to have a good time and enjoy themselves, and they did. The dignified butler felt the impact of a missile from a slingshot, a rare and expensive statue was destroyed during a fist fight between two of the "dears," while the chandeliers in the reception room crashed to the floor during acrobatic stunts performed by one of the children. A little boy sat on the steps of his home, next door to the old maid, reading a volume of Ruskin. He was just the kind of child that the bad boys from Hades Square would delight to torment. He was deeply immersed in Ruskin when a lasso thrown by an expert hand landed around his neck and he was jerked, protesting, into the house next door. The bad little boys were very rude to the student of Ruskin, but they got the surprise of their lives when their prisoner, angered by their disrespect tor his favorite author, soundly trounced them all, and converted them into eager, if unwilling, students of Ruskin. As the children were leaving, their meek attitude, far different from their former belligerence, their tough leader asked the studious little boy it he could borrow his copy of Ruskin. The student of Ruskin agreed, and asked why he wanted to read it. "Well, it's dis," said the boy from Hades Square, "You seem to do everything to this book except swaller it, and you're de best rough-house scrapper I ever seen, so I guess when I get through chewin' de words in dat book I'll be able to lick every kid in de square." Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Writer
Lloyd Lonergan (scenario) (as Lloyd F. Lonergan)
Producer
Edwin Thanhouser
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Updated Feb 22, 1916
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Feb 22, 1916 (United States)

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5 cast members
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Frances Keyes
Ruth Ruth   See fewer
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