Ruth Roland
American actress and film producer. Most famous for her starring roles in adventures serials produced by her own production company.
The Girl Detective
as Ruth, The Girl DetectiveA series of 2-reel thrillers in which a society girl has a position as a special investigator...
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Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of...
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Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century...
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Who Pays?
as Laura PowersWho Pays? was a series of twelve three-reel dramas, released between March and July 1915. Henry...
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The Masked Woman
as Dolly GreenBaron Tolento lusts for Diane Delatour, his physician's wife, and donates money to their...
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The Adventures of Ruth
as Ruth RobinDaniel Robin has become mixed up with a band of criminals known as "the 13," and is shot when he...
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The Circus: Premiere
as SelfFootage from the premiere of Charlie Chaplin's 1928 film 'The Circus'.
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The Timber Queen
as Ruth ReadingThe Timber Queen follows Ruth Rowland as the inheritor of a wealthy timber business who tries...
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Hands Up
as Echo DelaneA newspaperwoman finds trouble aplenty when an Inca tribe believes her to be the reincarnation...
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In Peril of Their Lives
as The Fisherman's First DaughterA California fisherman starts with his family for a trip up the coast. When the party finds a...
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The Sultana
as Virginia LowndesRich young playboy Gregory Kirkland reads a newspaper story about a daring robbery, and bets his...
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From Nine to Nine
as Cornelia Du PlayRuth Roland in her last role alongside Roland Drew in a mystery about murder, blackmail and...
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Cupid Angling
as uncreditedCupid Angling is a 1918 silent film starring Ruth Roland and Albert Morrison, with walk-on...
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The Stolen Play
as Sylvia SmalleyA blind playwright is engaged to his assistant, and the two are close to completion of a new...
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The Sheriff of Stone Gulch
as Helen - the Sheriff's DaughterIn this rare, surviving one-reel Western from the pioneering Kalem company, Ruth Roland's...
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The Tiger's Trail
as Belle BoydA cult of Hindu tiger worshippers and a gang of Western outlaws try to cheat a young woman out...
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The Red Circle
as June TraversThe Red Circle is a birthmark, on the hand of the heroine, noticeable only in times of stress...
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Ruth of the Rockies
as Bab MurphyA young woman finds a trunk full of stolen diamonds, takes them and heads westward, pursued by...
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The Matrimonial Martyr
as Erma Desmond / Bertie StanleyErma Desmond leaves her uncle and aunt to visit a friend, Phyllis, in the city. There, she finds...
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While Father Telephoned
as Ethel Marlin - the DaughterMarlin takes his daughter, Ethel, to the seashore in hopes that she will annex a rich husband....
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The Peace Offering
as Arthur's WifeArthur, who has been out the night before, is late to breakfast, much to the annoyance of his...
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The Burglar and the Baby
as The NurseDriven to desperation by his wife's nagging, Mr. Nag, who ordinarily is as meek as any lamb,...
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