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Title: Wesley Ruggles papers
Collection number: PASC 261
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.5 linear ft.
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): ca. 1940s-ca. 1960s
Abstract: Wesley Ruggles, brother of Charles Ruggles, started his film career as a Keystone Cop and supporting comedy player ca. 1914.
The collection consists treatments for television and film projects, synopses, and scripts and correspondence.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Creator:
Ruggles, Wesley
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the
creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright
owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Mrs. Wesley Ruggles; 1976.
[Identification of item], Wesley Ruggles Papers (Collection PASC 261). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, UCLA.
Wesley Ruggles was born June 11, 1889 in LA, CA and is the brother of Charles Ruggles; he started his film career as a Keystone
Cop and supporting comedy player ca. 1914; he appeared in Chaplin shorts such as The bank (1915) and Triple trouble (1918);
his directing career spanned 1918-46 and he is best known for Silk stockings, Cimarron, and I'm no angel; he died in 1972.
The collection consists of material related to the career of Wesley Ruggles. Includes treatments for television and film projects,
synopses, story ideas, scripts and correspondence.
There is no organization to the collection.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4857379
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ruggles, Wesley, 1889-1972--Archives
Motion picture directors and producers--Archival resources