RUGGLES OF RED GAP (1935)

As a special kick-off to its CAPITOLFEST film festival (although not an official part of the event), the Capitol will present a special screening of the 1935 movie RUGGLES OF RED GAP! The movie features one of this year's CAPITOLFEST tribute stars, ZaSu Pitts.

Directed by Leo McCarey and based upon the 1915 novel of the same title by Harry Leon Wilson, this comedy begins in Paris at the dawn of the 20th century. The Earl of Burnstead (Roland Young) accidentally loses his faithful valet, Ruggles (Charles Laughton), to gauche American rancher Egbert Floud (Charlie Ruggles) in a drunken late-night poker game. Resettled in the Wild West town of Red Gap, Washington, Ruggles' proper bearing leads him to become mistaken for a British aristocrat and military hero, to the potential embarrassment of Egbert's snobbish wife, Effie (Mary Boland).

Tickets are $8.00 for general admission, and $4.00 for those attending CAPITOLFEST. This movie will be presented via a digital print.

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• Next month, 10th July, 07:30 pm, SummerStage: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella in Rome
• Next month, 25th July, 07:00 pm, Drive-In Double Feature: WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953) & THE QUATERMASS XPERIMENT (1955) in Rome

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