Editing Ruggles of Red Gap (section)

==Production==

Based on the best-selling 1915 novel by [[Harry Leon Wilson]], Ruggles of Red Gap was adapted to screen by [[Humphery Pearson]], with a screenplay by [[Walter DeLeon]] and Harlan Thompson.<ref>Gehring, 2005 p. 254: Filmography</ref><ref>Hooper and Poague, 1980 in Leo McCarey Filmography section, p. 307</ref> The story had twice been adapted to film in the [[Silent film|silent era]]: [[Ruggles of Red Gap (1918 film)|in 1918]] and again [[Ruggles of Red Gap (1923 film)|in 1923]].<ref>Gehring, 2005 p. 119</ref>

Regarded as the most outstanding comedy director with Paramount at the time, studio executives provided Leo McCarey with top quality talent for the picture. Indeed, the "A" film or high production period of McCarey's career can be dated from ''Ruggles of Red Gap.''"<ref>Gehring, 2005 p. 101: See here for quote And p. 119: re: "...top quality talent..."</ref>

According to film historian Wes D. Gehring, McCarey cast Charles Laughton in the lead role when he detected a "comedic flourish" in the actor's Academy Award-winning performance as the English king, in '[[The Private Life of Henry VIII]]' (1933).<ref>Gehring, 2005 p. 121-122: "...Laughton's comic vulnerability reminds one or [[Oliver Hardy]]."</ref>

The film was shot on locations in Humboldt County, California.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hesseltine|first1=Cassandra|title=Complete Filmography of Humboldt County|url=http://humboldt.filmhumboldtdelnorte.org/filmography|website=Humboldt Del Norte Film Commission|access-date=October 12, 2017}}</ref>