
B.A.P.S(1997)
Two wannabe Black American princesses aim to marry rich men, who will pay for their world's first combination hair salon and soul food restaurant.


“SH-H-H-H! TONIGHT'S YOUR NIGHT TO HOWL! And howl you will at this funniest of all comedies...”
In this comedy of an Englishman stranded in a sea of barbaric Americans, Marmaduke Ruggles - a gentleman's gentleman and butler to an Earl - is lost in a poker game to an uncouth American cattle baron. Ruggles' life is turned upside down as he's taken to the USA, is gradually assimilated into American life, accidentally becomes a local celebrity, and falls in love along the way.

Charles Laughton
Marmaduke Ruggles

Mary Boland
Effie Floud

Charles Ruggles
Egbert Floud

Zasu Pitts
Mrs. Judson

Roland Young
Earl of Burnstead

Leila Hyams
Nell Kenner

Maude Eburne
'Ma' Pettingill

Lucien Littlefield
Charles Belknap-Jackson

Leota Lorraine
Mrs. Belknap-Jackson

James Burke
Jeff Tuttle
Ruggles of Red Gap is a comedy film released in 1935 exploring themes of saloon, widow, restaurant, millionaire. Directed by Leo McCarey, it stars Charles Laughton, Mary Boland, Charles Ruggles. In this comedy of an Englishman stranded in a sea of barbaric Americans, Marmaduke Ruggles - a gentleman's gentleman and butler to an Earl - is lost in a poker game to an uncouth American cattle baron. Ruggles' life is turned upside down as he's taken to the USA, is gradually assimilated into American life, accidentally becomes a local celebrity, and falls in love along the way.
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