Rugged Water

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Rugged Water
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Film poster
Directed by Irvin Willat
Screenplay byJames Shelley Hamilton
Based onnovel by Joseph C. Lincoln
Produced by Jesse L. Lasky
Adolph Zukor
Starring Lois Wilson
Wallace Beery
Warner Baxter
Phyllis Haver
Dot Farley
J. P. Lockney
James Mason
Willard Cooley
Cinematography Alfred Gilks
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • August 17, 1925 (1925-08-17)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Rugged Water is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Irvin Willat and written by James Shelley Hamilton and Joseph C. Lincoln. The film stars Lois Wilson, Wallace Beery, Warner Baxter, Phyllis Haver, Dot Farley, J. P. Lockney, James Mason, and Willard Cooley. The film was released on August 17, 1925, by Paramount Pictures. [1] [2]

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Plot

Calvin Homer works for the U.S. Life-Saving Service in Setauket on Cape Cod in Massachusetts; he is the second in command at that station. He is engaged to Myra Fuller, who manipulated him into a marriage proposal.

When the station chief retires, Calvin expects to get his job. However, the appointment goes instead to Benoni Bartlett, an employee from a different station. He was known as the hero of a dangerous rescue at that station that cost the lives of his fellow crew members. Benoni has a reputation for religious fanaticism and antagonistic behavior.

Calvin is ready to quite, but Bartlett's daughter Norma convinces Homer to stay . Soon a romance springs up between them. Fuller then breaks their engagement.

A call comes in from a vessel in distress in a violent storm. A fearful Benoni refuses to go out with a boat to rescue the vessel. Unwilling to accept that, Calvin takes the boat out with a crew and rescues the people on the boat.

For his lack of action, the Life Saving service fires Benoni and replaces him with Calvin. Driven insane by his job loss, Benoni takes a small boat out into the rough water, to be rescued by Calvin. Benoni dies from hypotermia. Realizing that Calvin was not responsible for her father's disgrace, Norma continues her relationship with him.

Cast

Preservation

Rugged Water is currently presumed lost. [3] [4] In February of 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list. [5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Janiss Garza (2014). "Rugged-Water - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on August 9, 2014. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Rugged Water". afi.com. Retrieved April 11, 2026.
  3. ↑ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Rugged Water". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved April 11, 2026.
  4. ↑ Rugged Water at Lost Film Files: Paramount lost films - 1925
  5. ↑ "7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29)" (PDF). National Film Preservation Board. Retrieved April 11, 2026.
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