Ruggles of Red Gap (1915) illustrated by Frederic R. Gruger; adapted into three films, Ruggles of Red Gap (1923), Ruggles of Red Gap (1935) and Fancy Pants (1950).
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Harry Leon Wilson (May 1, 1867 – June 28, 1939) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels Ruggles of Red Gap and Merton of the Movies.
The community's name was inspired by Harry Leon Wilson's novel Ruggles of Red Gap.
Ruggles predates P. G. Wodehouse's more famous manservant-hero, Jeeves, who debuted in 1915 but didn't become a central character until the 1916 story "Leave It to Jeeves."
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In Daffy Duck's Quackbusters, Daffy refers to the butler who is refusing to let him see the reclusive billionaire and ailing buzzsaw baron JP Cubish as 'Ruggles'.
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The climax of the film is Laughton’s recitation of the Gettysburg Address (something that does not happen in the original story).
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