# Ramshackle House

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{{short description|1924 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Ramshackle House
| image          = File:Ramshackle House poster.jpg
| caption        = Film poster
| director       = [F. Harmon Weight](/source/F._Harmon_Weight)
| producer       = [Tilford Cinema Corporation](/source/Tilford_Cinema_Corporation)
| writer         = Coolidge Streeter (scenario)
| based_on       = {{based on|''Ramshackle House''|[Hulbert Footner](/source/Hulbert_Footner)}}
| starring       = [Betty Compson](/source/Betty_Compson)
| music          = 
| cinematography = Larry Williams<br>Bert Wilson
| editing        = 
| distributor    = [Producers Distributing Corporation](/source/Producers_Distributing_Corporation)
| released       = {{Film date|1924|8|31}}
| runtime        = 6 [reels](/source/reel)
| country        = United States
| language       = Silent (English [intertitle](/source/intertitle)s)
}}
'''''Ramshackle House''''' is a 1924 American silent romantic drama film directed by [F. Harmon Weight](/source/F._Harmon_Weight) and starring [Betty Compson](/source/Betty_Compson). It was adapted for the screen by Coolidge Streeter from the novel of the same name by [Hulbert Footner](/source/Hulbert_Footner). The film was shot at [Tilford's](/source/Tilford_Cinema_Corporation) studio in [Miami](/source/Miami). It was released by Producers Distributing Corporation (PDC).<ref name="afi">{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/11545-RAMSHACKLE-HOUSE |title=AFI Catalog of Feature Films: ''Ramshackle House'' |work=afi.com |access-date=April 19, 2026}}</ref>

==Cast==
*[Betty Compson](/source/Betty_Compson) as Pen Broome
*Robert Lowing as Don Counsell
*[John Davidson](/source/John_Davidson_(actor%2C_born_1886)) as Ernest Riever
*Henry James as Pendleton Broome
*[William Black](/source/William_Black_(actor)) as Keesing
*Duke Pelzer as Spike Talley
*Josephine Norman as Blanche Paglar
*Joey Joey as Alligator Wrestler

==Preservation==
''Ramshackle House'' is currently [presumed lost](/source/lost_film).<ref name=''LOC''>{{Cite web |date= |others= |title=The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''Ramshackle House'' |url=http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8550/default.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321095359/http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8550/default.html |archive-date=2023-03-21 |access-date=2026-04-19 |website=memory.loc.gov}}</ref> In February of 2021, the film was cited by the [National Film Preservation Board](/source/National_Film_Preservation_Board) on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.<ref name="Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films">{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-film-preservation-board/documents/SFF-LostFilmsList020421.pdf |title=7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29) |publisher=National Film Preservation Board |access-date=April 19, 2026}}</ref> 

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Ramshackle House}}
*{{IMDb title|id=0015259|title=Ramshackle House}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160206151714/http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Ramshackle-House-Posters_i9069551_.htm Lobby poster](Wayback)
*Footner, Hulbert (1922), ''[https://archive.org/details/ramshacklehouse00footiala Ramshackle House]'', New York: [A. L. Burt](/source/A._L._Burt) Company, on the Internet Archive

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Category:1924 films
Category:1924 lost films
Category:1924 romantic drama films
Category:1924 American films
Category:1924 English-language films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:English-language romantic drama films
Category:Films based on Canadian novels
Category:Films directed by F. Harmon Weight
Category:Lost American silent romantic drama films
Category:Producers Distributing Corporation films

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