The Ragamuffin

{{short description|1916 film by William C. deMille}} {{About|the 1916 film|similar uses|Ragamuffin (disambiguation){{!}}Ragamuffin}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = The Ragamuffin | image = The Ragamuffin - 1917 - newspaperad.jpg | caption = Newspaper advertisement. | director = [[William C. deMille]]<br>M. A. Harris (assistant director) | producer = [[Jesse Lasky]] | writer = William C. deMille | story = William C. deMille | starring = [[Blanche Sweet]]<br> [[Tom Forman (actor)|Tom Forman]] | music = | cinematography = [[Walter Stradling]] | editing = | distributor = [[Famous Players–Lasky]]<br>[[Paramount Pictures]] | released = {{Film date|1916|01|23}} | runtime = 50 minutes | country = United States | language = Silent<br>English intertitles }} '''''The Ragamuffin''''' is a 1916 American [[silent film|silent]] [[drama film]] directed and written by [[William C. deMille]]. The film stars [[Blanche Sweet]] in a '[[Mary Pickford filmography|Pickfordish]]' style role.<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/R/Ragamuffin1916.html ''The Ragamuffin'' at silentera.com]</ref>

==Cast== * [[Blanche Sweet]] - Jenny * [[Tom Forman (actor)|Tom Forman]] - Bob Van Dyke * [[Minnette Barrett]] - Beth, His Sister * Mrs. Lewis McCord - Mary * [[Parks Jones]] - Jack Dexter * [[James Neill (actor)|James Neill]] - A Broker * [[William Elmer]] - Kelly * [[Agnes de Mille]] - Jenny, as a child

==See also== *[[Blanche Sweet filmography]]

==Preservation status== * A copy is preserved in the [[George Eastman Museum]].<ref>[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8526/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:''..The Ragamuffin'']</ref>

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0007242}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304192037/http://silenthollywood.com/theragamuffin1916.html Still production photos]

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