# The Ragamuffin

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1916 film by William C. deMille

This article is about the 1916 film. For similar uses, see [Ragamuffin](/source/Ragamuffin_(disambiguation)).

The Ragamuffin Newspaper advertisement. Directed by William C. deMille M. A. Harris (assistant director) Written by William C. deMille Story by William C. deMille Produced by Jesse Lasky Starring Blanche Sweet Tom Forman Cinematography Walter Stradling Distributed by Famous Players–Lasky Paramount Pictures Release date January 23, 1916 (1916-01-23) Running time 50 minutes Country United States Languages Silent English intertitles

***The Ragamuffin*** is a 1916 American [silent](/source/Silent_film) [drama film](/source/Drama_film) directed and written by [William C. deMille](/source/William_C._deMille). The film stars [Blanche Sweet](/source/Blanche_Sweet) in a '[Pickfordish](/source/Mary_Pickford_filmography)' style role.[1]

## Cast

- [Blanche Sweet](/source/Blanche_Sweet) - Jenny

- [Tom Forman](/source/Tom_Forman_(actor)) - Bob Van Dyke

- [Minnette Barrett](/source/Minnette_Barrett) - Beth, His Sister

- Mrs. Lewis McCord - Mary

- [Parks Jones](/source/Parks_Jones) - Jack Dexter

- [James Neill](/source/James_Neill_(actor)) - A Broker

- [William Elmer](/source/William_Elmer) - Kelly

- [Agnes de Mille](/source/Agnes_de_Mille) - Jenny, as a child

## See also

- [Blanche Sweet filmography](/source/Blanche_Sweet_filmography)

## Preservation status

- A copy is preserved in the [George Eastman Museum](/source/George_Eastman_Museum).[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [*The Ragamuffin* at silentera.com](http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/R/Ragamuffin1916.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:*..The Ragamuffin*](http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8526/default.html)

## External links

- [*The Ragamuffin*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0007242/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [Still production photos](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304192037/http://silenthollywood.com/theragamuffin1916.html)

v t e Films directed by William C. deMille The Only Son (1914) The Ragamuffin (1916) The Blacklist (1916) The Sowers (1916) The Clown (1916) Common Ground (1916) Anton the Terrible (1916) The Heir to the Hoorah (1916) Hashimura Togo (1917) The Ghost House (1917) The Secret Game (1917) The Widow's Might (1918) One More American (1918) The Honor of His House (1918) Mirandy Smiles (1918) The Mystery Girl (1918) The Tree of Knowledge (1920) Jack Straw (1920) The Prince Chap (1920) Conrad in Quest of His Youth (1920) Midsummer Madness (1921) What Every Woman Knows (1921) The Lost Romance (1921) After the Show (1921) Miss Lulu Bett (1921) Bought and Paid For (1922) Nice People (1922) Clarence (1922) The World's Applause (1923) Grumpy (1923) Only 38 (1923) The Marriage Maker (1923) Don't Call It Love (1923) Icebound (1924) The Bedroom Window (1924) The Fast Set (1924) Locked Doors (1925) Men and Women (1925) Lost: A Wife (1925) New Brooms (1925) The Splendid Crime (1926) The Runaway (1926) For Alimony Only (1926) The Little Adventuress (1927) Craig's Wife (1928) Tenth Avenue (1928) The Doctor's Secret (1929) Midnight Life (1929) The Idle Rich (1929) This Mad World (1930) Passion Flower (1930) Two Kinds of Women (1932) His Double Life (1933)

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