page_title: Ruth Stonehouse
section_title: Film career
hierarchical_section_title: Ruth Stonehouse / Film career
caption_attribution_description: English: Still from the American crime drama film The Edge of the Law (1917) with Ruth Stonehouse in bed and, at right, Lloyd Whitlock and Lydia Yeamans Titus, on page 30 of the October 6, 1917 Exhibitors Herald. The actors portraying the nurse, doctor, and maid are not identified.
context_page_description: Ruth Stonehouse was an actress and film director during the silent film era. Her stage career started at the age of eight as a dancer in Arizona shows.
context_section_description: Stonehouse worked for Triangle Film Corporation and Universal Pictures during a career which extended from 1911 until 1928. A few years prior in 1907, she was a founding member of Essanay Film Manufacturing Company. She also signed on to work on Cyrus J. Williams' productions. Having experience here helped Stonehouse begin her directing career later on as she moved to different stations. Her androgynous appearance was most apparent in the role of Nancy Glenn and in the 1917 motion picture, The Edge of the Law. She performed in comedies and dramas such as the patriotic film Doing Her Bit (1917), which was directed by Jack Conway.
  In 1917, Stonehouse directed the films Daredevil Dan, A Walloping Time, The Winning Pair, A Limb of Satan, Puppy Love, and Tacky Sue's Romance. These movies were one-reel orphan asylum pictures, the first of which was entitled Mary Ann.
caption: Still from The Edge of the Law (1917) with Stonehouse in bed and (right) Lloyd Whitlock and Lydia Yeamans Titus.
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