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First official close-up of C. W. Ruggles, Jr., dictating his " Confessions."
My Confessions"
By Charles Wesley Ruggles, Jr.
Son of Wesley Ruggles, the director; and nephew of Charlie Ruggles, the comedian
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ELLO, everybody! I'm the new baby at Wesley Ruggles' house.
I'm still just a kid — was born February 4, to be exact, but oh boy, what I've learned about this funny old world !
Before I came here we unborn children used to wonder where we'd land and if we would really like our parents. It's an awful gamble, you know, sight unseen and everything. We'd get into a huddle and thrash out the possibilities. We might be born in the South Seas, or in India, or France, or in Arizona. Anyway, it helped pass the time while we waited.
Xow I always had a leaning toward sunny California and motion pictures, so you can imagine my delight when I found my mother was pretty Arline Judge, my father, Wesley Ruggles, and Hollywood my home.
Then, there's my Uncle Charlie Ruggles. He's fun. I'm named for him and my dad ; I'm Charles Wesley. Sometimes Wesley explodes, "Here I've waited fortythree years for a baby and my brother gets the first billing!"
The day I was born father stayed at the hospital with mother and me — guess he needed some moral support for he sent out an S.O.S. for Uncle Charlie, who cut a date at the studio and came rushing to us. When he saw me he gasped, "Is — is that it?" Then he gave me a wink and I knew we were going to be pals.
"Pardon me for boasting, but you really think my mother is the prettiest young star in Hollywood? And my dad — there he is, holding me in the picture at the right, (I was just a baby then), — is pretty nice, too."