#the ruby ring

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A magical artifact, headstrong heroine, time travel, secret passageways, and a male lead that reminds me of Gilbert Blithe, what a cute little movie.

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June 10, 2020 | The Ruby Ring

The Ruby Ring is a TV movie from 1997. Directed by Harley Cokeliss, it’s about a young woman named Lucy McLaughlin. After her father loses his job, the family moves in with her grandmother. Her grandmother gives her a magic ring, which grants her two wishes. But as is always the case with magic, things don’t go as is wished for. The story is set in the UK (Scotland specifically, I believe), and, frankly, there’s nothing about Egypt in this film... except! Except in one scene, very early on in the movie (at 4:46), we see an artwork on a wall of the grandmother’s house. It’s a painting/drawing of the iconic Queen Nefertiti’s bust (below). The bust is currently located at the Egyptian Museum of Berlin (Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung). A nice prop!

[Screenshot of a scene from The Ruby Ring on YouTube; Image of Nefertiti’s bust from Wikimedia Commons]

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: The Ruby Ring (1997)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Relationships:  Lucy McLaughlin/Robert Langley

Summary:

Lucy makes one last wish.