Catalog of Pathex Motion Pictures for the Home (1926)

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18 Pathex Motion Pictures "Do Your Stuff" No. C 44 Two Reels $3.50 Paul and his girl, invited by their friends to make a trip through Chinatown, decline on the plea that nothing ever happens there. But when the girl is snatched from his arm and disappears through a narrow doorway, Paul finds adventure a-plenty. He fights his way to her side, after which the "Chinamen" reveal themselves as the friends who wished to give them a thrill. "Finger Prints" No. C 46 Two Reels $3.50 After taking a correspondence school course in detecting, Paul sallies forth in search of criminals. His neighbors object to being used as subjects for his enthusiasm, but he finally discovers that a newcomer in town has the fingerprints of a famous criminal. "Mr. Hyppo" No. C 47 Two Reels $3.50 Mr. Hyppo, famous magician, induces a young man to act as his subject in an exhibition of hypnotic power. But a rival hypnotist sets up a cross-current of vibrations which causes a riot and his arrest when he denounces Hyppo as a fakir. Hyppo takes the fastest way out and escapes by clinging to the ropes of the curtain. "Speed the Swede" No. C 48 Two Reels $3.50 Paul, on a visit to Stockholm, speaks to a pretty Swedish girl in a cafe, and she hands him a note in Swedish which is unintelligible to him. Everyone to whom he presents the note for translation flees until he has the streets to himself. Even the police give him no aid and he never does discover that the note read, "1 have just escaped from the pest house." "Shoot Straight" No. C 49 Two Reels $3.50 Paul becomes involved in an argument with members of the Dead Shot Hunting Lodge as to who shot the duck. But everybody knows that a duck gun is no good when you are chased by a bear, which happened to Paul. "Winner Take AU" No. C 50 Two Reels $3.50 The annual tournament of the Clear Valley Country Club is a particularly notable event because the winner is to receive not only the prize cup but the hand of the president's daughter. Paul is outdistanced by the champion in the golf and diving contests, but comes into his own in the Pogo race through the aid of a goat. "Watch Your Wife" No. C 51 Two Reels $3.50 Paul is sent to investigate the habits of a young wife who is (or maybe isn't) alone all day long. When her husband comes home unexpectedly one afternoon, he and Paul mistake each other for the mysterious stranger and it takes a chase and considerable explaining to show that the mysterious stranger never existed at all.