Catalog of Pathex Motion Pictures for the Home (1927)

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20 Pathex Motion Pictures Stan Laurel in "Suds" No. C 60 One Reel $1.75 What right has the manager of the laundry to be inside the washing machine when the new helper puts the dirty clothes and suds in and starts the machinery? Stan is industrious and ambitious, but when the manager is rescued the laundry and street look as if a cyclone had struck. But Stan's finish is an easy one when the ceiling falls, shooting Stan and two policemen into a pile of soiled shirts. Stan Laurel in "The Whole Truth" No. C 61 One Reel $1.75 Arrested for deserting his wife, Stan, in court is administered a "truth serum" to obtain his story. His tale of having been drugged and unconscious for thirty days is accepted and he is forgiven, but even under the serum "the truth is not in him." Stan Laurel in "Stick to Work" No. C 64 Two Reels $3.50 Efficiency strikes the Warpco Lumber Mills when the manager decides that the men are doing too much loafing and picks Stan as the subject for a demonstration of the modern art of slave-driving. Stan finally rebels, and after much discussion decides to vent his feelings in a physical onslaught on the foreman. But the manager happens along, inadvertently steps into the firing line and gets the accumulated resentment of the help in one blow. "West Is West" No. C 66 One Reel $1.75 Here's what comes to young people as a result of reading tales of adventure before bedtime. Bob, in a dream, sees himself rescuing a beautiful girl from a bad man in a Western town, and is rewarded with a kiss. But Bob's romance fades when he awakes and finds that his impression of the kiss was caused by Rags, the dog, licking his face. Stan Laurel in "Pick and Shovel" No. C 67 One Reel $1.75 In a coal mine every piece of apparatus has its uses and the miner's lamp should serve only one purpose — for lighting. But Stan brings his into rather too intimate relations with the anatomies of his fellow workers, making him decidedly unpopular. He has better success in his love-making with the superintendent's daughter until her father breaks it up and sends him back to his tools. Stan Laurel in "A Man About Town" No. C 69 Two Reels $3.50 A timid young traveler by street car is told to change to the same car as a certain young lady. But the young lady has several errands before taking the trolley, and