Catalogue of Pathépictures Selected for Educational, Religious and Social Groups (1925)

PATHEPICTURES 13 forced to go to work at the only things they can do. St. John drives a hansom cab and his wife takes in sewing. Both find happiness in having some object in life and joy in the association with their son. When they have stood the test for a year the rich uncle has the income resumed and the St. Johns take up their accustomed way of living on a newer, sounder basis. ALICE ADAMS (M., H.S., Ch.) Star: Florence Vidor 7 Reels Booth Tarkington's story of a girl who is on the outer edge of society in a small, narrow Middle Western town, and pathetically striving through pretense and hypocrisy to get a social foothold. When Alice's father, goaded by the mother, who in turn is spurred by social ambitions for her daughter, goes into a business deal that threatens the family with disgrace, Alice realizes the insincerity and fallacy of their position. She goes to work and with a definite and honorable objective to her life finds happiness and satisfaction. THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH (M., H.S.) 6 Reels Josef Swickard and Fritzi Ridgeway This screen interpretation of Dickens' immortal story of home life in an English village is done with beauty and sincerity. TOILERS OF THE SEA (M., H.S.) Lucy Fox and Holmes Herbert 5 Reels Andre, a young Italian fisherman, returns from a voyage to his native village, with tales of vessels that can be bought cheaply. Captain Jean, a retired skipper, whose daughter Helene is betrothed to Andre, gets the villagers to pool their resources for the investment in sailing boats. Andre sails away and months later his ship returns without him. The villagers blame Captain Jean for the loss of their money and his life is saved only through the intercession of the priest. Sandro, who loves Helene and distrusts Andre, goes in search of the missing man and finds him on the Island of Formosa. After a terrific fight Sandro overcomes Andre and takes him and the money back to the village. Captain Jean restores the money to the villagers and Helene and Sandro are married. THE SUPER-SEX— Comedy Drama (H., H.S.) 5 Reels Robert Gordon and Charlotte Pierce From the story, "Miles Brewster and the Super-Sex." Miles Brewster Higgins, age twenty, is in love and resents deeply his mother's failure to realize that he is past the short pants age and Irene Hayes' tendency to make fun of him. When he sees Irene driving around in a roadster with a New York automobile salesman he becomes desperate. Miles is persuaded to invest his savings of $100 in oil stock. A gusher is struck and Miles is hailed as the richest young man in town. He gets everything he ever wanted on credit, learns that the oil company has failed, considers fleeing from the sheriff to South America but decides to stay and face the music. Helen decides she loves him and then he learns that the gusher was a real one and that his family have told him otherwise to test him. TWENTY A WEEK (M., H.S., J., Ch.) 5 Reels George Arliss, Edith Roberts and Ronald Coleman John Reeves, head of a big steel corporation, has made a success of everything in life but fatherhood. His only son, Chester, is averse to work and bent on pleasure. When Reeves tells Chester he will cut his allowance to $20 a week, the young man says he is asking the impossible. Whereupon Reeves tells him that it is not impossible and that he will prove it by taking a $20 iob and living on his salary. The story of how the two men work out their separate problems with unexpected and amusing results, makes one of the best pictures seen on the screen in years. THE LYING TRUTH (M.) 5 Reels Marjorie Daw, Tully Marshall, Pat O'Malley and Noah Beery. When O'Hara's wife dies he turns his son over to Sam Claiborne to be brought up with Claiborne's son. > When the children are grown. Sam Claiborne, Jr.. becomes a drug addict, so his dying father leaves everything, including his country newspaper, to Bill O'Hara. O'Hara in order to make news for his paper starts to clean un some territory which belongs to deMuidde, the town political boss. In revenge deMuidde boycotts his paper and when Sarn Claiborne, Jr., is found murdered, he accuses O'Hara, who cannot prove himself innocent. He is convicted on circumstantial evidence and is about to^ be lynched when Mrs. Claiborne produces a note from her son, proving he committed^ suiciile. DeMuidnV realizing his error, starts the newspaper again for Bill and gives his consent to Bill's marriage with his daughter, Sue. ONE MILLION IN JEWELS (M.) 6 Reels J. P. McGowan, Helen Holmes and Elinor Fair Burke, a Secret Service officer, goes to Havana to prevent Helen Morgan, an interna