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

PATHEPICTURES 15 Western Dramas RANGE RIDER SERIES With Leo Maloney These two reel Western dramas are fine clean stories with action, humor, love and fighting in the setting of the great outdoors. ROUGH GOING (M., H.S., J., Ch.) 2 Reels The young rancher helps a bandit to escape from the sheriff and his men because he believes him to be the sweetheart of the girl he loves. The bandit, however, proves to be the brother of the girl and himself an officer of the law in pursuit of two other fugitives whose capture the young rancher has helped to bring about. THE BAR CROSS WAR (M., H.S., J., Ch.) 2 Reels The old cattle rancher forces his daughter to break her engagement to their young neighbor because he refuses to fight with the sheep men who are encroaching on their ranges. When the cattle men learn that he is harboring a sheep herder in his house they demand that he be given up to them and a stiff fight follows. Just in time, however, it is discovered that the supposed herder is the brother of the old rancher who has been lost in the desert and everything ends happily. THE DRIFTER (M., H.S., J., Ch.) 2 Reels The drifter thinks he has found gold and brings his samples to the county clerk to be assayed. Another man also brings in samples which he says come from the old Hicks farm. The clerk had recently sold this land to a widow and her daughter, considering it worthless. When the report shows the second man's samples to be good and the drifter's worthless, the clerk rushes and buys back the farm. Hearing of this the drifter tries to prevent the women from selling it but he is too late. It is then discovered that the reports had been mixed, that the Hicks place is no good after all and the drifter has the gold. So the drifter and the daughter decide to form partnership. DEPUTIZED (M., H.S., J., Ch.) 2 Reels A ranch owner, who is iealous of his young wife, forbids Maloney to visit his home. Maloney loves the wife's sister and tries to bring the iealous husband to reason by ridicule. Maloney is deputized to help capture two murderers, who take refuge in the ranchman's house. The latter, insanely jealous, attacks the deputy and, through his interference, the murderers escape. Maloney rides across countrv and captures them. The jealous husband repents and asks the pardon of his wife and the man he has wronged, while Maloney and the girl decide to marry at once and prevent further complications. HIS OWN LAW (M., H.S., J., Ch.) 2 Reels "The State doesn't want excuses. It wants results." said the captain of the Texas Rangers, when the smuggling of opium became a menace. This story of how one Ranger got results at the risk of his own life and reputation is one well worth seeing. HIS ENEMY'S FRIEND (M., H.S., J., Ch.) 2 Reels The feud between the Carters and the McWades had been waged for several generations when Dale Carter and the daughter of the McMades followed the historic example set by Romeo and Juliet and fell in love. A rival sought to add to the disadvantage of Dale's familv name the proof that he was a cattle thief. But a young son of the clan of McWade. rescued by Dale from a steel trap and tenderly cared for, overheard the plot and convinced his father that Carter was a hero and a proper son-in-law, instead of a thief and an enemy. COME AND GET ME (M., H.S., J., Ch.) 2 Reels The "drifters" joined the force of cowboys on the Bar A ranch. Conners, a regular cowbov and proud of it, is in love with Janet McLeod. daughter of the ranch owner. One of the drifters forces his attentions upon Janet and Conners protects her; whereupon the three confederates rob the ranch safe and accuse Conners. The rest of the story deals with Conner's defense and ultimate victory. UNDER SUSPICION (M., H.S., J., Ch.) 2 Reels The young ranger was sent to work on a large ranch as a regular hand, to discover who on the ranch was smuggling opium. A cache had been hidden in the bunk house by two of the men, but it had been discovered by the ranch owner and his daughter who were trying to get it to the sheriff. When Maloney comes on them with the cache he arrests them but just as they have turned over the opium to him, one of the real smugglers comes along and claims that he is a ranger and in turn arrests Maloney.