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

PATHEPICTURES 37 Hal Roach Comedies STARRING STAN LAUREL In this series of comedies the ingenuous, impish Stan Laurel holds up to ridicule the inner workings of various industries through a series of adventures in shop, mine, garage and other places of business. ROUGHEST AFRICA (MEN'S GROUPS) 2 Reels Burlesque on the popular African wild animal pictures. FROZEN HEARTS (M.,H.S.) 2 Reels laurel is a poor and simple Russian peasant whose sweetheart has been abducted by one of the Czar's officers and carried away to become a dancer. Laurel follows to rescue the girl. MOTHER'S JOY (M., H.S.) 2 Reels Stan is his mother's spoiled darling, an overgrown lad of twenty summerSj who upsets the household and the community in his role of returned prodigal. THE SOILERS (M., H.S.) 2 Reels This burlesque on Rex Beach's story, "The Spoilers," follows the plot of the original story more closely than is customary in this form of comedy. The scenes of the blowing up of the mine and the light are given special emphasis. NEAR DUBLIN (M., H.S.) 2 Reels Stan is the village postman in a small town in Ireland. He reads all the letters first, and gets into trouble with the Squire, who promptly kills him. But Laurel is not dead, which the town constable realizes, and when the "trial" takes place he is on hand to prove the fact. SMITHY (M., H.S.) 2 Reels Smithy is a private in the army. His particular division is discharged and Smithy takes up building as a profession. The new office boy of the firm gets him mixed up with another Mr. Smith, so that "Smithy" is put in charge during the absence of the head, much to the rage of his fellow workers. When the mistake is cleared up Smithy decides it is best to join the army again. POSTAGE DUE (M., H.S., J.) 2 Reels Stan mails a letter without a stamp and spends the rest of two reels trying to recover it before the Inspector gets him. He goes the way of all letters, through chutes and bags, with the Inspector after him. ZEB VS PAPRIKA (M., H.S., J.) 2 Reels A burlesque on the famous Zev-Papyrus race. Stan is an English jockey who is to ride Paprika in the great race. He has a terrible time keeping on the horse, but he wins, only to find that he has won with the wrong horse. BROTHERS UNDER THE CHIN (M., H.S.) 2 Reels Laurel and his twin brother both have birth marks in the form of a "/-" under their chins. Early in life Stan is adopted by a wealthy family while his brother goes to sea. When they have grown up Stan is shanghaied and the brothers discover each other. RUPERT OF HEE HAW (M.) 2 Reels Burlesque on "Rupert of Hentzau." The Queen writes a note to her English lover, which is intercepted by the villain. The Englishman goes through everything to recover the note, only to find that it contains his dismissal in favor of another. WIDE OPEN SPACES (M.) 2 Reels Laurel is a settler, trying to keep his land in spite of real estate agents. His rival does his best to get the land and their efforts end in a general shooting party.