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

38 PATHEPICTURES The Spat Family Comedies A new series of comedies that holds up to ridicule the habit common in too many families of quarreling over trivial things. Through a series of naive adventures an Englishman, his American wife and brother-in-law quarrel incessantly and amusingly, thereby adding greatly to the complication of mishaps. LET'S BUILD (M., H.S.) 2 Reels The Spats decide to solve the building problem by erecting their own home. None of them knows anything about building, but each thinks he — or she — does. The number of things that can happen to boards, paint, plaster and bricks makes a series of sidesplitting incidents. HEAVY SEAS (M., H.S.) 2 Reels The Spats visit Coney Island, and Mrs. Spat takes a chance on a yacht, and wins. Although they know nothing about yachting they decide to take a trip. Everything wrong that could possibly happen, happens to them until they end up in despair and return home by a motor boat. ROUGHING IT (M., H.S.) 2 Reels Tewkesbury Spat buys a gold mine and his wife and her brother, Ambrose, accompany him when he goes West to see it. When they leave the station Ambrose decides they can do without a guide and that he will take charge. After one day and one night, they are glad to sell the mine back, until they learn too late that it contains oil. THE GREAT OUTDOORS (M., H.S., J.) 2 Reels Tewkesbury Spat's rich uncle offers him a large sum of money if he, his wife and his brother-in-law will live for sixty days in the woods without servants or modern conveniences. The Spats display their ignorance of woodcraft and their carelessness starts a forest fire that costs more than the amount gained by their exile. HELP ONE ANOTHER (M„ H.S.) 2 Reels The Spats decide to paint their own house and save money. They discharge the painters engaged for the job, don overalls and coveralls and start to work. When they've covered with paint everything in the house, including themselves, they call for the union men to undo all they've done and start afresh. THE DARKEST HOUSE (M., H.S.) 2 Reels Tewkesbury Spat's American brother-in-law decides to make some home brew, in spite of the protests of his family. When the police come to the neighborhood in search of an escaped convict the Spats attempt to conceal the evidence of their clandestine enterprise but hops, like murder, will out and morning finds the Spats a chastened and sober household. POLITICAL PULL (M., H.S.) 2 Reels Mrs. Spat's brother is trying to get a political job and through one of his friends he asks the Governor to dinner. A brick promoter comes to the house and is mistaken for the Governor. He has eaten dinner and persuaded, Mrs. Spat's brother to sign papers for several thousand shares of brick stock before they discover that he is not the expected guest. HIT THE HIGH SPOTS (M., H.S.) 2 Reels Angelica and Tewkesbury Spat and Angelica's brother, Ambrose, decide to spend the summer climbing mountains in Switzerland. Ambrose decides that they need practice so they get full Alpine equipment and go on a trip, but their expedition is attended with numerous and varied mishaps. When they slide down a mountain into their waiting automobile they just stay in it and go back to a less strenuous existence. SUFFERING SHAKESPEARE (M., H.S.) 2 Reels The Spats arrange private theatricals for charity, with themselves as the cast and all the neighbors as audience. Everything that possibly can goes wrong, but the Spats are too busy with their own parts to notice that everyone has gone home and they're playing to empty seats.