Descriptive Catalogue of Pathescope De Luxe Special Features (1922)

REEL NO. TITLE PRODUCER His father, Isaac Nelson, is the president of the Farmers' State Bank in the little town where he is generally known as "Tightwad" Nelson. His word has always been the law in his little home and he decrees that the son shall work on the Fourth of July although the son has already asked Mary, his country sweetheart to attend the celebration at a nearby resort. However, on the morning of the Fourth, after the father has departed from home, the mother tells Everett that she will take his place in the fields and with rejoicing in his heart he starts with his horse and buggy for his girl and Beeler's Bend. He was bedecked in a new suit of clothes, purchased with money earned by his mother at carpet weaving and originally intended for the buying of a much coveted and long wanted silk dress for herself, but willingly sacrificed in the usual mother spirit. At the height of the games at Beeler's Bend, Jsaac Newton drives past just in time to see his son trying to ride the bucking mule, and orders him home. After a stormy scene at home that night, Everett leaves the farm and makes for New York City, first bidding Mary goodby and promising to send for her as soon as he makes money enough. The scene shifts to New York with Everett looking for work and Seligman looking for a new and original act for Seligman's Review at the Palais Royale. Although Everett's application is for the job of stage hand they discover that he can do a dance that is a great mirth provoker. Seligman elaborates this dance, gives it a rural setting and an overall clad chorus and it proves the hit of the season. The boy is placed under contract for two years at what to country people looked like an enormous salary, when the news reached his home town via the newspaper route. In the meantine an alarming rumor has been started regarding some investments made by the Farmers' State Bank, and while the rumor is not founded on fact a run on the bank ensues. This continues for two days until the bank's cash is nearly exhausted and the father is at his wit's end, as he is unable to raise any more money either as president of the bank or on his personal note. As a last resort, the mother sends Mary to Everett in New York City for financial aid and Everett responds by coming in person and bringing with him in one dollar bills the five thousand dollar bonus given him by Seligman when the contract was signed. The necessary delay occasioned by payment being made in bills of such small denomination, and the confidence inspired by the presence of Everett, whom they regarded as a second Croesus, saved the day and the run was stopped. The father and son were reconciled, Everett broke the joyful tidings that he and Mary had been married the night before, and the young couple started back for New York and fame and fortune. Rental, $12.00 per night. DA-733 to 736 "The Rink" Mutual Featuring Charlie Chaplin. Chaplin, who is employed as a waiter, disrupts the peace and cuisine of the restaurant by his bubbling wit to such an extent as to nearly ruin his employer's business, although he shifts the blame to another. At noon he leaves the restaurant for his lunch and during the hour drops into a skating rink for a little diversion from his usual routine. While he is amusing himself in the rink he meets an heiress and poses as a foreign nobleman. Struck by his appearance she invites nim to her exclusive roller-skating party that night. Charlie arrives and immediately causes so much disturbance by his nonsense that the other guests attempt to throw him out. After some good slapstick comedy and unusually clever skating, Chaplin eludes all his pursuers and makes a clean "getaway". Rental, $5.00 per night [12]