Descriptive Catalogue of Pathéscope Films (1918)

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102 CLASS 9— Dramas REEL NO. TITLE PRODUCER with the maid, pays the prison penalty for her crime, but after serving his sentence, returns in time to prevent the wedding of the unscrupulous maid to the son. 678 A Home Without Children Pathe A kind-hearted wife's love for children causes her to forgive her husband's earlier indiscretion, and to accept as her own, his motherless child. 688 and 689 The Madman of Marner's Valley Pathe This is a French reproduction of an American film, staged apparently in the West, or in some new part of the country where the settlers are pioneers. The prospector's daughter is accidentally killed by a blast on the railroad construction and her father, crazed with grief, imagines that one of the neighbor's daughters is his own child. He kidnaps this little girl and secretes her in a deserted cabin, from which she is rescued by a relief party just in time to avoid denth by drowning. 690 The Corporal's Stripes Pathe The awarding of the corporals stripes to a soldier who is wounded while chasing a tramp after the latter has stolen some bread from an old man. 693 to 698 A Huge Dowry Pathe A wealthy young girl being harassed by many young men pretending to love her, but really after her money, accepts Gastinol's wife's invitation to go to the country with her under an assumed name. Gastinol and his wife, unscrupulous people, arrange with a young man to meet the heiress and to give them a large sum of money the day he receives her dowry. The young people meet, fall in love and are married, but the husband's life is made miserable by Gastinol demanding large sums of money or threatening to tell his wife of the contract. Finally the husband, unable to endure it any longer, confesses to his wife and is about to leave for America, when she forgives him and prevents his departure. 700 to 705 Papa Hulin Pathe Papa Hulin, an old sculptor, is made godfather of little Adrienne,, whose parents have died. Adrienne grows to the age of 10 under Papa Hulin's care, when her father's parents receive word of her. They assert their right to the child. Papa Hulin gives her up, but Adrienne is very unhappy in her new home and grieves until she becomes sick. Papa Hulin also grows sick with grief but the same physician attending them both, succeeds in reuniting them. 710 The Benevolent Policeman Pathe A constable in substituting good money for bad saves a poor man from jail. 715 The Poor Man's Share Pathe Little Marie's charity to a poor old tramp, Avho had been refused food and a place to sleep by her mother, is amply repaid by his timely assistance when three thieves attempt to rob her home.