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Theophile Pathe Films
These subjects are manufactured in Paris and are of a high class, ranking in all essential features with other makes of films.
COMEDY.
P. D. 516X. HAUNTED PORTRAIT. Price, $50.04.
Approximate Length, 417 feet.
An amusing comedy enacted in an entirely original manner.
A young couple have ordered a portrait of the wife's mother, and upon examination thereof at the artist's it is pronounced perfect. The portrait is paid for and removed to the home with great care. When suspended on the wall the picture seems to be such a close resemblance to its original that it is almost life itself and desires to express its appreciation of the honor conferred.
As the man is seated at the table and momentarily turns his back the image assumes life and stoops over and, taking up the wine glass, drains its contents, replaces the glass and resumes its natural composure.
The man is amazed to find his glass empty, and when the second glass and part of his food meets a similar fate he investigates, but finds no clue to the strange disappearance of his luncheon. Changing his seat he resumes the reading of his paper, when some of the edibles are thrown at him. In consternation he arises, and when he scrutinizes the picture closely he finds this to stare back at him and indulge in some uncomplimentary remarks.
When the wife returns to the room after a short absence she accounts for the disheveled and excited condition of her spouse by the limited quantity of wine in the bottle. She admonishes her spouse for his foolishness in blaming the picture for* his troubles and runs out to summon aid. While she is gone another encounter is experienced with the image and, opening the window, he throws out the offending picture just as his wife and several servants return.
"Right is might," and so the husband is able to cope with his wife and servants, all of whom he dispatches as fast as they attack him. Good detail and action in every phase.
P. D. 515X. AN UNLUCKY SUBSTITUTION. Price, $62.04.
Approximate Length, 517 feet.
A ludicrous subject and very accurately depicts the incident of the loss of one as the gain of the other.
Two families of wealth dispatch their servants on errands — one, the family of an army officer, to the milliner's to bring a new hat for the madam, and the other, a merchant's wife, to the market for supplies. The latter purchases a live rabbit and other supplies, all of which he puts into a large basket. Starting for home he meets a friend, the servant of the officer's family, returning from the milliner's with the hat. They stop at a refreshment parlor and both have a few drinks. While thus engaged two boys take the hat from the box and put it in the basket, substituting therefor the rabbit. Without examination, the two men take up their belongings and start for their respective destinations.
At both homes we see the families anxiously awaiting the return of the messengers.
The merchant's wife is in the kitchen upbraiding the cook, who is powerless in the matter. Soon the delayed fellow materializes, and when the girl empties the basket she brings forth the hat
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