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Foundation date 1 january 1914

Pathé Exchange est une société de production et de distribution cinématographique américaine créée en 1914. Il s'agissait de la filiale de Pathé aux États-Unis.

Best films

Sal of Singapore
Sal of Singapore
(1928) Holiday
Holiday
(1930) The Leatherneck
The Leatherneck
(1929) A Ship Comes In
A Ship Comes In
(1928)
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Filmography of Pathé Exchange (257 films)

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Production

Lonely Wives
Lonely Wives (1931)
, 1h25
Directed by Russell Mack
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Edward Everett Horton, Esther Ralston, Laura La Plante, Patsy Ruth Miller, Spencer Charters, Maude Eburne

Richard "Dickie" Smith (Edward Everett Horton), is a seemingly respectable defense attorney by day, who turns into a philandering Don Juan when the clock strikes 8 o’clock. His wife, Madeline (Esther Ralston), has been away for several months, and is not expected back anytime soon. However, Madeline's mother, Mrs. Mantel (Maude Eburne) is staying with the Smiths, in an effort to curtail the possibility of any straying by Richard. Unbeknownst to her, he has made plans to go out on the town that night with his new, sultry secretary Kitty Minter (Patsy Ruth Miller), and his new sexy client, Diane O'Dare (Laura La Plante), who, a lonely wife herself, wishes to divorce her husband for neglect.
The Painted Desert
The Painted Desert (1931)
, 1h25
Directed by Howard Higgin
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors William Boyd, Clark Gable, Helen Twelvetrees, William Farnum, Edmund Breese, J. Farrell MacDonald

Two cowboy friends, Jeff (J. Farrell MacDonald) and Cash (William Farnum), are traveling through the desert in the southwest U.S., when they come upon a baby who has been abandoned in the back of a covered wagon. They can't leave the defenseless child, so decide to take the baby with them, however, they argue over which of them would be better suited to raising the child. When Cash ends up prevailing in the debate, this creates a lifelong rift between the two friends.
Sin Takes a Holiday
Sin Takes a Holiday (1930)
, 1h15
Directed by Paul L. Stein
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Constance Bennett, Basil Rathbone, Kenneth MacKenna, Rita La Roy, Gino Corrado, Zasu Pitts

Sylvia Brenner is a plain secretary sharing an apartment with her friend, Anne. Her economic condition is meager, but she makes do with what she has. She works for a womanizing divorce attorney, Gaylord Stanton, who only dates married women, since he has no intention of ever getting married, and sees wives as safe, since they already have husbands. But Sylvia is secretly in love with Gaylord. When the woman he is fooling around with, Grace Lawrence, decides to leave her husband in order to marry Gaylord, he panics. In order to avoid having to deal with the matrimonial pursuits of any of his potential dalliances, he offers a business proposal to Sylvia whereby he will provide her with financial remuneration if she will marry him in name only. She agrees.
Her Man
Her Man (1930)
, 1h25
Directed by Tay Garnett
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Phillips Holmes, Helen Twelvetrees, Marjorie Rambeau, James Gleason, Ricardo Cortez, Thelma Todd

A Paris bargirl with tough "protector" falls for young sailor.
Big News
Big News (1929)
, 1h15
Directed by Gregory La Cava
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Robert Armstrong, Carole Lombard, Louis Payne, Wade Boteler, Charles Sellon, Sam Hardy

Steve Banks (Armstrong) is a hard-drinking newspaper reporter. His wife Margaret (Lombard), a reporter for a rival paper, threatens to divorce him if he doesn't quit the drinking that is compromising his career. Steve pursues a story about drug dealers even when his editor fires him. When the editor is murdered, Steve is accused of the killing.
High Voltage
High Voltage (1929)
, 1h3
Directed by Howard Higgin
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors William Boyd, Carole Lombard, Owen Moore, Phillips Smalley, Billy Bevan, Shannon Lee

Billie (Carole Lombard) is on a bus, being hauled in to face felony charges, by Detective Dan (Owen Moore). The bus gets stuck in a snowstorm; and, the passengers meet William Boyd, who is already holed up, in a church, waiting out the storm.
Fifty-Fifty
Fifty-Fifty (1925)
, 50minutes
Directed by Henri Diamant-Berger
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Hope Hampton, Lionel Barrymore, Louise Glaum, Jean Del Val

American millionaire Frederick Harmon (played by Lionel Barrymore) is in Paris, France, for business and pleasure. While enjoying the Parisian night life, he meets and falls in love with Ginette (played by Hope Hampton), a fashion model who moonlights as an apache dancer in a nightclub.
That Girl Montana
That Girl Montana (1921)
, 1h8
Directed by Robert Thornby
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Blanche Sweet, Mahlon Hamilton, Frank Lanning, Edward Peil Sr., Claire Du Brey, Kate Price

As summarized in a film publication, Montana Rivers (Sweet) finally escapes her father who had forced her to wear men's clothing and help in robbing and cheating. She is taken in by friendly Indians and stays at their camp. Later, Akkomi (Edler), chief of the tribe, asks his friend Dan Overton to take the girl as it is not good for her to remain in the camp. Dan provides for "Tana" and falls in love with her but, because of her past, she keeps him at a distance. Jim Harris comes by and recognizes Tana as the boy robber, but when he attempts to blacken her past, Dan gives him a beating which paralyzes him. Jim then stays on with Dan, who regrets his hastiness. Eventually Tana's father appears and demands that Tana go away with him. She refuses but also does not tell Dan of this trouble. Meanwhile, Jim has waited to avenge himself against Tana's father, who previously had run off with Jim's wife and baby. When Tana's outlaw father appears, Jim, whose arms are still strong, strangles him. Jim tells Tana that she is his daughter, the child of the wife who had run away. The film ends with Tana and Dan embracing.
Carolyn of the Corners
Carolyn of the Corners (1919)
, 1h
Directed by Robert Thornby
Genres Drama
Actors Bessie Love, Charlotte Mineau

Young Carolyn May Cameron (Love), is orphaned when her parents are lost at sea. She and her dog Prince leave the family's Harlem flat to go to live with her uncle Joe (Edler) in Maine. She becomes friends with her uncle's former fiancee, Amanda (Mineau), and slowly helps repair their relationship.
The Great Adventure
The Great Adventure (1918)

Directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Bessie Love, Flora Finch, Chester Barnett

An amateur performer (Love) has found local success and acclaim, but dreams of stardom on Broadway. She goes to New York, finds work in a Broadway chorus, and takes over the lead role when the star walks out of the production.