List of Pathé Exchange films

Pathé Exchange, commonly known as Pathé, was an American film production and distribution company, largely of Hollywood's silent era. Known for its groundbreaking newsreel and wide array of shorts, it grew out of the American division of the major French studio Pathé Frères, which began distributing films in the United States in 1904. Ten years later, it produced the enormously successful The Perils of Pauline, a twenty-episode serial that came to define the genre. The American operation was incorporated as Pathé Exchange toward the end of 1914 and spun off as an independent entity in 1921. The following year, it released Robert J. Flaherty's influential documentary Nanook of the North. Other notable feature releases included the controversial drama Sex (1920) and director/producer Cecil B. DeMille's smash-hit biblical epic The King of Kings (1927). For much of the 1920s, Pathé distributed the shorts of comedy pioneers Hal Roach and Mack Sennett and innovative animator Paul Terry. Famed comedian Harold Lloyd starred under the Pathé banner in both shorts and features for Roach and then in three features for his own production company.

Advertisement for The Freshman (1925), last of the Harold Lloyd features released by Pathé Exchange. Lloyd's production company was one of the many independent firms whose films were distributed by Pathé.

In late 1926, investment banker Elisha Walker acquired control of the studio through his Blair & Co. firm, subsequently bringing in financier and Hollywood maestro Joseph P. Kennedy as a co-owner and managing director. Finally, in January 1931, most of its assets, including its motion picture production facilities, employee contracts, and distribution exchanges, were acquired by the major RKO Pictures studio, which established a semiautonomous, short-lived RKO Pathé division. (Three films completed by Pathé Exchange, two already in release, also became RKO properties.) While Pathé Exchange continued to exist as a holding company for minor assets not included in the sale, it was no longer a film production or distribution company.

Filmography

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1910s

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Title Status
Excuse Me (1915) extant
The Greater Will (1915) lost
Via Wireless (1915) extant
Arms and the Woman (1916) lost
The Romantic Journey (1916) lost
The Test (1916) extant
Big Jim Garrity (1916) extant
Patria (1917) incomplete
Sylvia of the Secret Service (1917) lost
The Angel Factory (1917) incomplete
The Little Patriot (1917) lost
Runaway Romany (1917) lost
Vengeance Is Mine (1917) lost
Over the Hill (1917) lost
Her New York (1917) lost
Kick In (1917) lost
The Image Maker (1917) lost
Twin Kiddies (1917) extant
Eye for an Eye (1917) extant
Sold at Auction (1917) lost
Her Life and His (1917) lost
The Vicar of Wakefield (1917) extant
Crime and Punishment (1917) lost
Her Beloved Enemy (1917) lost
The Empress (1917) extant
Told at Twilight (1917) Extant
Mary Lawson's Secret (1917) lost
When Love Was Blind (1917) lost
Sunshine and Gold (1917) extant
The Neglected Wife (1917) incomplete
The Recoil (1917) incomplete
The Candy Girl (1917) lost
The Iron Heart (1917) lost
An Amateur Orphan (1917) lost
Blind Man's Luck (1917) lost
The Fires of Youth (1917) extant
The Woman in White (1917) extant
The Fatal Ring (1917) unclear
The Cigarette Girl (1917) extant
It Happened to Adele (1917) unclear
The Last of the Carnabys (1917) lost
The Mad Lover (1917) lost
The On-the-Square Girl (1917) lost
The Streets of Illusion (1917) extant
Miss Nobody (1917) extant
Tears and Smiles (1917) lost
War and the Woman (1917) extant
Under False Colors (1917) lost
A Crooked Romance (1917) lost
Stranded in Arcady (1917) extant
The Heart of Ezra Greer (1917) lost
The Mark of Cain (1917) extant
Convict 993 (1918) lost
Innocent (1918) lost
The Other Woman (1918) lost
Loaded Dice (1918) lost
The Naulahka (1918) extant
Daddy's Girl (1918) lost
The Great Adventure (1918) extant
The House of Hate (1918) incomplete
The Hillcrest Mystery (1918) lost
Mrs. Slacker (1918) extant
Ruler of the Road (1918) extant
How Could You, Caroline? (1918) lost
The Mysterious Client (1918) lost
More Trouble (1918) lost
The Yellow Ticket (1918) lost
A Daughter of the West (1918) lost
For Sale (1918) lost
Kidder and Ko (1918) lost
The Voice of Destiny (1918) incomplete
A Little Sister of Everybody (1918) lost
Annexing Bill (1918) lost
The Ghost of Rosy Taylor (1918) extant
The First Law (1918) extant
Waifs (1918) incomplete
Ghost of the Rancho (1918) incomplete
Hands Up (1918) lost
The Eyes of Julia Deep (1918) extant
Her Man (1918) extant
The Bells (1918) lost
A Japanese Nightingale (1918) extant
Money Isn't Everything (1918) lost
Border Raiders (1918) extant
Hobbs in a Hurry (1918) lost
Rosemary Climbs the Heights (1918)
All the World to Nothing (1918) lost
Wives and Other Wives (1918) lost
The Narrow Path (1918) lost
Two-Gun Betty (1918) lost
Fair Enough (1918) lost
The Drifters (1919) lost
The Midnight Stage (1919) extant
The Lightning Raider (1919) incomplete
When a Man Rides Alone (1919) lost
Fighting Through (1919) lost
The Amazing Impostor (1919) lost
Terror of the Range (1919) lost
Todd of the Times (1919) lost
Come Again Smith (1919) lost
Molly of the Follies (1919) lost
Common Clay (1919) lost
Where the West Begins (1919) extant
Carolyn of the Corners (1919) lost
The Forfeit (1919) lost
The Little Diplomat (1919) lost
The Twin Pawns (1919) extant
The End of the Game (1919) extant
Brass Buttons (1919) extant
Thunderbolts of Fate (1919) extant
The Silver Girl (1919) incomplete
Gates of Brass (1919) lost
The Intrusion of Isabel (1919) lost
As a Man Thinks (1919) lost
The Tiger's Trail (1919) fragment
Unknown Love (1919) extant
The Best Man (1919) lost
The Cry of the Weak (1919) lost
Charge It to Me (1919) lost
Some Liar (1919) lost
All Wrong (1919) lost
A Bachelor's Wife (1919) lost
The Bishop's Emeralds (1919) lost
Trixie from Broadway (1919) lost
A Sporting Chance (1919) extant
Oh, Boy! (1919) extant
The Profiteers (1919) lost
Sahara (1919) extant
Yvonne from Paris (1919) lost
Our Better Selves (1919) lost
The Tiger Lily (1919) lost
The Blue Bonnet (1919) lost
A White Man's Chance (1919) lost
The Westerners (1919) lost
This Hero Stuff (1919) lost
The World Aflame (1919) lost
The Thirteenth Chair (1919) lost
The Love Cheat (1919) lost
Six Feet Four (1919) extant
The Virtuous Model (1919) extant
The False Code (1919) fragment
Impossible Catherine (1919) extant
A Damsel in Distress (1919) incomplete
The Moonshine Trail (1919) lost
Bound and Gagged (1919) incomplete
The Hellion (1919) lost
The Black Secret (1919) incomplete
A Woman of Pleasure (1919) lost
You Never Know Your Luck (1919) extant
The Bandbox (1919) lost
Fighting Cressy (1919) lost
The Right to Lie (1919) extant
Desert Gold (1919) lost
Dawn (1919) lost
Brothers Divided (1919) lost
The A.B.C. of Love (1919) extant
The Lord Loves the Irish (1919) extant
The Lone Wolf's Daughter (1919) extant
The Prince and Betty (1919) lost
The Adventures of Ruth (1919) lost
The Capitol (1919) extant
Eve in Exile (1919) extant
The Joyous Liar (1919) lost

1920s

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Title Status
My Husband's Other Wife (1920) Lost Film
The Web of Deceit (1920) Extant
Sex (1920) Extant
Live Sparks (1920) Lost Film
The Sagebrusher (1920) Lost Film
Other Men's Shoes (1920) Extant
Daredevil Jack (1920) Incomplete
Respectable by Proxy (1920) Lost Film
The Valley of Tomorrow (1920) Lost Film
Smoldering Embers (1920) Lost Film
In Walked Mary (1920) Extant
The Dangerous Talent (1920) Lost Film
Tarnished Reputations (1920) Lost Film
The Deadlier Sex (1920) Extant
Lifting Shadows (1920) Extant
Trailed by Three (1920) Lost Film
The Blood Barrier (1920) Lost Film
The Harvest Moon (1920) Lost Film
Rio Grande (1920) Lost Film
The Honey Bee (1920) Lost Film
Riders of the Dawn (1920) Lost Film
Dollar for Dollar (1920) Extant
The Thirtieth Piece of Silver (1920) Lost Film
Simple Souls (1920) Lost Film
The Third Eye (1920) Lost Film
Number 99 (1920) Lost Film
The House of Toys (1920) Lost Film
Passers By (1920) Extant
A Broadway Cowboy (1920) Extant
One Hour Before Dawn (1920) Extant
The Green Flame (1920) Lost Film
Man and His Woman (1920) Lost Film
The Silent Barrier (1920) Lost Film
The Week-End (1920) Lost Film
The Girl in the Web (1920) Lost Film
Lahoma (1920) Lost Film
Pirate Gold (1920) Lost Film
Love Madness (1920) Extant
Ruth of the Rockies (1920) Incomplete
The House of the Tolling Bell (1920) Lost Film
The Dwelling Place of Light (1920) Lost Film
Felix O'Day (1920) Lost Film
Help Wanted - Male (1920) Lost Film
The Kentucky Colonel (1920) Lost Film
A Light Woman (1920) Lost Film
The Riddle: Woman (1920) Lost Film
$30,000 (1920) Lost Film
The Forbidden Valley (1920) Lost Film
Half a Chance (1920) Lost Film
The House of Whispers (1920) Lost Film
The Money Changers (1920) Lost Film
The Blue Moon (1920) Lost Film
Her Unwilling Husband (1920) Lost Film
The Devil to Pay (1920) Lost Film
The Brute Master (1920) Extant
The U.P. Trail (1920) Lost Film
The Tiger's Coat (1920) Extant
The Gamesters (1920) Lost Film
Dice of Destiny (1920) Lost Film
The Empire of Diamonds (1920) Lost Film
The Broken Gate (1920) Lost Film
That Girl Montana (1921) Extant
What Women Will Do (1921) Lost Film
The Devil (1921) Extant
The Killer (1921) Lost Film
The Sage Hen (1921) Lost Film
The Spenders (1921) Lost Film
When We Were 21 (1921) Lost Film
Sunset Jones (1921) Lost Film
Payment Guaranteed (1921) Lost Film
The Lure of Egypt (1921) Lost Film
The Rider of the King Log (1921) Lost Film
The Heart Line (1921) Lost Film
The Butterfly Girl (1921) Lost Film
Without Benefit of Clergy (1921) Extant
The Yellow Arm (1921) Lost Film
The Money Maniac (1921) Lost Film
Their Mutual Child (1921) Lost Film
The Power Within (1921) Lost Film
The Honor of Rameriz (1921) (short) Lost Film
The Spirit of the Lake (1921) (short) Lost Film
The Heart of Doreon (1921) (short) Incomplete
Nanook of the North (1922) Extant
Lonesome Corners (1922) Lost Film
Safety Last! (1923) Extant
The Call of the Wild (1923) Extant
The Extra Girl (1923) Extant
The King of Wild Horses (1924) Extant
Girl Shy (1924) Extant
Battling Orioles (1924) Extant
Dynamite Smith (1924) Extant
Hot Water (1924) Extant
The White Sheep (1924) Extant
Battling Bunyan (1924) Extant
Barriers Burned Away (1925) Extant
Black Cyclone (1925) Extant
Bad Company (1925) Lost Film
Back to Life (1925) Lost Film
Percy (1925) Lost Film
Heir-Loons (1925) Lost Film
The Freshman (1925) Extant
North Star (1925) Lost Film
Lover's Island (1925) Lost Film
Stop, Look and Listen (1926) Incomplete
Pirates of the Sky (1926) Lost Film
Driftin' Thru (1926) Extant
The Seventh Bandit (1926) fragment
The Frontier Trail (1926) Lost Film
The Little Firebrand (1926) Lost Film
The High Hand (1926) Lost Film
Atta Boy (1926) Extant
Raggedy Rose (1926) Extant
The Outlaw Express (1926) Lost Film
The Trunk Mystery (1926) Lost Film
The Devil Horse (1926) Extant
Satan Town (1926) Incomplete
The Long Loop on the Pecos (1926) Lost Film
Snowed In (serial) (1926) Lost Film
The Cyclone Cowboy (1927) Extant
Play Safe (1927) Extant
His First Flame (1927) Extant
Between Dangers (1927) Lost Film
The Galloping Gobs (1927) Extant
The Man from Hard Pan (1927) Lost Film
The Ridin' Rowdy (1927) Lost Film
The Princess on Broadway (1927) Incomplete
Tearin' Into Trouble (1927) Lost Film
The Arizona Whirlwind (1927) Extant
The Fightin' Comeback (1927) Lost Film
Spuds (1927) Extant
Horse Shoes (1927) Extant
The King of Kings (1927) Synchronized Score
Technicolor Sequences
Extant
Pathe's First Sound Feature
No Man's Law (1927) Extant
The Eyes of the Totem (1927) Extant
The Heart of the Yukon (1927) Lost Film
Don Desperado (1927) Extant
Avenging Fangs (1927) Lost Film
The Meddlin' Stranger (1927) Lost Film
Code of the Cow Country (1927) Lost Film
Pals in Peril (1927) Lost Film
Two-Gun of the Tumbleweed (1927) Extant
His Dog (1927) Extant
Skedaddle Gold (1927) Lost Film
Hidden Aces (1927) Extant
White Pebbles (1927) Lost Film
The Fighting Eagle (1927) Extant
The Phantom Buster (1927) Lost Film
Land of the Lawless (1927) Incomplete
The Interferin' Gent (1927) Lost Film
Roarin' Broncs (1927) Lost Film
The Girl from Everywhere (1927) Technicolor Sequences
The Country Doctor (1927) Extant
Border Blackbirds (1927) Incomplete
Born to Battle (1927) Extant
The Soda Water Cowboy (1927) Lost Film
The Angel of Broadway (1927) Lost Film
Ride 'em High (1927) Incomplete
A Harp in Hock (1927) Lost Film
The Obligin' Buckaroo (1927) Incomplete
Combat (1927) Lost Film
The Wise Wife (1927) Lost Film
Dress Parade (1927) Extant
The Forbidden Woman (1927) Extant
The Main Event (1927) Extant
The Girl in the Pullman (1927) Extant
The Wreck of the Hesperus (1927) Lost Film
Turkish Delight (1927) Extant
Hoof Marks (1927) Extant
Burnt Fingers (1927) Lost Film
Gold from Weepah (1927) Lost Film
His Foreign Wife (1927) Lost Film
Flying Luck (1927) Extant
The Desert of the Lost (1927) Extant
My Friend from India (1927) Extant
Chicago (1927) Extant
Almost Human (1927) Extant
A Blonde for a Night (1928) fragment
Midnight Madness (1928) Extant
Skyscraper (1928) Extant
The Cop (1928) Extant
Man-Made Women (1928) Extant
Power (1928) Extant
Hold 'Em Yale (1928) Extant
The Godless Girl (1928) Part-Talkie
Extant
Captain Swagger (1928) Synchronized Score
Extant
Desperate Courage (1928) Extant
Laddie Be Good (1928) Lost Film
The Valley of Hunted Men (1928) Extant
The Red Mark (1928) Extant
The Bronc Stomper (1928) Lost Film
Marlie the Killer (1928) Extant
The Avenging Shadow (1928) Extant
The Black Ace (1928) Extant
The Flyin' Buckaroo (1928) Lost Film
Fangs of Fate (1928) Lost Film
Let 'Er Go Gallegher (1928) Extant
Yellow Contraband (1928) Lost Film
Marked Money (1928) Synchronized Score
Extant
Walking Back (1928) Extant
The Law's Lash (1928) Extant
Saddle Mates (1928) Extant
The Boss of Rustler's Roost (1928) Extant
The Apache Raider (1928) Lost Film
The Bullet Mark (1928) Lost Film
Stand and Deliver (1928) Extant
The Ballyhoo Buster (1928) Lost Film
The Border Patrol (1928) Extant
Crashing Through (1928) Lost Film
The Cowboy Cavalier (1928) Lost Film
The Spieler (1928) Part-Talkie
Extant
Soundtrack Lost Film
Ned McCobb's Daughter (1928) Synchronized Score
Lost Film Film
Celebrity (1928) Extant
The Night Flyer (1928) Extant
The Leopard Lady (1928) Lost Film
Annapolis (1928) Synchronized Score
Extant
The Shady Lady (1928) Part-Talkie
Lost Film Film
Love Over Night (1928) Extant
A Perfect Gentleman (1928) Extant
Craig's Wife (1928) Lost Film
Tenth Avenue (1928) Lost Film
The Blue Danube (1928) Extant
On to Reno (1928) Extant
A Ship Comes In (1928) Extant
The Bride of the Colorado (1928)
What Price Beauty? (1928) Lost Film
Show Folks (1928) Part-Talkie
Extant
Pathe's First Feature With Dialogue
The Rush Hour (1928) Extant
Sal of Singapore (1929) Part-Talkie
Extant
Sin Town (1929) Lost Film
Geraldine (1929) Part-Talkie
Extant
Noisy Neighbors (1929) Part-Talkie
Lost Film Film
.45 Calibre War (1929) Lost Film
The Leatherneck (1929) Part-Talkie
Extant
The Office Scandal (1929) Part-Talkie
Extant
Square Shoulders (1929) Synchronized Score
Extant
Hawk of the Hills (1929) Synchronized Score
Extant
Strange Cargo (1929) All-Talking
Extant
Pathe's First All-Talkie Feature
Mother's Boy (1929) All-Talking
Extant
The Flying Fool (1929) All-Talking
Extant
High Voltage (1929) All-Talking
Extant
Paris Bound (1929) All-Talking
Extant
The Awful Truth (1929) All-Talking
Lost Film Film
Lucky in Love (1929) All-Talking
Lost Film Film
The Sophomore (1929) All-Talking
Silent Version Extant
Soundtrack Discs Extant
Big News (1929) All-Talking
Extant
Sailor's Holiday (1929) All-Talking
Extant
Her Private Affair (1929) All-Talking
Extant
Oh, Yeah! (1929) All-Talking
Extant
The Racketeer (1929) All-Talking
Extant
Red Hot Rhythm (1929) All-Talking
Multicolor Sequences
Color Sequence Extant
Rich People (1929) All-Talking
Extant
This Thing Called Love (1929) All-Talking
Multicolor Sequences
Lost Film Film
His First Command (1929) All-Talking
Multicolor Sequences
Extant

1930s

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(From this point all films were "All-Talking")

References

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  1. ^ Jewell, Richard B. (1982). The RKO Story. New York: Arlington House/Crown. p. 32. ISBN 0-517-54656-6.
  2. ^ "The Painted Desert (1931)". AFI Catalog. American Film Institute. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  3. ^ "Derr Urges Keeping Pace with Improving Tastes". Film Daily. January 2, 1931. p. 2. Retrieved December 30, 2022. Jewell, Richard B. (1982). The RKO Story. New York: Arlington House/Crown. p. 34. ISBN 0-517-54656-6.