Adolphe Menjou – MRQE

The Sniper

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Eddie Miller struggles with his hatred of women, he’s especially bothered by seeing women with their lovers. He starts a killing spree as a sniper by shooting women from far distances. In an attempt to get caught, he writes an anonymous letter to the police begging them to stop him.

For Sale

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

First National dressed up this routine society melodrama with a good cast and a decently written story line. Harrison Bates (Tully Marshall) and his wife (Mary Carr) are leaders in society. Their daughter, Eleanor (Claire Windsor), agrees to hold off marriage until her sweetheart, Allan Penfield (Robert Ellis), has made a success of himself. But then, Mr. Bates reveals that his money is gone, and he is in debt to the social-climbing Joseph Hudley (Adolphe Menjou). Eleanor agrees to wed wealthy Cabot Stanton (John Patrick) to save her father, but Stanton dies in a car wreck. When Hudley learns of the situation, he suggests that he try to win Eleanor’s love himself. He accompanies the Bateses to Europe, where Eleanor finds that Penfield has become a drunken bum. She decides to marry Hundley, and, upon her return to the States, makes preparations for the wedding. But then Penfield — who is trying to straighten himself out — returns and Eleanor realizes she has always loved him. She takes poison in a moment of desperation, but Penfield saves her. Hudley, realizing the great love shared by the couple, willingly bows out.

The Swan

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The Swan (1925) is a silent film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on Melville Baker’s 1923 Broadway play adaptation, The Swan, of Ferenc Molnar’s play A Hattyu Vigjatek Harom Felvonasbarn. This film was directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki, a recent Russian immigrant working for Famous Players-Lasky. Buchowetzki had directed pictures in Russia, Sweden, and Germany. The story of this film was remade in 1930 as One Romantic Night, an early talkie for Lillian Gish, and in Technicolor as a 1956 vehicle for Grace Kelly.

Lost: A Wife

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Tony Hamilton, an American (Adolphe Menjou), is visiting Paris. He has a gambling compulsion, and he bets his friend, Dick (Robert Agnew), that he will marry Charlotte Randolph (Greta Nissen), even though she is already engaged to the Duke de Val (Genaro Spagnoli). He literally sweeps her off her feet at the engagement party and carries her to the altar. During their honeymoon, however, Hamilton promises to spend just ten minutes at the gambling table, which turns into 75 hours, and the disgusted Charlotte walks out on him. They divorce and a year later, Hamilton hears that Charlotte is about to marry the elderly Baron Deliquieres (Edgar Norton). Although he rushes to get to France, he doesn’t make it in time to stop the wedding. Still, he follows Charlotte to her new home and hides in her room. She quickly gets rid of the Baron and she and Hamilton talk out their differences. By dawn they have made up, and they decide to reunite. This sophisticated comedy was based on the play by Clare Kummel, which in turn was based on Alfred Savoir’s novel Banco.

A Star Is Born

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.

Golden Boy

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Despite his talent as a musician, a city boy decides to become a boxer. He’s successful as a fighter much to the dismay of his parents. When gangsters try to by a piece of him, he begins to have second thoughts.

The Milky Way

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Timid milkman, Burleigh Sullivan, somehow knocks out a boxing champ in a brawl. The fighter’s manager decides to build up the milkman’s reputation in a series of fixed fights and then have the champ beat him to regain his title.

The Three Musketeers

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The young Gascon D’Artagnan arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king’s Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most respected and feared Musketeers, Porthos, Aramis, and Athos. Together they fight to save France and the honor of a lady from the machinations of the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.

Morning Glory

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Wildly optimistic chatterbox Eva Lovelace is a would-be actress trying to crash the New York stage. She attracts the interest of a paternal actor, a philandering producer, and an earnest playwright. Is she destined for stardom, or will she fade like a morning glory after its brief blooming?

New Moon

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

New Moon is the name of the ship crossing the Caspian Sea. A young Lt. Petroff meets the Princess Tanya and they have a ship board romance. Upon arriving at the port of Krasnov, Petroff learns that Tanya is engaged to the old Governor Brusiloff. Petroff, disillusioned, crashes the ball to talk with Tanya. Found by Brusiloff, they invent a story about her lost bracelet. To reward him, and remove him, Brusiloff sends Petroff to the remote, and deadly, Fort Darvaz. Soon, the big battle against overwhelming odds will begin.