Agnes Ayres – MRQE

The Sheik

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

Sheik Ahmed desperately desires feisty British socialite Diana, so he abducts her and carries her off to his luxurious tent-palace in the desert. The free-spirited Diana recoils from his passionate embraces and yearns to be released. Later, allowed to go into the desert, she escapes and makes her way across the sands…

Tomorrow’s Love

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Paul Bern became more well known as an MGM producer under Irving Thalberg than he did as a director, but had he stuck to directing, he probably would have been a major success there too. Bern approached this simple domestic comedy-drama with a sophisticated touch. The Stanleys, Judith and Robert (Agnes Ayers and Pat O’Malley), have been married for a year and their annoying little habits are starting to get on each other’s nerves. Judith ignores the wise advice her grandmother (Ruby Lafayette) gives her and almost loses her husband to one of his former sweethearts, Bess Carlyle (Jane Winton). When Judith finds out that Robert has visited Bess, she sues for divorce and goes to Europe while waiting for the decree to become final. But while she’s away she realizes that she still loves her husband, and Grandma urges her to return home, since he is getting ready to wed Bess. Judith rushes back to the States where she reconciles with Robert — with Grandma’s help.

Don’t Call It Love

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Don’t Call It Love (1923)

Borderland

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

Although Agnes Ayres is best-known today as Rudolph Valentino’s co-star in The Sheik, she was a substantial star in her own right in the 1920s. She has a dual role in this drama, which has spiritual undertones. Edith (Ayres) is the jazz-loving wife of James Wayne, a rather stolid young man (Milton Sills). She believes that Wayne is neglecting her, and her attentions turn to his cousin, Clyde Meredith (Casson Ferguson). As their affair deepens, Dora Becket (also Ayres) anxiously watches from beyond the grave. Dora, an ancestor of Edith’s, made the same mistake in her day and she is determined to put a halt to the illicit relationship. Edith plans to meet Meredith at Becket’s point and sail away with him. She is oblivious to Dora’s warnings until an old servant tells her Dora’s story — Dora was drowned when she tried to return to her child after running away with another man. Edith gets the message just in time and is reunited with Wayne and their own little boy.

The Love Goddesses

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

This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the silver screen. It shows how the movie industry changed its depiction of sex and actresses’ portrayal of sex from the silent movie era to the present. Classic scenes are shown from the silent movie ‘True Heart Susie,’ starring Lillian Gish, to ‘Love Me Tonight’ (1932), blending sex and sophistication, starring Jeanette MacDonald (pre-Nelson Eddy), and to Elizabeth Taylor in ‘A Place in the Sun’ (1951), plus much , much more.

The Donovan Affair

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

Inspector Killian tries to solve a murder case with his assistant Carney.

The Son of the Sheik

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

Ahmed, son of Diana and Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan, falls in love with Yasmin, a dancing girl who fronts her father’s gang of mountebanks. She and Ahmed meet secretly until one night when her father and the gang capture the son of the sheik, torture him, and hold him for ransom.

The Guilty One

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

The Guilty One is a 1924 mystery film.

The Heart Raider

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

A young troublemaker sets her eyes on a confirmed bachelor.

Bought and Paid For

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

Jimmy Gilley is engaged to Fanny Blaine. Jimmy would like to live in a more luxurious style, so he and Fanny urge her sister Virginia to marry the wealthy Robert Stafford despite her lack of love for him. She does so and the couple is happy for a time. But Robert begins drinking and eventually mistreats Virginia until she is forced to leave him.