Aileen Manning – MRQE

Heart to Heart

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

Princess Delatorre, young and beautiful widow of an Italian scion of royalty, returns with her fortune to the small American town where she grew up as Ellen Gutherie. Arriving by train a few days earlier than she planned, Ellen is mistaken for Mrs. Arden, a seamstress of doubtful repute from a neighboring town. She carries on the deception for fun when her nearsighted Aunt Katie and others believe she is Mrs. Arden. Phil, her old sweetheart, recognizes her, however, and shows her his new invention, a corkscrew that turns itself–a failure because of prohibition. Ellen leaves, having heard how much store is set on her coming; she returns on the proper train, elaborately made up as Princess Delatorre, and the big reception takes place as planned. Then she and Phil return to Italy, where they expect the corkscrew to be a success.

The Snob

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

Two schoolteachers, married for love, are parted by the husband’s obsessive desire for wealth and social position.

Wedding Rings

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

Two sisters battle for the love of a man.

The Olympic Hero

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

Man, Woman and Sin

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

A young man takes a succession of odd jobs in order to save enough money to buy he and his mother a house. He lands a position in a newspaper office and falls in love with the beautiful society editor, who is secretly having an affair with the married managing editor. She returns the young man’s affections in order to make her lover jealous, but finds herself falling for him.

Everybody’s Sweetheart

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

When the benign headmistress of the county poor farm is discharged and replaced with a tyrant, John and Mary, two orphans who have lived there since infancy, decide to run away. Accompanied by a feeble old corporal from the farm, they are forced to seek refuge at the home of General Phillip Bingham when the old soldier becomes ill. After the corporal’s death, the general promises to care for the two waifs. Mary becomes his protegee, and John his gardener. Friction develops between the two newcomers and Willing and his wife Jessica, a couple living with the general who hope to inherit his wealth, until one day the general notices a close resemblance between a portrait of his deceased son and John. It is discovered then that John is actually the general’s grandson. Thus legitimized, John weds Mary, and the general is pleased with his newly acquired family.