Ann Rutherford – MRQE

The Harvester

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In a small town in Indiana in the 1890s, the domineering and ambitious Mrs. Biddle arranges a marriage between her spoiled daughter Thelma and the town’s prize catch, harvester David Langston, who is wedded to the soil. David is friends with orphan Ruth Jameson and, although she is in love with him, he eventually gives in to the machinations of Mrs. Biddle and consents to marry Thelma. Meanwhile, technological advances come to town, including its first gasoline buggy, galvanic battery, and metal bathtub fitted with running water. When Mrs. Biddle tries to convince David to give up the farming life and join her husband in real estate, Mr. Biddle, hen-pecked and dissatisfied with city life, warns David against selling his farm.

Keeping Company

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Wholesome comedy about newlyweds (and the bride’s understanding–but sometimes interfering–parents) discovering married life isn’t always bliss.

Pride and Prejudice

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

Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five unmarried daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is especially eager to find suitable husbands for them. When the rich single gentlemen Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy come to live nearby, the Bennets have high hopes. But pride, prejudice and misunderstandings all combine to complicate their relationships and to make happiness difficult.

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream becomes reality when he accidentally meets a mysterious woman who hands him a little black book. According to her, it contains the locations of the Dutch crown jewels hidden since World War II. Soon, Mitty finds himself in the middle of a confusing conspiracy, where he has difficulty differentiating between fact and fiction.

Inside Job

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

A pair of married ex-convicts trying to go straight get jobs at a department store. A gangster who knows about their past threatens to expose it unless they agree to help him rob the department store.

A Christmas Carol

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

Classic Charles Dickens holiday tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, the miser’s miser who has a huge change of heart after spirits whisk him into the past, present, and future.

Adventures of Don Juan

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

The adventures of the notorious Spanish Lothario Don Juan highlights Errol Flynn’s swashbuckling and romantic antics.

Murder in the Music Hall

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

An orchestra leader turns sleuth to clear his ice-skating girlfriend for murder.

Bedside Manner

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A beautiful female doctor visits her small hometown on her way back to Chicago. Her overworked uncle, who is the town’s doctor, wants her to stay and help him, and he and a macho test pilot who’s fallen for her come up with a plan that involves the pilot faking an illness and being treated by her, with her uncle’s “help”.

Whistling in Brooklyn

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

Radio crime show host “The Fox” finds himself on the trail of a serial killer while a suspect himself.