Anna Q. Nilsson – MRQE

Soldiers of Fortune

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

Civil engineer Robert Clay is commissioned by wealthy New Yorker Mr. Langham to open iron deposits in the tiny South American republic of Olancho. General Mendoza, the unscrupulous head of the army, unsuccessfully tries to persuade President Alvarez, and then Clay, to divide the spoils of the contract.

Miss Nobody

Sun, 28 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The father of an heiress dies broke leaving her destitute without inheritance. She falls in with a group of hobos traveling incognito cross country dressed as a man.

Regeneration

Sun, 02 Nov 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Remembering the miserable end of his father who had died a drunkard’s death, George resolves to conquer the terrible craving he has inherited.

The Top of the World

Fri, 26 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

This romantic drama was based on the novel by Ethel M. Dell, a very popular author of the day. Her work doesn’t seem to translate to a modern-day mentality, however, especially here where the hero seems decidedly unsympathetic. At least he’s played effectively by James Kirkwood, who actually has a dual role. Because of her domineering stepmother (Mary Mersch), Sylvia Ingleton (Anna Q. Nilsson) leaves her home in England and heads for South Africa, where she plans to marry her childhood sweetheart, Guy Ranger (Kirkwood). But Guy’s cousin, Burke (also Kirkwood), tells her that he has become a hopeless drug addict. Sylvia and Burke grow close and she promises to marry him if it’s in “name only.” But over time Burke grows to love Sylvia and is tortured by the thought that she still loves Guy. He imagines that they are involved, and he sends them out in a flood to die. But Sylvia returns to tell Burke that she loves him, not Guy. Guy, meanwhile, perishes in the flood.

The Spoilers

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Based on the novel The Spoilers by Rex Beach.

Girls’ Town

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

A West Coast version of “Stage Door”, set at a Hollywood boarding house for young women hoping for movie careers.

Three Live Ghosts

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Adapted from a popular Broadway play and concerns three veterans who return to London from the War only to discover that they have been officially listed as dead.

Cheating Cheaters

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

Two gangs of crooks, living side-by-side, each mistake the other for a wealthy household and each plot to rob the other.

Sorrell and Son

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Stephen Sorrell, a decorated war hero, raises his son Kit alone after Kit’s mother deserts husband and child in the boy’s infancy. Sorrell loses a promising job offer and is forced to take work as a menial. Both his dignity and his health are damaged as he suffers under the exhausting labor and harsh treatment he receives as a hotel porter. But Sorrell thrives in the knowledge that his son will benefit from his labors. Sorrell has allowed the boy to believe his mother dead, but when the mother shows up, wanting to re-enter the young man’s life, Sorrell must make hard decisions.

Easy Pickings

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

Simeon Van Horne is poisoned by Stewart, his lawyer, who hopes to get a part of the estate to be divided between young Peter Van Horne and Dolores, Peter’s cousin. Knowing that Dolores is dead, Stewart, who catches Mary Ryan burglarizing the Van Horne home, induces her to pose as Dolores.