Anne Shirley – MRQE

City Girl

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

A waitress from Chicago falls in love with a man from rural Minnesota and marries him, with the intent of living a better life – but life on the farm has its own challenges.

Mother Knows Best

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

A stage-actress mother and her daughter in a battle-of-wills in a “don’t do this, daughter” and “don’t do that, daughter” story of youthful folly and over-zealous parental devotion.

Career

Sun, 05 Oct 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Set in a tiny midwestern town, this sentimental drama centers on the rivalry between two life-long acquaintances whose early friendship falls apart when they woo the same woman.

Anne of Green Gables

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Anne Shirley, an orphan, is fostered by farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla, who were expecting a boy to be sent them to help with their farm work. They accept Anne, who quickly endears herself to them and to the local villagers.

Liliom

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A carousel barker falls in love with a young woman. Both are fired from their jobs, and when the young woman becomes pregnant, the carousel barker tries to help pull off a robbery, which goes wrong. Because of the robbery, he dies, and after spending time in hell, is sent back to earth for one day to try to make amends.

Murder, My Sweet

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

After being hired to find an ex-con’s former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.

Government Girl

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

An aviation engineer and a government secretary are thrown together by the war effort.

Bombardier

Sat, 27 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A documentary/drama about the training of bombardiers during WWII. Major Chick Davis proves to the U.S. Army the superiority of high altitude precision bombing, and establishes a school for bombardiers. Training is followed in semi-documentary style, with personal dramas in subplots. The climax is a spectacular, if somewhat jingoistic, battle sequence.

The Powers Girl

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

Two small-town sisters who’ve come to New York City for very different reasons find themselves competing for the affections of a brash magazine photographer. Comedy.

Lady Bodyguard

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

A.C.Baker, advertising executive for an insurance company, approaches test pilot Terry Moore with a proposition that in return for using his picture and endorsement he will get a paid-for-a-year $1000 policy. High-risk Terry agrees. George MacAlister fires his secretary, Miss Tracy, just as she is typing up the policy and she, for spite, changes the amount from a thousand dollars to one million dollars. A.C. delivers the policy, without noticing the difference, to Terry at a party at the Frolics Club, a cheap joint wedged between a burlesque house and a flop house hotel. Three characters, an elderly hat-check “girl” known as Mother Hodges; Avery Jamieson, a broken-down actor; and bartender Harry Gargan are named beneficiaries. When the company discovers the error, A.C. is sent to get back the policy and, pending that, don’t let Terry make any test flights.