Arthur Hoyt – MRQE

My Man

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

Fannie Brand, an industrious girl who supports her brother and sister by working in a theatrical costume house, falls in love with Joe Halsey, a young fellow who earns a precarious living demonstrating an elastic exerciser in a drugstore window. Fannie and Joe set a date to be married, but the wedding is called off when Fannie finds Joe making love to her unprincipled sister, Edna. Fannie auditions for Landau, a theatrical producer, and goes on the Broadway stage. Fannie is a great success, and she and Joe soon find their way back into each other’s arms.

Sundown

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

Cattlemen attempt to keep their lands and herds from being overrun by nesters.

The Life of the Party

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

Two gold diggers try a French dressmaker, two Mr. Smiths and Havana.

Camille

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

Camille is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand’s father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acquiesces and leaves her lover. However, when poverty and terminal illness overwhelm her, Camille discovers that Armand has not lost his love for her.

Stolen Kisses

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

A crotchety old coot wants his son and daughter-in-law to have kids so he can have grandchildren, but so far they haven’t done so. In a somewhat ham-handed attempt to bring them closer together so they’ll be in the mood to give them the grandchildren he wants, he winds up bringing them to the point where they’re considering divorcing. He decides to change his tactics in order to achieve his goal.

The Lost World

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

The first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam.

Dangerously Yours

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

A playboy asks his friend to borrow his yacht to entertain his girlfriend.

How to Be a Detective

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

This Robert Benchley ‘How To’ comedy short attempts to teach us how to profile criminals by physical characteristics.

Shanghai Madness

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In the 1920s Pat Jackson destroys a Chinese post and is discharged from the Navy. Li Po Chang hires him to run a gunboat up the river. He drops Wildeth off at a mission for safety, but when his boat returns the mission is being attacked by communists.

A Shriek in the Night

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

Rival newspaper reporters Pat Morgan and Ted Rand find themselves unraveling the mystery behind the death of a millionaire philanthropist who fell from his penthouse balcony. When it is discovered that the plunge was not an accident, the building’s residents come under suspicion. Soon, the body count begins to mount as three more murders occur by strangulation.