Blanche Friderici – MRQE

The Woman Between (1931/II)

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Returning after a long absence, a man learns the woman he fell in love with on the ship going home is his stepmother.

Stolen Love

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The story of a girl whose past casts a shadow over her future happiness with the man who loves her. How much of her past must a girl tell the man she wants to marry?

Secrets

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

In the 1860s, Mary Marlowe defies her father’s wishes to marry a British lord and runs away with clerk John Carlton as he heads West to make his fortune. Mary and John endure the difficult journey and settle into a small cabin, then face the hostilities of a cattle rustling gang, as well as the tragic loss of their only son. With Mary’s help, John defeats the gang, which propels him to political power that, over the years, gradually erodes the once-happy marriage.

The Trespasser

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

A stenographer who works for a lawyer falls in love with and marries a wealthy young man. His family has the marraige annulled, after which she gives birth to a child. Her former boss helps her out to ensure the child’s welfare, which starts gossip that she is a “kept woman.”

Courage

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Belle Bennett plays as the widowed mother of seven children living in Sioux City, Iowa. She moves with them to Cambridge, Massachusetts in order to educate her children with culture and give them every advantage. Bennett, who is unversed in financial matters, soon faces poverty for herself and her children. She takes out a loan from an unscrupulous lender (played by Richard Tucker), who is so impressed by the charm and valiant spirit of Bennett than he neglects to ask her for collateral. Bennett, however, is only able to partially pay her creditors. Marion Nixon, Bennett’s eldest daughter, is shocked by her mother’s actions and attempts to sacrifice herself to Tucker in order to clear her mother’s obligations, even though she is engaged to marry a well to do Harvard undergraduate, played by Rex Bell. This film is believed lost.

Mata Hari

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

A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.

The Barbarian

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

An Arab prince masquerades as a tour guide for rich women in order to enrich himself.

Night Nurse

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

Lora Hart manages to land a job in a hospital as a trainee nurse. Upon completion of her training she goes to work as a night nurse for two small children who seem to be very sick, though something much more sinister is going on.

A Farewell to Arms

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

A tale of the World War I love affair, begun in Italy, between American ambulance driver Lt. Frederic Henry and British nurse Catherine Barkley. Eventually separated by Frederic’s transfer, tremendous challenges and difficult decisions face each as the war rages on.

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Gold digging blonde Lorelei and her brunette friend Dorothy are searching for rich husbands. This film is believed lost.