Charles Ogle – MRQE

Frankenstein

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Frankenstein, a young medical student, trying to create the perfect human being, instead creates a misshapen monster. Made ill by what he has done, Frankenstein is comforted by his fiancée; but on his wedding night he is visited by the monster.

Secrets

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An old woman’s memories are rekindled as she rereads her diary. She recalls her youth in England when she married a suitor over the objections of her parents and moved with him to the Wyoming frontier. They live a hardscrabble life there and suffered deprivation, hunger, Indian attacks, and the death of her baby. Although they eventually make a go of it, her husband becomes involved with another woman. Now that he is on his deathbed, will she forgive her husband after 40 years.

A Christmas Carol

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

The day before the Christmas holiday, Ebenezer Scrooge, a hard-fisted miser, refuses to contribute to the Charity Relief Committee, and then rudely rejects his nephew Fred when he visits Scrooge in his office. When Scrooge returns home, he sees the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley, who warns him of the punishment he will suffer in the next life if he does not change his ways. That night, Scrooge is visited by three more spirits, who show him his past, the present, and the future that awaits him.

The Bedroom Window

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

William C. DeMille, Cecil B. DeMille’s talented director brother, teamed with his favorite collaborator, scenarist Clara Beranger, for the 7-reel silent The Bedroom Window. Essentially a by-the-book mystery tale, the film is lifted from the ordinary by the expertise of DeMille and the charm of leading lady May McAvoy. She plays the daughter of a murder victim, while Ricardo Cortez co-stars as the Accused. Cortez is saved from the chair by his aunt Ethel Wales, a mystery writer. The real culprit is…well, keep your eye on the least likely, most cooperative member of the cast.

Treasure Island

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

Young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in search of the buried treasure of the buccaneer Captain Flint, in this adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Code of the West

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

Code of the West (1925)

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

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

Behind in the mortgage on Sunnybrook Farm and barely managing to feed seven hungry mouths, mother sends young Rebecca off to Riverboro to be raised by her wealthy Aunt Miranda. The little girl is treated like a prisoner by her strict Aunt, yet she gamely does her best to get an education. When spoiled girls at school mock the spirited Rebecca as “missy poor-house,” she soon makes them come to eat their words. Despite many difficulties, Rebecca manages to help the less fortunate and spread joy in Riverboro, dreaming that her reward will come when she is “all growed up.” This version is notable for having been adapted by famed female screenwriter Frances Marion.

One Minute to Play

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

“Red” Wade, a star high-school football player, has intentions of going to Claxton College, which has a powerhouse football team, but changes his mind when he meets the sister of the pitiful Paramlee team and goes to college there, just as his father, an alum of the school, had wished. But his father has ordered him not to play football. “Dad” Wade, has offered a $100,000 endowment to his old school, not knowing his son has joined the football team but is going to withdraw it if his son plays in the Big Game against Claxton. This puts “Red” between a rock and a hard place.

The Thundering Herd

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

Story of a trader who uncovers a scheme to blame the Indians for a Buffalo massacre.

Merton of the Movies

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

A wannabe film star journeys to Hollywood, but soon finds his dreams do not pan out.