Claude King – MRQE

Mr. Wu

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

When Mandarin Wu’s unmarried daughter becomes pregnant by a young Englishman, he seeks vengeance.

Outcast

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

Outcast is a 1928 silent film drama produced and distributed by First National Pictures. It was directed by William A. Seiter and stars Corinne Griffith, often considered one of the most beautiful women in film. This story had been filmed in 1917 as The World and the Woman with Jeanne Eagels. In 1922 a Paramount film of the same name with Elsie Ferguson reprising her stage role was released. Both films were based on a 1914 play, Outcast, by Hubert Henry Davies which starred Ferguson. The Seiter/Griffith film was an all silent with Vitaphone music and sound effects. In the sound era, the story was filmed once again as The Girl from 10th Avenue starring Bette Davis.

Rango

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

The story of Ali and his son Bin, natives of Sumatra, who hunt in a jungle village.

Swamp Girl

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A little blonde girl who is abandoned by her parents in the Florida swamps is rescued and raised by a black man she calls her “Pa”.

The Year of the Yahoo!

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

A country-western singer is recruited to run for the U.S. Senate, and soon clashes with his unscrupulous campaign manager on the tactics to run his political campaign.

Love and Learn

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

In love with political candidate Anthony Cowles, heroine Nancy Blair gets wind of the opposition’s scheme to ruin Cowles’ reputation. At the risk of her own good name, Nancy decides to turn the tables on the crooked politicos by framing Cowles’ opponent in a compromising situation. Things don’t go quite as planned.

Strange Cargo

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

On board a yacht sailing from India to Britain, the owner of the vessel is murdered by one of the passengers. (This film was produced both in full sound and silent versions, the latter for theaters that had not yet been wired for sound.)

Jungle Jim

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Two safaris enter the African jungle intent on finding a white girl who is the heiress to a fortune. One safari, led by Jungle Jim, wants to make sure she gets the news that she is now a rich woman. The leaders of the other safari want to kill the girl so they can try to get hold of her inheritance.

Three on the Trail

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

An evil gang is involved in both cattle rustling and the robbing of stagecoaches. Hoppy must stop them without help from the sheriff who turns out be a major outlaw himself.

Murder in Trinidad

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

Author/explorer John W. Vandercook conceived the character of Bertram Lynch as an investigator for the League of Nations. He is Trinidad’s Port o’ Spain trying to track down the leader of a gang of diamond smugglers. A trail, littered with murders, leads him to a crocodile-infested swamp.