Constance Cummings – MRQE

Dead Man’s Folly (TV)

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

During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an “expert”, a real murder occurs.

Broadway Through a Keyhole

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

Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan’s famous Broadway night spot. He uses his influence to help her get a starring role in the show, hoping that it will also get Joan to fall in love with him. After scoring a hit, Joan accepts Frank’s marriage proposal, more out of gratitude than love. The situation gets even stickier when she falls for a handsome band leader during a trip to Florida. Can she tell Frank she’s in love with someone else?

Blithe Spirit

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

An English mystery novelist invites a medium to his home, so she may conduct a séance for a small gathering. The writer hopes to gather enough material for the book he’s working on, as well as to expose the medium as a charlatan. However, proceedings take an unexpected turn, resulting in a chain of supernatural events being set into motion that wreak havoc on the man’s present marriage.

The Battle of the Sexes

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

Angela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their export opportunities in Edinburgh. En route she meets Robert MacPherson, a businessman who asks for her help to bring his company into the 20th Century. The staff, led by Mr Martin, has other ideasand a battle between the old and new business methods soon breaks out.

Into the Blue

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Enjoying a holiday in the sun, Mr and Mrs Fergusson are relaxing on board a chartered yacht off the coast of France – their only crew, the skipper-owner and his adopted daughter. On taking a turn around the deck, Mr Fergusson is rather put-out to discover a stowaway helping himself to the comforts of their dinghy. Though very charming, the stranger refuses to give any explanation for his presence – and the Fergussons soon find themselves involved in a rather more eventful sailing trip than they had expected!

Glamour

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

In the Cool of the Day

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

After he mends a marital rift between a vacationing young couple, the bored, fragile wife falls hopelessly in love with the husband’s ex-colleague who is married to a long-suffering and emotionally and physically scarred woman. The couple soon runs off to Greece together to pursue the romance.

Sammy Going South

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

After he is orphaned by an air raid on Port Said during the Suez Crisis, a young boy attempts to go by himself from the Suez Canal to Durban in South Africa where his nearest relative, Aunt Jane, lives. On the way he meets a variety of different people who help or hinder his journey – including an ageing diamond smuggler.

The Intimate Stranger

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

Film producer Reggie Wilson is worried he may have a dual personality. Fleeing Hollywood, he finds himself in England and married to the studio boss’s daughter after which he quickly rises through the studio ranks. Then the letters begin to appear from a lovesick American actress who wants to know why he has thrown her over.

This England

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

Set in Claverly Village, it follows the fortunes of the Rookebys (Clements) and the ne’r-do-well Appleyards (Williams) from the time of the Normans, 1588, 1804, 1914, and 1940. Made to support morale during the war, its message is basically that you can’t suppress the British; they’ve been there since the beginning; they’ll be there to the end.