Donald MacBride – MRQE

Good News

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

At fictitious Tait University in the Roaring ’20s, co-ed and school librarian Connie Lane falls for football hero Tommy Marlowe. Unfortunately, he has his eye on gold-digging vamp Pat McClellan. Tommy’s grades start to slip, which keeps him from playing in the big game. Connie eventually finds out Tommy really loves her and devises a plan to win him back and to get him back on the field.

Room Service

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

Broke Gordon Miller tries to land a backer for his new play while he has to deal with with the hotel manager trying to evict him and his cast.

The Chemist

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Buster plays Elmer “Happy” Triple, a scientist who is expected to develop the next big thing. That big thing ends up to be a powder when combined with water, produces major blasts that make no sound, which catches the eyes of three robbers who want Elmer’s secret powder.

The Invisible Woman

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

Kitty Carroll, an attractive store model, volunteers to become a test subject for a machine that will make her invisible so that she can use her invisibility to exact revenge on her ex-boss.

Curtain Call

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

Two theatrical producers plan to get even with a demanding actress by tricking her into starring in the worst play they can find.

A Stranger in Town

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

In the small town of Crownport local attorney Bill Adams is trying to break up the ring of corrupt town officials by running for mayor. The cards seemed stacked against him when he gets help from a visiting hunter who, unknown to Adams and the rest of the town, is actually vacationing supreme court justice John Josephus Grant.

The Story of Seabiscuit

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

Horse trainer Shawn O’Hara and his lovely niece, Margaret, come to America to escape the memory of an accident involving Margaret’s brother, Danny. Working with thoroughbreds in Kentucky, Shawn takes a liking to a yearling named Seabiscuit, and fights to convince the horse’s owner that the tiny horse with big knees will become a top-notch racehorse. Meanwhile, Margaret begins a tentative relationship with jockey Ted Knowles, but is haunted by her brother’s death in a steeplechase spill. Written by Ray Hamel

Buck Privates Come Home

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

Two ex-soldiers return from overseas–one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan girl he has become attached to. They wind up running into their old sergeant–who hates them–and getting involved with a race-car builder who’s trying to find backers for a new midget racer he’s building.

The Brute Man

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

A facially disfigured and mentally unhinged man wreaks his revenge on those he blames for his condition.

The Dark Horse

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

This 1946 film stars Phillip Terry as a war veteran, who is persuaded by machine politico Donald MacBride to run for alderman. Ann Savage plays the “honest government functionary” with whom the hero falls in love. Terry finds that disreputable politicians are using his war record to push through some shady legislation, so he renounces these hacks.