Donald Meek – MRQE

Lost Angel

Sat, 04 Oct 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Alpha’s been raised along scientific principles, and will make Mike Regan a great human interest story for his paper. But when his interview prompts Alpha to run away from the institute and ask him to show her some magic, Mike gets more responsibility than he bargained for. Especially since another story of his, one involving gangsters, has also come home to roost.

Pennies from Heaven

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Larry Poole, in prison on a false charge, promises an inmate that when he gets out he will look up and help out a family. The family turns out to be a young girl, Patsy Smith, and her elderly grandfather who need lots of help. This delays Larry from following his dream and going to Venice and becoming a gondolier. Instead, he becomes a street singer and, while singing in the street, meets a pretty welfare worker, Susan Sprague. She takes a dim view of Patsy’s welfare under the guardianship of Larry and her grandfather and starts proceedings to have Patsy placed in an orphanage.

Stagecoach

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

A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process.

Magic Town

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Rip Smith’s opinion-poll business is a failure…until he discovers that the small town of Grandview is statistically identical to the entire country. He and his assistants go there to run polls cheaply and easily, in total secrecy (it would be fatal to let the townsfolk get self-conscious). And of course, civic crusader Mary Peterman must be kept from changing things too much. But romantic involvement with Mary complicates life for Rip; then suddenly everything changes.

The Fabulous Joe

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Milo Terkel’s life is never the same after he is willed a dog named Joe. Milo buys his wife a diamond necklace for their anniversary, but when he returns home he finds a note saying she is attending a charity affair. He decides to celebrate alone, taking Joe along for company. After two “mystery gardenias” at the Florida Club, he meets gorgeous Miss Gilmore who spots the necklace and asks to try it on. Milo is punched in the nose by Miss Gilmore’s boyfriend, Louie. But Milo’s troubles really begin when his dog starts to talk to him, and ONLY to him! He tells Milo to act tough, like Humphrey Bogart. It’s a laugh-a-minute as Milo changes from lamb to lion and is innocently caught by his wife with the shapely Miss Gilmore. When his wife sues for divorce he tells the judge about Joe being his advisor. The judge can only suggest that Milo and his wife take a long vacation to work out their problems. Everyone knows a dog simply can’t talk!

Janie Gets Married

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

Newlywed Janie’s (Joan Leslie) World War II-veteran husband (Robert Hutton) goes to work at her father’s (Edward Arnold) newspaper.

Colonel Effingham’s Raid

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

The story takes place in 1940. On the eve of America’s entry in World War II, a colonel retired to his small Southern town, and discovers that there is a plan afoot to tear down Confederate Monument Square. He begins a campaign to rally the townspeople to save the square.

Because of Him

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

A young woman who wants to break into the theater schemes to become the protege of a famous Broadway star.

State Fair

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

During their annual visit to the Iowa State Fair, the Frake family enjoy many adventures. Proud patriarch Abel has high hopes for his champion swine Blueboy; and his wife Melissa enters the mincemeat and pickles contest…with hilarious results.

Du Barry Was a Lady

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

Hat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is in love with a poor dancer but wants to marry for money. When Louis wins the Irish Sweepstakes, he asks May to marry him and she accepts even though she doesn’t love him. Soon after, Louis has an accident and gets knocked on the head, where he dreams that he’s King Louis XV pursuing the infamous Madame Du Barry.