Douglas Fairbanks – MRQE

In Again, Out Again (1917/II)

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

A young man drowns his sorrows in strong drink when jilted by his girl. His drunkenness gets him thrown in jail, where he falls in love with the jailer’s daughter. When released, the young man tries everything to get back into the jail – though when he is mistaken for an anarchist bomber, he finds himself facing not just jail, but execution.

Robin Hood

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

Amid big-budget medieval pageantry, King Richard goes on the Crusades leaving his brother Prince John as regent, who promptly emerges as a cruel, grasping, treacherous tyrant. Apprised of England’s peril by message from his lady-love Marian, the dashing Earl of Huntingdon endangers his life and honor by returning to oppose John, but finds himself and his friends outlawed, with Marian apparently dead. Enter Robin Hood, acrobatic champion of the oppressed, laboring to set things right through swashbuckling feats and cliffhanging perils!

Reaching for the Moon

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

A button factory worker has always dreamed that he was meant for better things, to be rich and famous and in “the company of kings”. One day he discovers that he is indeed the only heir to the throne of a small European kingdom. However, there are forces at work who don’t want him to survive to take the throne.

The Three Musketeers

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

The young Gascon D’Artagnan arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king’s Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most respected and feared Musketeers, Porthos, Aramis, and Athos. Together they fight to save France and the honor of a lady from the machinations of the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.

Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies

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

This documentary traces the life and work of the legendary “America’s Sweetheart” Mary Pickford, silent film star, movie pioneer and keen businesswoman. Pickford’s life also parallels an even larger story, telling of the birth of the cinema itself.

Mr. Fix-It

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

A young man impersonates his best friend, and in doing so upsets the decorum at a stuffy family gathering and falls in love. The arrival of a gang of hoodlums further disrupts the formalities, but our hero thwarts them and saves the day.

The Worlds of Mei Lanfang

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

The true story of Mei Lanfang, China’s greatest opera star; a husband and father whose world-wide fame came from the portrayal of women. His fascinating life was the basis for the feature film Farewell My Concubine.

The Iron Mask

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

King Louis XIII of France is thrilled to have born to him a son – an heir to the throne. But when the queen delivers a twin, Cardinal Richelieu sees the second son as a potential for revolution, and has him sent off to Spain to be raised in secret to ensure a peaceful future for France. Alas, keeping the secret means sending Constance, lover of D’Artagnan, off to a convent. D’Artagnan hears of this and rallies the Musketeers in a bid to rescue her. Unfortunately, Richelieu out-smarts the Musketeers and banishes them forever.

Arizona

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

A lost film. An Army lieutenant at a remote post in Arizona tells a young woman that he does not love her, so she contrives to marry his commanding officer, who is also his best friend.

The Taming of the Shrew

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

Adapted from Shakespeare’s play: Baptista Minola, a wealthy resident of Padua, is the father of Katherine and Bianca. The younger daughter, Bianca, is charming and has many suitors. But her father will not allow Bianca to be married until her older sister, who is notoriously quarrelsome and bad-tempered, is married first. When Petruchio comes from Verona to Padua in search of a wife, he hears of this situation, and he accepts the challenge of trying to woo and marry the ill-natured Katherine.