Eugene Pallette – MRQE

Stowaway

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

Chin-Ching gets lost in Shanghai and is befriended by American playboy Tommy Randall. She falls asleep in his car which winds up on a ship headed for America. Susan Parker, also on the ship, marries Randall to give Chin-Ching a family.

It’s a Date

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

An aspiring actress is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a more seasoned performer, expects the same part. The situation is further complicated when they both become involved with the same man.

Unfinished Business

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

Starting with a cruel joke a couple of callow men make a bet that one of them can seduce the woman sharing their train compartment the film charts the relationship that develops between a small-town girl in the big city, and the brother of the man who has heartlessly seduced and abandoned her.

Bordertown

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An ambitious Mexican-American gets mixed up with his boss’s neurotic wife.

Black Sheep

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

On an ocean liner crossing a professional gambler comes to the aid of a naive young man victimized by a jewel thief. The young man turns out to be his son he’s not seen since infancy.

First Love

Sun, 07 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In this reworking of Cinderella, orphaned Connie Harding is sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle after graduating from boarding school. She’s hardly received with open arms, especially by her snobby cousin Barbara. When the entire family is invited to a major social ball, Barbara sees to it that Connie is forced to stay home. With the aid of her uncle, who acts as her fairy godfather, Connie makes it to the ball and meets her Prince Charming in Ted Drake, her cousin’s boyfriend.

Chicago

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Based on a true story, two-timing boozing wife Roxie Hart kills her lover in cold blood after he leaves her, and finagles her way out being indicted. The basis for Kander/Ebb’s 1975 Broadway musical of the same name and its Oscar-winning 2002 film adaptation.

Heaven Can Wait

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is sure he deserves after living a life of profligacy. The devil, however, isn’t so sure Henry meets Hell’s standards. Convinced he is where he belongs, Henry recounts his life’s deeds, both good and bad, including an act of indiscretion during his 25-year marriage to his wife, Martha, with the hope that “His Excellency” will arrive at the proper judgment.

The Mark of Zorro

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

Around 1820 the son of a California nobleman comes home from Spain to find his native land under a villainous dictatorship. On the one hand he plays the useless fop, while on the other he is the masked avenger Zorro.

Huckleberry Finn

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

A year after their former exploits, Tom Sawyer’s puppy love of Becky Thatcher keeps him home while Huck Finn, chafing under “civilizing” influences like school and shoes, plans to run away. His scapegrace, abusive father intervenes; Tom and black Jim help him escape; and (departing from the novel) all three raft down the Mississippi, where they’re joined by two likable rogues and meet pretty orphans Ella and Mary Jane. The latter may change Huck’s mind about girls…