Gene Lockhart – MRQE

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

Billy Bigelow has been dead for 15 years. Now outside the pearly gates, he long ago waived his right to go back to Earth for a day. He has heard that there is a problem with his family: namely with his wife Julie Bigelow, née Jordan, and his child he hasn’t met. He would now like to head back to Earth to assist in rectifying the problem; but before he may go, he has to get permission from the gatekeeper by telling him his story. Adapted from the Rodgers and Hammerstein hit Broadway musical.

Red Light

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Nick Cherney, in prison for embezzling from Torno Freight Co., sees a chance to get back at Johnny Torno through his young priest brother Jess. He pays fellow prisoner Rocky, who gets out a week before Nick, to murder Jess… who, dying, tells revenge-minded Johnny that he’d written a clue “in the Bible.” Frustrated, Johnny obsessively searches for the missing Gideon Bible from Jess’s hotel room.

Keeping Company

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

Wholesome comedy about newlyweds (and the bride’s understanding–but sometimes interfering–parents) discovering married life isn’t always bliss.

A Dispatch from Reuter’s

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

German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.

Cynthia

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

Sheltered by her conservative parents, a small-town teenager finally goes out on a date.

Tell No Tales

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

A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication.

Honeymoon

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

A prospective bride and groom have misadventures in Mexico City.

The Inside Story

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

A collection agent arrives in a small town with $1000 for a local farmer. Whilst waiting for the farmer to arrive the money is put in a safe at a hotel for safe keeping. However, it is removed by mistake and solves a number of financial problems before it is returned.

A Christmas Carol

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

Classic Charles Dickens holiday tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, the miser’s miser who has a huge change of heart after spirits whisk him into the past, present, and future.

Something to Sing About

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

James Cagney has a rare chance to show his song-and-dance-man roots in this low-budget tale of a New York bandleader struggling with a Hollywood studio boss.