Ginger Rogers – MRQE

Cinderella (TV)

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

After the success of the live 1957 Cinderella on CBS (with Julie Andrews), the network decided to produce another television version. The new script hewed closer to the traditional tale, although nearly all of the original songs were retained and performed in their original settings. Added to the Rogers and Hammerstein score was “Loneliness of Evening”, which had been composed for South Pacific but not used.

Harlow (1965/II)

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

Loosely based biography of 1930s star Jean Harlow as she begins her climb to stardom. One of two “Harlow” film biographies that appeared in 1965, this one stars Carol Lynley in the title role that begins as Jean Harlow, a bit player in Laurel and Hardy comedies, is invited to test for director Jonathan Martin for the lead in Howard Hughes’s “Hell’s Angels.” She is an instantaneous sensation, and in a series of films devoted more to her body than her talent, she becomes Hollywood’s “Platanum Blonde.”

42nd Street

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

A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star.

Roberta

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

Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash Indianians travel to an engagement in Paris, only to lose it immediately. John and company visit his aunt, owner of a posh fashion house run by her assistant, Stephanie. There they meet the singer Scharwenka (alias Huck’s old friend Lizzie), who gets the band a job. Meanwhile, Madame Roberta passes away and leaves the business to John and he goes into partnership with Stephanie.

In Person

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

Carol Corliss, a beautiful movie star so insecure about her celebrity that she goes around in disguise, meets a rugged outdoorsman who is unaffected by her star status.

Black Widow

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A young stage hopeful is murdered and suspicion falls on her mentor, a Broadway producer.

Tight Spot

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

A former model, serving time in prison, becomes a key witness in a trial against a notorious gangster. She is put under protective watch by the District Attorney in a posh hotel, but the crime kingpin makes attempts to get to her.

Perfect Strangers

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

Romance at a murder trial with a pair of sequestered jurors who are the only ones who think that the woman in the dock is innocent. Separated from their normal lives, jurors Terry Scott and David Campbell start to fall in love.

Shall We Dance

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

Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical star he’s fallen for but barely knows. By the time the ocean liner reaches New York, a little white lie has churned through the rumour mill and turned into a hot gossip itemthat the two celebrities are secretly married.

Storm Warning

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

On the way to her new job, Marsha Mitchell takes the opportunity to visit her sister Lucy, whom she has not seen in a few years. There she not only meets her husband for the first time, but also the Ku Klux Klan.