Gracie Fields – MRQE

Keep Smiling (1938/I)

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

Entertainer quits a crooked London theater and sets up her troupe on her uncle’s farm. A famous musician joins the group and helps them get a legitimate booking.

Paris Underground

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

Constance Bennett both produced and starred in the espionager Paris Underground. Bennett and Gracie Fields play, respectively, an American and an English citizen trapped in Paris when the Nazis invade. The women team up to help Allied aviators escape from the occupied city into Free French territory. The screenplay was based on the true wartime activities of Etta Shiber, who engineered the escape of nearly 300 Allied pilots. British fans of comedienne Gracie Fields were put off by the scenes in which she is tortured by the Gestapo, while Constance Bennett’s following had been rapidly dwindling since the 1930s; as a result, the heartfelt but tiresome Paris Underground failed to make a dent at the box-office. It would be Constance Bennett’s last starring film–and Gracie Fields’ last film, period.

Molly and Me

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

A vivacious actress needing work becomes a housekeeper for a crusty retired politician, and gives his life the shaking-up that it needs.

We’re Going to Be Rich

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

A perpetual dreamer talks his wife into moving with him from their home in Australia to South Africa, where he hopes to discover gold and finally become wealthy.

Looking on the Bright Side

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

Gracie Fields’ second film Looking on the Bright Side was a smash hit film of 1932. It contains a lot of her biggest hit songs of the period.

Sally in Our Alley

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

A woman believes her boyfriend died in the First World War, but he is now looking for her