H.B. Warner – MRQE

Hellfire

Sun, 31 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Zeb Smith is a gambler with a larcenous streak, but when an itinerant preacher takes a bullet meant for him, Zeb vows to fulfill the preacher’s mission of building a church. Frustrated in his attempts to get donations, Zeb attempts to capture fugitive Doll Brown in order to obtain the reward. But he finds that there’s more to Doll than meets the eye. When his old friend Bucky McLean shows up gunning for Doll, Zeb sees a chance to redeem them all… one way or another.

The King of Kings

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

The King of Kings is the Greatest Story Ever Told as only Cecil B. DeMille could tell it. In 1927, working with one of the biggest budgets in Hollywood history, DeMille spun the life and Passion of Christ into a silent-era blockbuster. Featuring text drawn directly from the Bible, a cast of thousands, and the great showmans singular cinematic bag of tricks, The King of Kings is at once spectacular and deeply reverentpart Gospel, part Technicolor epic.

Supernatural

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

After her brother’s death, Roma Courtney becomes the heiress to his fortune. When fake psychic Paul Bavian claims to have a message from Roma’s dead brother, he coaxes Roma into participating in a séance. Although Roma’s fiancé, Grant, first believes the séance is nothing more than a scam, he eventually realizes that the vengeful spirit of an executed murderer has possessed Roma’s body.

Hitler’s Children

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

This lurid exposé of the Hitler Youth follows the woes of an American girl declared legally German by the Nazi government.

New Moon

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

A revolutionary leader romances a French aristocrat in Louisiana.

The Menace

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

A man framed for murder escapes from prison in order to prove his innocence.

The White Dove

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

This drama was based on the novel by William J. Locke. Physician Sylvester Lanyon (H.B. Warner) has such high ideals when it comes to humanity that he looks down on everyone else. He’s especially hard on women, and only his memories of his dead wife and mother live up to his beliefs. But while he is living in the country with his father (James O. Barrows) and his father’s ward — Ella De Fries (Claire Adams), who is also Lanyon’s sweetheart — his harsh judgments are put to the test. After a friend of his suffers an accidental death, it is revealed that he had an affair with Lanyon’s adored (and now dead) wife. It upsets Lanyon so much that he leaves the country home for London. After a year, he is disturbed to find out that Ella is about to marry the devious Roderick Usher (Donald McDonald). Lanyon is only barely able to halt the wedding plans. When he brings Ella back home, Usher’s father (Herbert Greenwood) reveals that he was the first husband of Lanyon’s mother, and he divorced her when she ran away with Lanyon’s father. With all his false images shattered, Lanyon learns humility and becomes a better person because of it.

Crossroads

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

A French diplomat who’s recovered from amnesia is blackmailed over crimes he can’t remember.

Liliom

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A carousel barker falls in love with a young woman. Both are fired from their jobs, and when the young woman becomes pregnant, the carousel barker tries to help pull off a robbery, which goes wrong. Because of the robbery, he dies, and after spending time in hell, is sent back to earth for one day to try to make amends.

Journey Into Light

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

John Burrows, an ordained minister from a small village in the East, envisions himself with a larger congregation. He is mortified when his wife drunkenly interrupts a sermon, then despondent after her suicide. Burrows travels to Los Angeles for a fresh start, but takes to the bottle himself and ends up arrested for public intoxication. A skid-row con man, Gandy, finds him a bed at a flop house, while a street preacher, Doc Thorssen, and daughter Christine take him to a local mission. Christine is blind. She falls in love with Burrows, enjoying his discussions of the spirit and the soul but knowing little of his past. One day she is struck by a streetcar and knocked unconscious, causing Burrows to once again question his faith. He ultimately accepts the Lord’s will and is offered a better place to live and preach. Burrows decides he is better suited to the mission, with Christine by his side.