Helen Gilmore – MRQE

Tom Sawyer

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

Silent version of the Twain tale, filmed in Pleasanton, California. A Missouri boy (Jack Pickford) encounters his first love (Clara Horton) and bucks responsibilities to find adventure with his friend, Huck Finn (Robert Gordon).

Sensation Seekers

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

Ray Sturgis, leader of the fashionable Long Island jazz set, is engaged to “Egypt” Hagen, an up-to-date girl in every respect. Egypt is arrested at a roadhouse raid, and at her mother’s bidding, the Reverend Norman Lodge arranges for her freedom. At a fancy-dress ball, when Ray wears a costume made of newspaper headlines concerning her arrest, Egypt is offended. Seen constantly in the company of Reverend Lodge, her reputation causes church people to take up the matter with the bishop.

The Fraidy Cat

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

Jimmy Jump is a coward. Everyone and everything makes him afraid. He cowers from the neighborhood children, even though he’s old enough to be their father. He is terrified of Lem Tucker, who is his rival for the heart of Dorothy. Only when he mistakenly believes he is about to die does Jimmy find courage. But will it last?

Never Weaken

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

Our hero is infatuated with a girl in the next office. In order to drum up business for her boss, an osteopath, he gets an actor friend to pretend injuries that the doctor “cures”, thereby building a reputation. When he hears that his girl is marrying another, he decides to commit suicide and spends the bulk of the film in thrilling, failed attempts.

His Royal Slyness

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

A young adventurer trades places with a European prince and falls in love above his station.

Bumping Into Broadway

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

A young playwright spends his last cent to pay the past-due rent for the pretty dancer who’s his boarding house next-door neighbor. Soon after, he winds up at a gambling club, where he wins big – just before a police raid.

Just Neighbors

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

Suburban neighbors join together to build a garden shed, but through carelessness, wind up ruining the garden, as well as the laundry, which is drying in the yard.