Helen Morgan – MRQE

Applause

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

This early example of the “backstage” musical genre tells the story of Kitty Darling, a fading burlesque star who tries to save her convent-educated daughter April from following in Mom’s footsteps.

I Called Him Morgan

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

Part jazz history, part true-crime tale, Kasper Collins new documentary employs extensive archival footage and new interviews to tell the tragic story of the magnificently talented trumpeter Lee Morgan and his common-law wife Helen, who murdered him in a New York bar in 1972.

Slavers

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

A story about slave hunting, colonialism, revenge and love.

Go Into Your Dance

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

An irresponsible Broadway star gets mixed up with gambling and gangsters.

Sweet Music

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

A midwest band leader and his lead singer share a love-hate relationship as they try for success in New York.

Marie Galante

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

On the French coast, unlucky Marie Galante is abducted and forced to board an American cargo ship bound for the Panama Canal. When an escape attempt leaves Marie high and dry in the Yucatan, she takes work as a nightclub singer to earn her safe passage to the Canal region. But Marie faces bigger problems when she gets mixed up in a destructive plot against the U.S. Naval fleet, and so she accepts the kindly assistance of secret agent Dr. Crawbett.

You Belong to Me

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

When vaudeville performer Florette Faxon is left penniless with her six-year-old son Jimmy, she relies on the friendship of fellow performer Bud Hannigan to help her get a job. Bud is reluctant to become her partner, as he has proven to himself to be unreliable in relationships, but he tells her to call him whenever she needs help. While working in a beer garden, Florette meets Hap Stanley, an avaricious performer who marries her to get the rights to perform her show routine. Hap dislikes Jimmy and eventually convinces Florette to send him away to school. Both Jimmy and Florette are broken-up over being apart, but Jimmy pretends it is what he wants so Florette can be happy with Hap.

Roadhouse Nights

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

Based on the Hammett novel, this ultra-rare filmis nominally taken from the author’s classic gang-war novel Red Harvest, which proved too brutal and cynical even for pre-Code Hollywood.

Glorifying the American Girl

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A young woman, who wants to be in the Follies, is making ends meet by working at a department store’s sheet music department, where she sings the latest hits. She is accompanied on piano by her childhood boyfriend, who is in love with her, despite her single-minded interest in her career. When a vaudeville performer asks her to join him as his new partner, she sees it as an opportunity to make her dream come true. Upon arriving in New York City, our heroine finds out that her new partner is only interested in sleeping with her and makes this a condition of making her a star. Soon, however, she is discovered by a representative of Ziegfeld.