Herbert Standing – MRQE

Judy of Rogue’s Harbor

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

Judy, an orphaned waif, lives with Grandpap Ketchel, a cruel and often brutal man. The sole protector of little Denny, Ketchel’s grandson, Judy is forced to accept the attentions of Jim Shuckles, whom she abhors and who has compromised her sister Olive.

The Brown Derby

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

Tommy Burke, a good-natured young plumber who refers to his monkey wrench as his pipe organ, is unaware of his inferiority complex. One day he learns that an eccentric uncle has died, leaving him a brown derby said to bring good luck to its wearer. Meanwhile Edith Worthing and her Aunt Anna are expecting Edith’s wealthy uncle, Adolph Plummer, from Australia. On a call to their house, Tommy is mistaken for the uncle, being announced as “a plumber,” and soon a mutual romance develops with Edith. They are wedded by mistake when serving as witnesses to marriage by elopement. Farrell, a rival for Edith, learns of Tommy’s deception and persuades Edith to elope with him; but Tommy follows in hot pursuit, in his pajamas and derby. At the last minute, a message arrives telling Edith that she and Tommy are already married.

The Impossible Mrs. Bellew

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

Lance Bellew ignores his wife, Betty, for his mistress, Naomi Templeton, but becomes so enraged when he finds Betty in the company of Jerry Woodruff that he shoots this family friend.

Almost a Husband

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

A New England schoolteacher arrives in a small Southern town. He becomes the savior of several local people in time of emergency, including a young who is oppressed by the unwelcome romantic intentions of a local ne’er-do-well. The teacher pretends to marry the girl to fool the unwanted suitor, but then finds that the marriage was inadvertently legal….

Through the Wrong Door

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

A young woman goes to visit friends but mistakenly rings at the wrong address. She is greeted and taken in out of the storm by a handsome young man to whom she is immediately attracted. What she does not know, however, is that this young man has been fleeced by her father and has sworn vengeance against him.

The Squaw Man

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

Framed for embezzlement, an English nobleman flees to America, eventually finding romance in Wyoming with a young Native-American. This is the 1918 remake of the 1913 original, the first feature length Hollywood film. It is considered to be a lost film with only one reel still extant.

He Comes Up Smiling

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

Jerry Martin quits his dull job as a bank clerk and falls in with a band of hobos. He takes on the guise of Bachelor, the “king of the market,” and finds himself pursued by dangerous men who are after the real Bachelor. *Only fragments are known to exist.

How Could You, Jean?

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

A lost Film. Mary Pickford plays a socialite who, having lost her fortune, takes a job as a Swedish cook. She falls in love with a chauffeur who, lo and behold, is a slumming millionaire.

The Intrigue

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 05:00:00 +0000

A sci-fi/espionage film in which world powers vie for control of a death ray during World War I as an undercover countess infiltrates enemy ranks to prevent them from getting their hands on the weapon.

David Garrick

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

The true story of the famed British actor David Garrick and his love for Ada Ingot.