Holmes Herbert – MRQE

Love’s Wilderness

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

Linda Lou Heath (Corinne Griffith) is raised in a small Louisiana town by her two maiden aunts (Emily Fitzroy and Anne Schaefer). The aunts keep her ignorant of real life, so when physician David Terman (Holmes Herbert) treats her like a child, he may have good reason but it angers her anyhow. Before he leaves for Africa to work at a French penal colony, they promise to marry. While he is gone, Linda Lou falls prey to the flattery of wanderer Paul L’Estrange (Ian Keith), and she marries him instead. They travel to Canada, but L’Estrange soon grows tired of domestic life and fakes his death so he can run away on an expedition with Moreau (Adolph Milar). The two men wind up being sent to the penal colony where Terman was working. Terman, however, has returned home and married Linda Lou. When he brings her back to the penal colony she gets lost in a rainstorm and is found by L’Estrange, who was part of a big prison escape. Terman sees them together and believes that she is still in love with him. He is ready to obtain clemency for L’Estrange, but Moreau kills him. Linda Lou admits that she has loved Terman all along and the tale ends happily.

Untamed

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In her first Talkie, Joan Crawford plays Bingo, a jungle-raised oil heiress, who turns Manhattan upside down in her hunt for Andy McAllister, the man of her dreams. Unfortunately for Bingo, Andy is penniless and refuses to agree to the match until he can provide for the wild, rich girl. Andy’s prideful position is more than encouraged by Bingo’s Uncle Ben, who seeks to scuttle their love match.

The Swordsman

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

Young lovers brings two fighting clans together.

The Invisible Man

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

Working in Dr. Cranley’s laboratory, scientist Jack Griffin was always given the latitude to conduct some of his own experiments. His sudden departure, however, has Cranley’s daughter Flora worried about him. Griffin has taken a room at the nearby Lion’s Head Inn, hoping to reverse an experiment he conducted on himself that made him invisible. But the experimental drug has also warped his mind, making him aggressive and dangerous. He’s prepared to do whatever it takes to restore his appearance.

Mr. Wu

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

When Mandarin Wu’s unmarried daughter becomes pregnant by a young Englishman, he seeks vengeance.

Lovers?

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

Unfounded gossip leads to tragedy for a Spanish diplomat.

The Kiss

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

An unhappily married woman is caught up in scandal and murder when her affection toward a young man is misinterpreted.

When a Man Loves

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

A nobleman studying for the priesthood abandons his vocation in 18th Century France when he falls in love with a beautiful, but reluctant, courtesan.

Jealousy

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

A female cabbie is suspected of killing her drunken husband.

A Doll’s House

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

Differing considerably from Henrik Ibsen’s classic play, the basic story of a woman who forges her father’s name and comes to grief therefore is retained.