Hugh Herbert – MRQE

Hook Line and Sinker

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

Two fast-talking insurance salesmen meet Mary, who is running away from her wealthy mother, and they agree to help her run a hotel that she owns. When they find out that the hotel is run down and nearly abandoned, they launch a phony PR campaign that presents the hotel as a resort favored by the rich. Their advertising succeeds too well, and many complications soon arise.

Easy to Love

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

Carol feels, for whatever reason, that her husband, John, has grown indifferent to her, and is on a quest to find out why, suspecting another woman. She sees the family physician, Dr. Swope, first and then hires a private detective. Her own sleuthing is more effective and she devises a plan; having long been pursued by Eric, she apparently accedes and accompanies him to an apartment and, per her plan, enter the wrong one. There, they find Carol’s best friend, Charlotte, and John hiding in a closet. The latter, showing more nerve than good sense, goes into a rage and berates Carol for her apparent philandering. The battle continues at home, where their daughter Janet informs them that because of them, she and Paul have given up on the idea of marriage, but are going away together, anyway. Carol and John trail them to a hotel and find them in twin beds, whereupon John, armed with a fire-ax, summons a justice of the peace and demands a fire-ax version of a shotgun wedding.

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

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

Saloon-bar singer Freddie gets very angry whenever boyfriend Blackie seems to be playing around. She always packs a six-shooter, so this is bad news for anything that happens to be in the way. As this is usually the local judge’s rear-end, Freddie and friend Conchita are soon hiding out teaching school in the middle of nowhere.

Blondie in the Dough

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

Blondie #21: Blondie opens a bakery in her home to help fill the family cookie jar in this entry in the long-running domestic comedy series based on the popular comic strip. Her tasty cookies become so popular that a cookie magnate makes her an offer that is difficult to refuse. Unfortunately, this creates all kinds of problems for the Bumsteads.

Get Along Little Zombie

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

There’s a monster running around loose in the house Hugh is showing to two prospective clients.

Music for Millions

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

Six-year-old “Mike” goes to live with her pregnant older sister, Babs, who plays string bass in José Iturbi’s orchestra. And the orchestra is rapidly turning completely female, what with the draft. As the orchestra travels around the country, Babs’ fellow orchestra members intercept and hide her War Office telegram to protect the baby.

Hellzapoppin’

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

Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.

Badlands of Dakota

Sat, 11 Oct 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Up-and-coming Universal leading man Robert Stack made his western-movie debut in Badlands of Dakota. Set in the Dakotas during the days of the Great Gold Boom, the story finds brothers Jim and Bob Holliday (Stack and Broderick Crawford) dukeing it out over the affections of pretty Anne Grayson (Ann Rutherford). While all this is going on, Wild Bill Hickok (Richard Dix) does his best to neutralize the local criminal element-and to fend off the romantic overtures of boisterous Calamity Jane (Frances Farmer).

The Black Cat

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

Greedy heirs wait in a mansion for a rich cat lover to die, only to learn her cats come first.

Slightly Tempted

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

A con man tries to sell phony stocks to unwary investors.