Ilka Chase – MRQE

Cinderella (TV)

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

Julie Andrews was nominated for an Emmy for portraying the titular scullery maid who finds true love with a prince in this legendary adaptation of one of the most famous fairy tales of all time. A musical, made-for-television, with music by Richard Rodgers and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, it is the only of the legendary composing team’s musicals created specifically for that medium. It was originally broadcast live on CBS on March 31, 1957, and was a phenomenal success, viewed by more than 107 million people. Though it originally aired in full color, only a black & white kinescope of the production has survived.

The Animal Kingdom

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

Tom Collier has had a great relationship with Daisy, but when he decides to marry, it is not Daisy whom he asks, it is Cecelia. After the marriage, Tom is bored with the social scene and the obligations of his life. He publishes books that will sell, not books that he wants to write. Even worse, he has his old friend working as a butler and Cecelia wants him fired. When Tom tries to get back together with Daisy to renew the feelings that he once felt, Daisy turns the tables on him and leaves to protect both of them.

Now, Voyager

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

A woman suffers a nervous breakdown and an oppressive mother before being freed by the love of a man she meets on a cruise.

Free Love

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A wife’s psychiatrist tells her that she is being dominated by her husband. Her solution is to divorce him.

The Big Knife

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

Movie star Charlie Castle draws the ire of Hollywood producer Stanley Hoff when he refuses to sign a new seven-year contract. Castle is sick of the low quality of the studio’s films and wants to start a new life. While his estranged wife supports him in the decision, Castle’s talent agent urges him to reconsider. When Castle continues to be uncooperative, Hoff resorts to blackmail in order to get his way.

Johnny Dark

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

A young auto racer competes in a Canada-to-Mexico race in a car he designed himself. Director George Sherman’s 1954 film stars Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Don Taylor, Sidney Blackmer, Paul Kelly, Ilka Chase and Joseph Sawyer.

Once a Sinner

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

As Diana Barry is preparing to leave New York to marry inventor Tommy Mason she is offered financial assistance from her ex-lover Dick Kent, who still has a thing for her. Refusing she heads to Sparta, where she informs Tommy of her affair with the older man. Tommy tells her that he doesn’t want to know the man’s name or any details and Diana is happy to forget the past and move on. This decision comes to bite them a year later though, when Kent returns into the picture.

Miss Tatlock’s Millions

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

After the accidental death of an idiot heir, a stunt man is hired to impersonate him while the family gathers to determine the dispersment of the estate of Miss Tatlock’s millions.

No Time for Love

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Upper-class female reporter is (despite herself) attracted to hulking laborer digging a tunnel under the Hudson river.

Stronger Than Desire

Sun, 02 Nov 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An attorney handling a murder case in unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.