Jean Arthur – MRQE

The More the Merrier

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

It’s World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere – especially in Washington, D.C. where Connie Milligan rents an apartment. Believing it to be her patriotic duty, Connie offers to sublet half of her apartment, fully expecting a suitable female tenent. What she gets instead is mischievous, middle-aged Benjamin Dingle. Dingle talks her into subletting to him and then promptly sublets half of his half to young, irreverent Joe Carter – creating a situation tailor-made for comedy and romance.

The Virtuous Husband

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

When a rich young man marries, he lets the books and letters left him by his dead mother guide his life.

The Most Precious Thing in Life

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An unwed mother watches as her illegitimate son is raised by others. Director Lambert Hillyer’s 1934 drama stars Jean Arthur, Richard Cromwell, Donald Cook, Anita Louise, Jane Darwell, Mary Forbes and Ward Bond.

Warming Up

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

Bert, a pitcher for a baseball team in a small town, is given the opportunity to try out for a team in the big leagues. Unfortunately, he incurs the enmity of McRae, the league’s leading home-run hitter. In addition, he falls for the team owner’s daughter, who McRae has designs on.

Yesterday and Today

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

A compilation of early-day silent films that serves as a glimpse back to the formative days of the movie industry as a salute to Hollywood’s Golden Year, so proclaimed by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce as 1953.

Whirlpool

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

An ex-convict tries to connect with the daughter who doesn’t even know he exists.

A Foreign Affair

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

In occupied Berlin, an army captain is torn between an ex-Nazi cafe singer and the U.S. congresswoman investigating her.

Sins of the Fathers

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A married restaurant owner is persuaded to become a bootlegger by a beautiful young girl. When he starts making money at it, she steals it, then runs off with another man. His wife finds out what happened. Complications ensue.

The Impatient Years

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

Standing before a divorce court judge are Sergeant Andy Anderson and Janie Anderson asking him to dissolve their marriage. Janie’s father, William Smith, objects and the judge allows him to give his version of their story. They had met in San Francisco fifteen months earlier and, after knowing each other only three days, had gotten married. Andy was sent overseas the day after the wedding and when he returns and despite the fact that Janie had borne him a son, they find they are almost strangers. Mr. Smith suggests, and the judge orders, that if they retrace their actions over the four days they knew each other they would regain their love.

A Lady Takes a Chance

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

A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her city suitors.