John Garrick – MRQE

Are You There?

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

Beatrice Lillie shines in disguise as a private detective.

Bad Company

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A psychotic and sadistic mob boss is infatuated with the young wife of his newlywed attorney, and he plots to get him out of the way so he can have her to himself.

The Great Victor Herbert

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

In his last film assignment, portly Walter Connolly fills the title role (in more ways than one) in The Great Victor Herbert. Very little of Herbert’s life story is incorporated in the screenplay (a closing title actually apologizes for the film’s paucity of cold hard facts); instead, the writers allow the famed composer’s works to speak for themselves. In the tradition of one of his own operettas, Herbert spends most of his time patching up the shaky marriage between tenor John Ramsey (Allan Jones) and Louise Hall (Mary Martin). Many of Herbert’s most famous compositions are well in evidence, including “Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life”, “March of the Toys” and “Kiss Me Again”, the latter performed con brio by teenaged coloratura Susanna Foster. Evidently, the producers were able to secure the film rights for the Herbert songs, but not for the stage productions in which they appeared, which may explain such bizarre interpolations as having a song from Naughty Marietta.

A Woman Alone

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An officer becomes entangled in a love affair with a woman who works as a maid.

Turn of the Tide

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

Turn of the Tide is a 1935 British film directed by Norman Walker. It was the first feature film made by J. Arthur Rank. It is set in a North Yorkshire fishing village, and relates the rivalry between two fishing families. The actors included John Garrick, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Wilfrid Lawson speak in the local accent. The work is based on the novel Three Fevers by Leo Walmsley.

Charlie Chan Carries On

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

Charlie steps in to solve the murder of a wealthy American found dead in a London hotel. Settings include London, Nice, San Remo, Honolulu and Hong Kong. Fast-paced with lots of wisecracking. The first film to star Warner Oland as Charlie Chan.

Just Imagine

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

New York, 1980: airplanes have replaced cars, numbers have replaced names, pills have replaced food, government-arranged marriages have replaced love, and test tube babies have replaced … well, you get the idea. Scientists revive a man struck by lightning in 1930; he is rechristened “Single O”. He is befriended by J-21, who can’t marry the girl of his dreams because he isn’t “distinguished” enough — until he is chosen for a 4-month expedition to Mars by a renegade scientist. The Mars J-21, his friend, and stowaway Single O visit is full of scantily clad women doing Busby Berkeley-style dance numbers and worshiping a fat middle-aged man.

The Lottery Bride

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

Sundered lovers meet again amid tragic irony at a mining camp in northern Norway.

Song o’ My Heart

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

Broken hearts in Ireland. Sean is a great tenor, in semi-retirement, living in a village close to Mary, the woman hes always loved. Marys aunt convinced her to marry a man for his money; he has recently deserted her, leaving her penniless. She and her two children, Eileen and Tad, move in with the selfish and austere aunt. Eileen is falling in love with Fergus, a young man whos off to Dublin to seek his fortune. Sean is drawn out of retirement and goes on tour in America. At his first concert, hes nervous and out of sorts until the last song, when peace descends on him like a gift. What has happened, and can family life be set right?

The Broken Melody

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

A composer goes to Devil’s Island for killing his wife’s lover, then writes an opera about it.