John Harron – MRQE

Big Boy

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

Gus, the trusty family retainer, has hopes of riding his boss’ horse, Big Boy, to victory at the Kentucky Derby.

Finders Keepers

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 05:00:00 +0000

Silent military comedy whose only print exists in the Library of Congress.

Below the Line

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

Slasher falls off the train that is carrying him. He is found, broken in spirit, by Donald Cass. The dog is regenerated by Donald’s love.

The Murder in the Museum

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

When a city councilman is murdered while investigating allegations of drug dealing going on a a somewhat disreputable sideshow, the daughter of the chief suspect teams up with a newspaper reporter to find the real killer.

Midnight Warning

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

Guests at a luxury hotel are horrified when they witness a man literally “disappear into thin air.” The vanished man’s relatives hire a detective, who goes to the hotel to investigate the disappearance.

White Zombie

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

In Haiti, a wealthy landowner convinces a sorcerer to lure the American woman he has fallen for away from her fiance, only to have the madman decide to keep the woman for himself, as a zombie.

Czar of Broadway

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

Mort Bradley, New York political boss and underworld czar, controls not only the city’s most popular nightclub but also much of the press; however, the managing editor of the Times is determined to expose him. Jay Grant, a San Francisco reporter, is assigned to investigate Mort, who believes Jay to be a country boy and is delighted to see him fall in love with Connie Colton, of whom Mort has tired. Dismayed to learn that Jay is a reporter, Mort plans to have his gunman, Francis, kill him, but both Mort and Francis are shot by rival gangsters. Jay, believing that Mort will recover, rushes to the newspaper with an exposé, but while writing it he learns of Mort’s death and decides their friendship would not permit him to submit the story. He leaves his paper and embarks on a new life with Connie.

Silk Stockings

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

Universal star Laura LaPlante struggles to fill out a very scanty story in this lightweight farce comedy. Molly and Sam Thornhill (LaPlante and John Harron) are a young couple who have been married less than a year. Although they dearly love each other, they argue constantly over every little thing. But when Molly discovers a pair of silk stockings in Sam’s pocket, it’s a very big deal. Even though Sam is completely innocent — one of the girls at work took them off during her lunch hour and hid them as a joke — Molly is determined to get a divorce. She lies to the judge, claiming that her meek, retiring husband is a gambler, a womanizer, and a wife beater. She manages to get her decree, but both she and Sam regret it almost immediately. Before the final decree goes through, Molly discovers that if Sam compromises her, the divorce will be void. She heads for his room in order to make that happen but wanders into the wrong room — and the fun is on. Needless to say, the couple are embracing once again by the final frame.

Hell-Bent for Heaven

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

Sid Hunt and Jude Lowery are Carolina sweethearts but hired-hand Rufe Pryer also has his eyes on her. Rufe lies to Andy, Jude’s brother, and a family-feud is started when Andy goes gunning after Sid. But Sid quiets the drunken Andy, and is taking him home when a shot is fired from ambush and Sid’s horse comes home riderless. But he shows up unhurt, and the jealous-maddened Rufe sends him on a ruse to the big dam. Rufe sets off a dynamite explosion to catch Sid in the swirling waters but Jude is the one who is caught.

The Little Irish Girl

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

Beautiful Dot Walker is part of a ring of crooks in San Francisco, who use her to lure impressionable young men into a crooked card game. Young Johnny has come to the big city to sell his grandmother’s hotel back in his home town, but he falls under Dot’s spell, gets suckered into the game and loses all his money. He asks his newfound “friends” to come back to his hometown to buy the hotel. They accept but are actually planning to swindle Johnny’s grandmother out of her hotel. It turns out that Granny isn’t quite the easy mark they thought she would be.