Joseph W. Girard – MRQE

Partners in Crime

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

After being dismissed for imitating his boss’s voice on radio, former Assistant District Attorney Richard Deming witnesses a store robbery and is taken captive by the criminals. Suspected of the crime, he is sought by the police, but his sweetheart, Marie, convinced of his innocence, enlists the help of two friends, a newspaper reporter and a half-witted detective. Hoping to win the girl’s favor, the two go to the gangsters’ hideout, encounter a violent gang war, and accidently set off a case of police tear bombs. The police, summoned by Marie, arrive just in time to save the kidnaped attorney.

Legally Dead

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A man faces being hanged for a crime he didn’t commit

Racetrack

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

Joe Tomasso is an Italian-American bookmaker and gambler who, outwardly, is hard but soft-hearted inwardly. He becomes fond of a homeless waif, Jackie Curtis, and begins to look upon him as the son he never had. But when Jackie’s mother appears, Joe has a hard decision to make.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

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

Captain Nemo has built a fantastic submarine for his mission of revenge. He has traveled over 20,000 leagues in search of Charles Denver – a man who caused the death of Princess Daaker. Seeing what he had done, Denver took the daughter to his yacht and sailed away.

Captain Midnight

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

Secret Service Major Steel is one of the few men in America aware of the fact that Captain Albright is also Captain Midnight, daring masked aviator dedicated to fighting gangsters and enemies of America.

The Green Archer

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

Columbia’s 12th serial of 57 total (following 1940’s “Deadwood Dick” and ahead of 1941’s “White Eagle”) is another of director’s James Horne’s “classics” where he evidently figured that the same reactions that served him well in Laurel and Hardy films would work well in action serials where he has all hands, heroes and villains alike, doing some kind of over-the top “take”, no matter the situation. This loose adaptation of an Edgar Wallace story finds Michael Bellamy (Kenne Duncan in his Kenneth Duncan period) inheriting Garr Castle, but his brother, Abel Bellamy (James Craven, as usual making Oil-Can Harry look smooth), has him imprisoned unjustly and moves into the castle himself. When Michael’s wife, Elaine Bellamy (Dorothy Fay), fails to return after visiting Abel, her sister Valerie Howett (Iris Meredith), accompanied by their father,

Laughing at Danger

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

A young fellow, down in the dumps after a belle breaks his heart, believes his father is setting up staged escapades and dangers in an attempt to get him out of his rut. His father isn’t, and the dangers– a cadre of hoods, car chases, a death ray– are real!

The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen

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

Tex is up against a group of hooded outlaws. When he shoots one, he uses the hood to infiltrate the gang. Almost caught by them, he escapes only to be arrested by the Sheriff who thinks he’s one of the gang.

The Fighting Trooper

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

When the Ranger Sergeant returns murdered with a note that LaFarge did it, Trooper Burke sets out to after LaFarge. Working undercover, he saves LaFarge’s life and this gets him into LaFarge’s gang. He then arrests LaFarge and brings him in only to learn that LaFarge is not only innocent but is now a prisoner of the real killer.

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.