Kevin Conway – MRQE

The Elephant Man (TV)

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

A taped version of the stage play about a hideously deformed 19th-century London man and how he managed to triumph over his disease.

Something About Amelia (TV)

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

Counseling helps family deal with the discovery that their child was sexually abused by the closest relative.

The Lathe of Heaven (TV)

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

George Orr, a man whose dreams can change waking reality, tries to suppress this unpredictable gift with drugs. Dr. Haber, an assigned psychiatrist, discovers the gift to be real and hypnotically induces Mr. Orr to change reality for the benefit of mankind — with bizarre and frightening results.

Mark Twain (TV)

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

Largely considered to be the greatest American author, Mark Twain is celebrated in this exhaustive documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns.

Trainwreck: My Life as an Idoit

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

A dramatic comedy about a self-induced attention-deficit disordered, learning disabled, Tourette’s syndrome suffering, balance impaired, ex-alcoholic young man from the Upper East Side of Manhattan and the gold-digging girl who inspires him to try to get it together.

“Prohibition”

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

The history of the rise, rule and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the entire era it encompassed (1920-33). After nearly a century of activism, Prohibition was intended to improve the lives of all citizens by protecting individuals, families and society at large from the devastating effects of alcohol abuse; but paradoxically it made millions of people rethink their definition of morality.

Jesse (TV)

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

True television account of a caring nurse whose work in Death Valley was challenged by the state.

Believe in Me

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

Remy is a medical student who has a flair for making his patients comfortable. His genuine concern for the patients in his charge marks him as a hot prospect in his internship program. Pamela works at a children’s book publishing company. The two meet via Pamela’s brother, who is also Remy’s good friend. They fall in love and get an apartment in the East Village of New York. Soon after, the couple begins to indulge in speed and barbiturates. They become heavily addicted. Remy is thrown out of medical school and Pamela quits her job. Remy soon finds himself in debt with the local dealer, Stutter, who introduces his customer to heroin as a revenge for his late bill. Pamela faces the prospect of getting sober at her brother’s clinic, but must leave behind a destitute Remy in order to do it.

Invincible

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

Inspired by the true story of Vince Papale, a man with nothing to lose who ignored the staggering odds and made his dream come true. When the coach of Papale’s beloved hometown football team hosted an unprecedented open tryout, the public consensus was that it was a waste of time no one good enough to play professional football was going to be found this way.

“Scarlet Letter, The”

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

The Scarlet Letter is a 1979 miniseries based on the novel of the same name that aired on WGBH from March 3, 1979 to March 24, 1979. The series is four episodes long, 60 minutes each. Part 2 won the 1979 Emmy Award for Outstanding Video Tape Editing for a Limited Series or Special for film editors Ken Denisoff, Janet McFadden, and Tucker Wiard.

In 1979, when most literary programs were being produced in the United Kingdom, Boston public television station WGBH decided to produce a homegrown literary classic of its own. The result is this epic version of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s enduring novel of Puritan America in search of its soul. Hester Prynne overcomes the stigma of adultery to emerge as the first great heroine in American literature. Hawthorne’s themes, the nature of sin, social hypocrisy, and community repression, still reverberate through American society.

Meg Foster brings a quiet strength to the role of Hester, the adulteress condemned to wear a scarlet “A” for the rest of her life. As her partner in crime, the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, John Heard writhes in private torment most convincingly. Kevin Conway completes this grim triangle as the mysterious, maleficent Roger Chillingworth. The costumes and scenery are simple, so as not to detract from the dialogue as each character grapples with the meaning of sin, forgiveness, and redemption.