Lillian Leighton – MRQE

Lovers?

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

Unfounded gossip leads to tragedy for a Spanish diplomat.

Love Never Dies

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

John and Tilly’s happy marriage is ruined when Tilly’s father finds out about the scandalous past of John’s mother. John, unaware of his father-in-law’s meddling, thinks Tilly has left him, and he leaves town. Her father leads Tilly to believe that John has died in an accident, and he pushes her to marry someone else.

The Bedroom Window

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

William C. DeMille, Cecil B. DeMille’s talented director brother, teamed with his favorite collaborator, scenarist Clara Beranger, for the 7-reel silent The Bedroom Window. Essentially a by-the-book mystery tale, the film is lifted from the ordinary by the expertise of DeMille and the charm of leading lady May McAvoy. She plays the daughter of a murder victim, while Ricardo Cortez co-stars as the Accused. Cortez is saved from the chair by his aunt Ethel Wales, a mystery writer. The real culprit is…well, keep your eye on the least likely, most cooperative member of the cast.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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

An early version of the classic, based more on the 1902 stage musical than on the original novel.

Code of the West

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

Code of the West (1925)

Peck’s Bad Boy

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

This portrayal of small town life before the War is based on a small boys determination to get to see the circus, over all obstacles. Escaped lions, lightheaded blackmail of his father, and playfully planting stolen papers on his sisters boyfriend are all in a days work for little Henry Peck.

The Sphinx

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

A man known to be a mute is suspected of committing a murder, as he was noticed at the scene. However, witnesses saw and heard him talking as he was leaving the scene of the crime. The police must determine if he is the actual killer or if he is being framed.

Sweepstakes

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

When her husband suffers a neurological complication, a new mother is left to face the life she could have had.

Feet First

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

Ambitious shoe salesman, Harold, unknowingly meets the boss’ daughter and tells her he is a leather tycoon. The rest of the film he spends hiding his true circumstances, in the store and later on a ship. Trying to deliver a letter, he later finds himself dangling high above the street on a building’s scaffolding.

The Grand Parade

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

No one suffered more magnificently in the early-talkie era than the inimitable Helen Twelvetrees. In Grand Parade, the actress is cast as Molly, the sweetheart of minstrel-show performer Jack Kelly. Rising to the top of his profession, Kelly plummets to the bottom thanks to his fondness for intoxicating beverages. Molly nurses and coddles Kelly back to health, giving nary a thought for her own comfort or happiness.