Louise Fazenda – MRQE

The Cradle Snatchers

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

To cure their flirtatious husbands of consorting with flappers, three wives– Susan Martin, Ethel Drake, and Kitty Ladd– arrange with three college boys– Henry Winton, Oscar, and Joe Valley– to flirt with them at a house party. Joe Valley, who poses as a hot-blooded Spaniard, is vamped by Ginsberg in female attire, and Oscar, a bashful Swede, uses caveman methods when aroused. During a rehearsal of the party, the three husbands arrive, followed by their flapper friends, leading to comic complications.

Bad Boy

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

An unemployed loafer who spends his time playing pool decides he’s ready to look for a job so he can secure his girlfriend’s parents’ approval for their marriage.

Outcast

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Outcast is a 1928 silent film drama produced and distributed by First National Pictures. It was directed by William A. Seiter and stars Corinne Griffith, often considered one of the most beautiful women in film. This story had been filmed in 1917 as The World and the Woman with Jeanne Eagels. In 1922 a Paramount film of the same name with Elsie Ferguson reprising her stage role was released. Both films were based on a 1914 play, Outcast, by Hubert Henry Davies which starred Ferguson. The Seiter/Griffith film was an all silent with Vitaphone music and sound effects. In the sound era, the story was filmed once again as The Girl from 10th Avenue starring Bette Davis.

Main Street

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The arrival of pretty Carol Milford in the staid Midwestern town of Gopher Prairie really shakes up the locals.

Heart to Heart

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

Princess Delatorre, young and beautiful widow of an Italian scion of royalty, returns with her fortune to the small American town where she grew up as Ellen Gutherie. Arriving by train a few days earlier than she planned, Ellen is mistaken for Mrs. Arden, a seamstress of doubtful repute from a neighboring town. She carries on the deception for fun when her nearsighted Aunt Katie and others believe she is Mrs. Arden. Phil, her old sweetheart, recognizes her, however, and shows her his new invention, a corkscrew that turns itself–a failure because of prohibition. Ellen leaves, having heard how much store is set on her coming; she returns on the proper train, elaborately made up as Princess Delatorre, and the big reception takes place as planned. Then she and Phil return to Italy, where they expect the corkscrew to be a success.

Miss Nobody

Sun, 28 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The father of an heiress dies broke leaving her destitute without inheritance. She falls in with a group of hobos traveling incognito cross country dressed as a man.

Alice in Wonderland

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

In Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland populated by even more fantastic characters.

Wide Open

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An eccentric, fluttery bachelor is dismayed to discover an undressed woman in his apartment.

Noah’s Ark

Sun, 14 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The Biblical story of Noah and the Great Flood, with a parallel story of soldiers in the First World War.

Compromise

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

Compromise is a silent film drama produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by Alan Crosland. The film is now thought to be a lost film.