Mary Clare – MRQE https://mrqe.com Fri, 21 Aug 2026 06:03:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://mrqe.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/MRQE-favicon-1.png Mary Clare – MRQE https://mrqe.com 32 32 Carmen https://mrqe.com/movie/carmen-m100018679/ Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/carmen-m100018679/ In 1931, Sir Malcolm Sargent then a rising young conductor acted as musical director for this first filmed musical version of Prosper Mérimées classic story of passion and fatal jealousy, Carmen. With a score based on Bizets opera, Gipsy Blood features celebrated American soprano Marguerite Namara as the capricious gypsy girl from the cigarette factory; her co-performers include Thomas Burke as Carmens tormented lover, Don José, and New Zealand-born baritone Lance Fairfax as his rival, the toreador Escamillo.

]]> The Rat https://mrqe.com/movie/the-rat-m100114225/ Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/the-rat-m100114225/ Jean Boucheron the cat burglar is the darling of the Montmartre whores–and catches the eye of slumming socialite Zelia de Chaumont, who decides to “reform” him. A complication is his lovely young ward Odile… murder and a grand courtoom scene ensue.

]]> London Town https://mrqe.com/movie/london-town-m100024135/ Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/london-town-m100024135/ Veteran music-hall entertainer Jerry Stanford a washed-up comedian hopes to stage a comeback in a glittering new revue. Alas, Stanford is hired as merely an understudy and bit player. His faithful daughter pulls a few fast ones in order to get her dad back on stage in a starring role….

]]> The Guv’nor https://mrqe.com/movie/the-guvnor-m100033874/ Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/the-guvnor-m100033874/ The Guv’nor (released in the U.S. as Mr. Hobo) is a 1935 British comedy film starring George Arliss as a tramp who rides a series of misunderstandings and becomes the president of a bank.

]]> The Outsider https://mrqe.com/movie/the-outsider-m100039102/ Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/the-outsider-m100039102/ An unorthodox osteopath cures one of his patients, the daughter of a fellow Doctor.

]]> Moulin Rouge https://mrqe.com/movie/moulin-rouge-m100037892/ Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/moulin-rouge-m100037892/ In 1890 Paris, Moulin Rouge is a nightclub where crippled artist Toulouse-Lautrec feels like he fits in. In the following years, he meets two women who provide an opportunity for him to find true love.

]]> The Mill on the Floss https://mrqe.com/movie/the-mill-on-the-floss-m100009827/ Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/the-mill-on-the-floss-m100009827/ Romeo and Juliet in 1930s England. The owner of the mill and the local lord are in conflict over water rights. The lord wins threatening the mill owner with financial ruin.

]]> The Challenge https://mrqe.com/movie/the-challenge-m100052232/ Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/the-challenge-m100052232/ Dramatization of the first climbing of the Matterhorn in 1865.

]]> Mambo https://mrqe.com/movie/mambo-m100059813/ Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/mambo-m100059813/ A young and poor Venetian woman is invited to a masquerade ball by a charming count.

]]> Penny Princess https://mrqe.com/movie/penny-princess-m100045117/ Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/penny-princess-m100045117/ A tiny European country which for years has survived financially only through evading its bills and smuggling is finally facing bankruptcy, when a rich American agrees to save the place by buying it. But before, the deal is closed, he dies. His nearest relative and heir turns out to be a young woman with high ethical and democratic standards, but no experience with money, or affairs of state, or Europe. A charming young English visitor helps her to muddle through. Comedy and romance follow.

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