Mayme Kelso – MRQE

Vanity

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

Barbara Fiske, a beautiful girl of social standing, is about to be married to Lloyd Van Courtland. On the eve of their marriage, she foolishly pays a visit to a colorful steamship captain aboard his ship.

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Behind in the mortgage on Sunnybrook Farm and barely managing to feed seven hungry mouths, mother sends young Rebecca off to Riverboro to be raised by her wealthy Aunt Miranda. The little girl is treated like a prisoner by her strict Aunt, yet she gamely does her best to get an education. When spoiled girls at school mock the spirited Rebecca as “missy poor-house,” she soon makes them come to eat their words. Despite many difficulties, Rebecca manages to help the less fortunate and spread joy in Riverboro, dreaming that her reward will come when she is “all growed up.” This version is notable for having been adapted by famed female screenwriter Frances Marion.

Cheating Cheaters

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

Two gangs of crooks, living side-by-side, each mistake the other for a wealthy household and each plot to rob the other.

The Lost Romance

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

Dr. Allen Erskine’s maiden aunt Elizabeth attempts to save her nephew’s floundering marriage by staging the kidnaping of her nephew’s son, in the hope that the married couple will be drawn closer together by the experience.

Conrad in Quest of His Youth

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

Conrad Warrener, a man of near middle-age, reflects nostalgically on the happy times of his youth and decides to recapture them. However, what he learns about the “second time around” is neither what he expected nor what he hoped for.

Why Change Your Wife?

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Robert and Beth Bordon are married but share little. He runs into Sally at a cabaret and the Gordons are soon divorced. Just as he gets bored with Sally’s superficiality, Beth strives to improve her looks. The original couple falls in love again at a summer resort.

Johnny Get Your Gun

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

This action-comedy has nothing to do with WWI — Dalton Trumbo’s novel would not be written for another 20 years. Stage luminary Fred Stone, known in silent film for his acrobatic roles, stars. Johnny Wiggins (Stone) is a cowboy stunt actor whose friend Bill Burnham (Hart Hoxie) lands in jail. Burnham’s sister, Janet (Nina Byron), is an heiress who is being courted by the phony Count Bullion-nia (James Cruze). Bill’s signature is needed so that the Count can marry her. Burnham wants to get rid of the Count but can’t because he is locked up, so Wiggins offers to pose as him and go East. Because brother and sister haven’t seen each other since they were children, Janet readily accepts Wiggins as Bill. Through his impressive athletic trickery, Wiggins puts the Count and several other bad guys to rout. Janet finds a decent young man to marry, and Wiggins finds a girl of his own.

The Secret Game

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

In the office of Major Northfield, the quartermaster of the Pacific Coast, a leak has been discovered which may endanger the safety of American transports that are secretly carrying troops across the Pacific. Nara-Nara, a Japanese detective, is assigned to the case because his country has guaranteed safety to these transport ships. Nara-Nara believes that Northfield is guilty, although in reality it is Northfield’s secretary Kitty Little, a girl of German ancestry, who is passing information to Dr. Ebell Smith, a German agent. Nara-Nara falls in love with Kitty, but soon after discovers that she is the leak in the quartermaster’s office.

Castles for Two

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

An American heiress who goes to Ireland meets a bankrupt lord. She switches places with her maid to avoid fortune hunters.