Molly Lamont – MRQE

Scared to Death

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

A woman is married to the son of a doctor, the proprietor of a private sanatorium, where she is under unwilling treatment. Both the son and the doctor indicate they want the marriage dissolved. Arriving at the scene is a mysterious personage identified as the doctor’s brother who formerly was a stage magician in Europe. He is accompanied by a threatening dwarf…

Lucky Girl

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

Stephan Gregorovitch, the unwilling king of a bankrupt Ruritanian country, along with his hucksterish chancellor and musically-inclined bodyguard, travel incognito to London for some fun. An invitation to a party held by Duke Hugo seems just the ticket, but the presence of jewel thieves in the vicinity soon puts paid to any ideas of a relaxing evening!

So Goes My Love

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

Country girl Jane Budden goes to the big city, determined to find and marry a wealthy man. Instead, she meets and marries Herman Maxim, a struggling inventor.

Devil Bat’s Daughter

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

Wishing to dispose of his wife, psychiatrist Dr. Elliott makes his patient Nina think that she suffers from a compulsion to kill. He drugs Nina, murders his wife and leaves evidence that points to Nina. The latter, pre-conditioned by Elliott, also thinks she is guilty.

The Suspect

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

Genial shopkeeper Philip has to endure the constant nagging of a shrewish wife while he secretly yearns for a pretty young stenographer. When the henpecking gets to be too much, Philip murders his wife and manages to make her death look like an accident. A ruthless blackmailer and a low-key detective both discover Philip’s secret, and he has to decide which of them poses the more dangerous threat.

Minstrel Man

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

Unusually elaborate for a PRC film, Minstrel Man is a lively musical drama built around the talents of veteran vaudevillian Benny Fields. The star is cast as Dixie Boy Johnson, who rises from the ranks of minstrel shows to become a top Broadway attraction. On the opening night of his greatest stage triumph, Dixie Boy’s wife dies in childbirth. Profoundly shaken, he walks out of the show, leaving the baby to be raised by his showbiz pals Mae and Lasses White (Gladys George, Roscoe Karns). The kid grows up to be an attractive young woman named Caroline (Judy Clark), who follows in her dad’s footsteps by billing herself as-that’s right-Dixie Girl Johnson. This leads to a tearful reunion between Caroline and the father she’d long assumed to be dead. If Minstrel Man seems at times to be a dress rehearsal for Columbia’s The Jolson Story (1946), it shouldn’t surprising: the PRC film was directed by Joseph H. Lewis, who went on to helm Jolson Story’s musical highlights.

The Awful Truth

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

Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other’s attempts to find new romance.

A Doctor’s Diary

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

A Doctor’s Diary is told through the eyes of Dr. Dan Norris (John Trent), resident physician in a private hospital. In his search for a cure for spinal meningitis, Norris recklessly runs roughshod over the feelings of his colleagues. The doctor’s older, wiser supervisor, Dr. Clem Driscoll (George Bancroft), tries to curb Norris’ impatience, pointing out that nothing takes place overnight. Angrily, Norris accuses Driscoll of malpractice and is forced to resign from the clinic — just when a meningitis epidemic breaks out.

The Jungle Princess

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

Christopher Powell is in Malaysia with his fiancée and her father, capturing wild animals. While out hunting, he is attacked by a tiger, and his native guides run away, leaving him for dead. But the tiger is the pet of Ulah, a beautiful young woman who grew up by herself in the jungle. She rescues Chris and takes him back to her cave, where she nurses him to health and falls in love with him. When he eventually returns to camp, she follows. The fiancée is jealous, and the natives don’t like Ulah or her pet tiger either, all of which leads to a lot of trouble.

Fury and the Woman

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

A tough Irishman tries to help a logging company owner on Vancouver Island who is being sabotaged by a nearby competitor.