Mort Marshall – MRQE https://mrqe.com Mon, 24 Aug 2026 15:14:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://mrqe.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/MRQE-favicon-1.png Mort Marshall – MRQE https://mrqe.com 32 32 One Touch of Venus (TV) https://mrqe.com/movie/one-touch-of-venus-m100110257/ Thu, 28 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/one-touch-of-venus-m100110257/ While touring a museum, Rodney Hatch, an unremarkable barber, places an engagement ring intended for his girlfriend on the hand of a statue of Venus, the goddess of love and beauty. From Mount Olympus, Venus witnesses the event and decides to visit Rodney on Earth by magically inhabiting the statue. Hilarity ensues when she starts to fall in love with Rodney and competes with his girlfriend for his attentions. This television version of Kurt Weill’s successful Broadway musical is much more faithful to the stage version than the 1948 Ava Gardner film, which changed the story considerably and cut most of the songs.

]]> “Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales” https://mrqe.com/movie/tennessee-tuxedo-and-his-tales-tv-m100100201/ Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/tennessee-tuxedo-and-his-tales-tv-m100100201/ Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales is a semi-educational animated cartoon TV series that originally aired on CBS from 1963 to 1966. It was produced by Total Television, the same company that produced the earlier King Leonardo and the later Underdog, and primarily sponsored by General Mills. The title is a play on tuxedo and tails formal wear.

]]> Pinocchio (TV) https://mrqe.com/movie/pinocchio-m100111610/ Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/pinocchio-m100111610/ Pinocchio is a musical version of the story that aired in the United States on NBC, with pop star Peter Noone playing the puppet.

]]> “Underdog” https://mrqe.com/movie/underdog-tv-m100035269/ Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/underdog-tv-m100035269/ Underdog is an American animated television series that debuted October 3, 1964, on the NBC network under the primary sponsorship of General Mills, and continued in syndication until 1973, for a run of 124 episodes.

Underdog, Shoeshine Boy’s heroic alter-ego, appeared whenever love interest Sweet Polly Purebred was being victimized by such villains as Simon Bar Sinister or Riff Raff. Underdog nearly always speaks in rhyme, as in, “There’s no need to fear, Underdog is here!” His voice was supplied by Wally Cox.

]]> Target Earth https://mrqe.com/movie/target-earth-m100035511/ Thu, 28 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/target-earth-m100035511/ Giant robots from Venus invade Chicago. Stranded in the deserted city are Frank and Nora (who has recently attempted suicide). They meet a celebrating couple at a café, Vicki Harris and Jim Wilson. The quartet escape the robot patrol and take refuge in a large hotel. There, they encounter a new danger in Davis, a psychopathic killer.

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