Nelson McDowell – MRQE

The Claw

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

Based on the 1911 novel by Cynthia Stockley, this is the story of Dierdre Saurin, whose infatuation with Major Kinsella takes her to Africa where native uprisings and the jealous connivings of Maurice Stair await her.

The Real McCoy

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

Charley poses as a hillbilly in his pursuit of a country girl.

The Last of the Mohicans

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

As Alice and Cora Munro attempt to find their father, a British officer in the French and Indian War, they are set upon by French soldiers and their cohorts, Huron tribesmen led by the evil Magua. Fighting to rescue the women are Chingachgook and his son Uncas, the last of the Mohican tribe, and their white ally, the frontiersman Natty Bumppo, known as Hawkeye.

The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come

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

Kentucky Courage was the second film version of John Fox Jr.’s 1903 novel The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come. Richard Barthelmess stars as Chad Buford, a sensitive Kentucky farm boy who escapes his sadistic guardian Nathan Cherry (Gustav von Seyfertitz) and finds a safe harbor in the home of Old Joe Turner (Nelson McDowell). Chad’s budding romance with Turner’s daughter Melissa (Molly O’Day) is put on hold by the Civil War. Fighting on the Northern side, the boy comes marching home five years later — older, wiser, and a great deal stronger. After beating the town bully to a pulp, Chad settles down to a happy future with Melissa at his side. The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come was filmed for a fourth time in 1961, with singer Jimmie Rodgers as Chad.

The Dawn Rider

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

When John Mason’s father is killed, John is wounded. Attracted to his nurse Alice, a conflict arises between him and his friend Ben who plans to marry Alice. John later finds the killer of his father but goes to face him not knowing Ben has removed the bullets from his gun.

The Girl of the Golden West

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A now forgotten star of the later silent era, Sylvia Breamer took on the old David Belasco stage chestnut in this remake of Cecil B. DeMille’s 1915 Western classic. Miss Breamer plays a saloon owner who becomes a pawn between two men, a swashbuckling bandit (played in his usual florid style by J. Warren Kerrigan of The Covered Wagon fame) and a tough lawman (Russell Simpson). The center-piece of the story is, of course, the climactic poker game, in which the stakes are the bandit’s life and the girl’s virtue. According to contemporary reviews, Sylvia Breamer was sorely miscast as the tough, yet feminine saloon boss and that the film was no improvement over the DeMille original. There would be three further remakes of the old stage play: 1930, starring Ann Harding, and 1938, starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, plus the 1943 Italian Una Signora del l’Ovest, featuring Michel Simon, Isa Pola and Rossano Brazzi.

Great Mail Robbery

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

Veteran serial director George B. Seitz keeps things perpetually on the move in The Great Mail Robbery. Theodore von Eltz stars as Marine lieutenant Donald Macready, assigned by his commanding officer to squelch a train-robbery gang. Going undercover, Macready infiltrates the gang and monitors their every move.

The Power God

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

In this movie serial Professor Sturgess invents a miraculous engine which can draw unlimited power from the atoms of the air. When the professor is killed, his daughter and her fiance must fight to keep the secret of the power engine out of the hands of evil Weston Dore and his henchmen.

Pioneer Trails

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

Jack is orphaned as a young child when his wagon train is ambushed by Indians. Twenty years later, he rescues Rose from a runaway stagecoach. The two fall in love, much to the displeasure of Blaney. To put him out of the way, Blaney kills Jack’s adoptive mother and frames Jack for the crime.