Patric Knowles – MRQE

Mutiny

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

Early in the War of 1812, Captain James Marshall is commissioned to run the British blockade and fetch an unofficial war loan from France. As first mate, Marshall recruits Ben Waldridge, a cashiered former British Navy captain. Waldridge brings his former gun crew…who begin plotting mutiny as soon as they learn there’ll be gold aboard. The gold duly arrives, and with it Waldridge’s former sweetheart Leslie, who’s fond of a bit of gold herself. Which side is Waldridge really on?

Ivy

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

When Ivy, an Edwardian belle, begins to like Miles, a wealthy gentleman, she is unsure of what to do with her husband, Jervis, and her lover, Dr. Roger. She then hatches a plan to get rid of them both.

Dream Girl

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

A young woman spends much of her time fantasizing about what might be, but a realistic admirer tries to convince her to live the life she has.

The Guv’nor

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

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.

This Is the Life

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

18-year-old Angela, reared in a New England town by her Aunt Betsy, receives an inheritance which she uses to go to New York, ostensibly for voice training, but she is pursuing Major Hilary Jarret, an Army surgeon with whom she has become infatuated. Her departure depresses her childhood friend Jimmy Plum. Dr. Plum devises an errand on which to send his love-sick son to New York, where Jimmy discovers Angela thinks she is Jarret’s fiancée. Jimmy also renews acquaintances with a group of show people, including Sally McGuire, who attempts to console him. Jimmy meets Jarret’s divorced wife, Harriet, famed photographer. Jimmy engineers a meeting of Jarret and Harriet with Angela present, which forms the beginning of an understanding that Jarret is not for her. Jimmy is inducted into the Army.

Kitty

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Pickpocket Kitty’s life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork gains the attention of Sir Hugh Marcy, who later decides to use her for his benefit.

Chisum

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

Cattle baron John Chisum joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln County land war.

The Charge of the Light Brigade

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

In 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the dreadful Great Game of political intrigues and alliances whose greatest prize is the domination of India and the border territories, Major Geoffrey Vickers must endure several betrayals and misfortunes before he can achieve his revenge at the Balaclava Heights, on October 25, 1854, the most glorious day of the Crimean War.

Auntie Mame

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

Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father dies. Conflict ensues when the executor of the father’s estate objects to the aunt’s lifestyle and tries to force her to send Patrick to prep school.

From the Earth to the Moon

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

Set just after the American civil war, businessman and inventor Victor Barbicane invents a new source of power called Power X. He plans to use it to power rockets, and to show its potential he plans to send a projectile to the moon. Joining him for the trip are his assistant Ben Sharpe, Barbicane’s arch-rival Stuyvesant Nicholl, and Nicholl’s daughter Virginia. Nicholl believes that Power X goes against the will of God and sabotages the projectile so that they cannot return to earth, setting up a suspenseful finale as they battle to repair the projectile.