Patricia Dane – MRQE

Are You with It?

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

Milton Haskins, a math genius known for his infallibility with numbers, quits his job with an insurance company when he discovers he made a mistake, and hooks up with a traveling carnival. His knowledge of mathematics makes him a natural as an assistant at the wheel of fortune. His fiancée begs him to return to his job but he refuses, so she joins the carnival and becomes a striptease artist. When Milton attempts to drag her off the stage, a brawling mêlée breaks out and the entire troupe is arrested by the local police. The carnival is sold but Milton reveals that the new owner has conspired to defraud the insurance company. The insurance company has to accept the carnival in lieu of the money owed, and they allow Milton and his fiancée, Vivian, to stay with and help run the carnival.

I Dood It

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

Constance Shaw, a Broadway dance star, and Joseph Rivington Reynolds, a keen fan of hers, marry after she breaks up with her fiancé. Connie thinks Joseph owns a gold mine, but he actually works as a presser at a hotel valet shop. When everyone learns what he really is, Joseph is banned from the theater. When he sneaks in again, he learns of a plot to set off a bomb in the adjoining munitions warehouse.

Northwest Rangers

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

Boyhood friends grow up into different professions: one a dedicated Canadian Mountie, the other a notorious gambler.

Somewhere I’ll Find You

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

Brothers feud over a girl they both fall for while covering World War II.

Grand Central Murder

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

Conniving Broadway starlet Mida King has plenty of enemies, so when she’s found murdered at Grand Central Station, Inspector Gunther calls together a slew of suspects for questioning. Mida’s shady ex-flame, Turk, seems the most likely culprit, but when smart-mouthed private eye Rocky Custer — also a suspect himself — begins to piece together the crime, a few clues that Gunther has overlooked come to light.

Rio Rita

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

Doc and Wishey run into some Nazi-agents, who want to smuggle bombs into the USA from a Mexican border hotel.

Johnny Eager

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

A charming racketeer seduces the DA’s stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.

Life Begins for Andy Hardy

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

With his high school graduation behind him, Andy Hardy decides that as an adult, it’s time to start living his life. Judge Hardy had hoped that his son would go to college and study law, but Andy isn’t sure that’s what he wants to do so he heads off to New York City to find a job. Too proud to accept any help from Betsy Booth, Andy finds that living on his own isn’t so easy. With perseverance he eventually finds a job and even gets to date the pretty receptionist in his office. He also has to face several of life’s lessons leading him to conclude that he may still have a bit of growing up to do.