Paul Weigel – MRQE

Skyscraper

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

Blondy and Swede are gruff best friends who build skyscrapers. Blondy gets sweet on a girl he saves from a falling beam, Sally, but when he is injured in an accident and temporarily crippled, he rejects her. Swede tries every desperate measure to get Blondy to fight back, to try to walk, even masquerading as stealing Sally away from him.

Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife

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

John Brandon, an American millionaire, has been married seven times but never found love. Then, when he is in Paris, Mona de Briac comes into his life. Mona comes from an noble family who is facing ruin.

The Invisible Ray

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Dr. Janos Rukh discovers a certain type of radium that has almost magical healing properties. But the element has a dangerous side, too, and it has already started affecting Rukh. Consumed by paranoia, he begins to suspect that his wife is having an affair. Wild for revenge, Rukh hatches a deadly plot…using his own poisoned body as a weapon to kill.

Evangeline

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

In the Canadian province of Acadia, young Evangeline is betrothed to Gabriel. But before their wedding can take place, the British imprison the men and send them into exile with their lands forfeit to the Crown Evangeline follows the exiled men in hopes of finding her beloved, but even after he and the other Acadians are released in Louisiana, she cannot find him, always arriving at some locale just after he has departed. But she dedicates her life to searching the continent for the man she loves.

The Leatherneck

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

A film about male bonding. At the end of WW I, two Americans befriend a simple minded German and win him over into becoming an American. All three are still peacetime officers in the US Marines when an unscrupulous character steals Boyd’s girl and his two buddies go off to rescue her. When they don’t come back, Boyd goes after them to rescue all. This is all done in flashback from a court martial trial for desertion.

For Heaven’s Sake

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

An irresponsible young millionaire changes his tune when he falls for the daughter of a downtown minister.

Mademoiselle Midnight

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

Renée (Mae Murray) is the heiress of a Mexican ranch, granddaughter of a woman known for her recklessness and frivolity at night. This first “Mademoiselle Midnight” is banished in the opening scene by Napoleon III at Empress Eugenie’s insistence to Mexico. Renee is kept locked at the hacienda at night by her father to prevent her following in her grandmother’s wayward footsteps. She falls in love with a visiting American (Monte Blue) but is also pursued by the craven outlaw Manuel Corrales. Miss Murray gets to do some of her trademark dancing, but this one isn’t a comedy, despite comic relief provided by Johnny Arthur.

The Intrigue

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 05:00:00 +0000

A sci-fi/espionage film in which world powers vie for control of a death ray during World War I as an undercover countess infiltrates enemy ranks to prevent them from getting their hands on the weapon.

Each Pearl a Tear

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

Though she was no spring chicken when she began making films, stage favorite Fannie Ward managed to convey the illusion of the flush of youth. In Each Pearl a Tear, Ward plays Diane Winton, the daughter of a downtrodden stockbroker’s assistant. She is dearly coveted by her father’s boss, heartless stockbroker Lorillard (Charles Clary). Diane becomes Lorillard’s ward, whereupon he makes his lustful intentions quite clear. The villain is foiled by Diane and her true love, humble secretary John Clarke (Jack Dean), who turns out to be a Wall Street whiz. Each Pearl a Tear was co-written by Beatrice DeMille, the mother of Cecil B. DeMille.