Sam Hardy – MRQE

A Man’s Man

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

An aspiring actress goes to Hollywood to make movies and marries a soda jerk.

Outcast

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

Outcast is a 1928 silent film drama produced and distributed by First National Pictures. It was directed by William A. Seiter and stars Corinne Griffith, often considered one of the most beautiful women in film. This story had been filmed in 1917 as The World and the Woman with Jeanne Eagels. In 1922 a Paramount film of the same name with Elsie Ferguson reprising her stage role was released. Both films were based on a 1914 play, Outcast, by Hubert Henry Davies which starred Ferguson. The Seiter/Griffith film was an all silent with Vitaphone music and sound effects. In the sound era, the story was filmed once again as The Girl from 10th Avenue starring Bette Davis.

King Kong

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

Adventurous filmmaker, Carl Denham, sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to displayed on Broadway as Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.

Fast Company

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

Egomaniacal baseball slugger Elmer Kane is not only good, he enjoys telling everybody how good he is. A professional scout, Bert Wade, takes an interest in Elmer, who in turn takes an interest in Evelyn Corey, an attractive actress.

June Moon

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An ordinary Joe has ambitions to become a Tin Pan Alley writer.

The Dark Horse

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The Progressive Party convention is deadlocked for governor, so both sides nominate the dark horse Zachary Hicks. Kay Russell suggests they hire Hal Blake as campaign manager; but first they have to get him out of jail for not paying alimony. Blake organizes the office and coaches Hicks to answer every question by pausing and then saying, “Well yes, but then again no.” Blake will sell Hicks as dumb but honest. Russell refuses to marry Blake, while Joe keeps people away from Blake’s office. Blake teaches Hicks a speech by Lincoln. At the debate when the conservative candidate Underwood recites the same speech, Blake exposes him as a plagiarist. Hicks is presented for photo opportunities and gives his yes-and-no answer to any question, including whether he expects to win.

Rainbow Man

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The Rainbow Man is a 1929 black and white American musical film.

Reno

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

A film by George Crone

The Big Noise

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

John Stoval, a guard in a New York subway, thinks that Philip Hurd, who owns a concession at Coney Island, would make a good husband for his daughter Sophie. Sophie, however, has her sights set on Bill Hedges, the son of a wealthy farmer in upstate New York. Her father arranges for her to marry Hurd in exchange for a 25% interest in the concession, but matters come to a halt when John slips and falls off a subway platform and is injured.

Break of Hearts

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Constance, a poor but aspiring composer, meets the great conductor, Franz, through their old music teacher. They fall in love, despite Constance knowing about Franz’s weakness for pretty women.