Sam Livesey – MRQE

Turn of the Tide

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Turn of the Tide is a 1935 British film directed by Norman Walker. It was the first feature film made by J. Arthur Rank. It is set in a North Yorkshire fishing village, and relates the rivalry between two fishing families. The actors included John Garrick, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Wilfrid Lawson speak in the local accent. The work is based on the novel Three Fevers by Leo Walmsley.

Moscow Nights

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

During the First World War, Russian officer Ignatoff, wounded, falls in love with his nurse, Natasha. But she is subject to an upcoming marriage of family convenience to Brioukow, a wealthy industrialist of peasant stock. Brioukow is unjustifiably jealous, since Natasha has not betrayed him. He forces Ignatoff into his debt as a means of humiliating him. When Ignatoff’s new friend, Madame Sabline, offers to pay his debt, preventing his ruin, Ignatoff comes quickly to realize that Madame Sabline has an ulterior motive, one that could prove dangerous to more lives than just Ignatoff’s.

Dreyfus

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

In 1894, French officer Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted for the treasonous acts of another man, Major Esterhazy. When investigations begin into the dubious evidence used in the trial, an institutional coverup begins, aided by the popularity of Esterhazy and anti-Semitic prejudice against Dreyfus. But a determined group, headed by prominent author Émile Zola, leads a mounting public call to reopen the Dreyfus case.

One Family

Sun, 07 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A young boy dreams he’s on a guided tour of Buckingham Palace and various countries in the British Empire.

Young Woodley

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

A schoolboy falls in love with his teacher’s young wife.

Raise the Roof

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The wealthy Rodney Langford, who dreams of going on the stage, hopes to fulfil his ambitions by buying a failing revue called ‘Raise the Roof’, starring Maisie Grey. His father, fearing scandal, bribes amoral actor Atherley Armitage to sabotage the show. But, when all hope seems lost, Maisie comes up with an ingenious idea to try and save the day.