T. Roy Barnes – MRQE

Wide Open

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An eccentric, fluttery bachelor is dismayed to discover an undressed woman in his apartment.

Chicago

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Based on a true story, two-timing boozing wife Roxie Hart kills her lover in cold blood after he leaves her, and finagles her way out being indicted. The basis for Kander/Ebb’s 1975 Broadway musical of the same name and its Oscar-winning 2002 film adaptation.

Sally

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

Sally is an orphan who was named by the telephone exchange where she was abandoned as a baby. In the orphanage, she discovered the joy of dancing. Working as a waitress, she serves Blair (Alexander Gray), and they both fall for each other, but Blair is engaged to socialite Marcia. Sally is hired to impersonate a famous Russian dancer named Noskerova, but at that engagement, she is found to be a phoney. Undaunted, she proceeds with her life and has a show on Broadway, but she still thinks of Blair.

Body and Soul

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

A disgraced alcoholic surgeon settles in a small village in the Swiss Alps. He falls for Hilda, a servant at the hotel where he lives. He tricks her into marrying him by making her think her lover, Ruffo, has abandoned her. Things don’t go quite as planned, however, when Ruffo returns.

The Old Homestead

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

Silent drama film based upon the play of the same name by Denman Thompson.

Kansas City Princess

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

Rosie and Marie are wisecracking Kansas City manicurists. Marie is an unabashed golddigger but Rosie would like to marry her gangster boyfriend Dynamite, who’s given her an expensive ring. When she loses the ring, both friends have to flee Dynamite’s wrath; their adventures include masquerading as girl scouts and taking an ocean voyage to Paris.

Women of All Nations

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

Marines Flagg and Quirt fought together in WWI and Panama. After some time in New York they go to Sweden and compete for the love of Else. Next they go to Nicaragua and help earthquake victims. Then to Egypt where Else is now in Prince Hassan’s harem.

Caught Short

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Landladies Polly Smith and Marie Jones, who operate boardinghouses on the same side of the street, are afflicted with numerous petty envies and jealousies but nevertheless are the best of friends. Polly invests in the stock market and begins to reap rewards, but she is unable to persuade Marie to use her life’s savings to buy shares of American Cheese or Brazilian Bananas. Meanwhile, Marie’s daughter, Genevieve, and Polly’s son, William, just back from college, fall in love; but an argument between the ladies breaks up the romance; and smarting under Polly’s patronizing manner, Marie plunges into the market herself and with the winnings is able to stage a society splurge at a fashionable resort.

The Crowded Hour

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

Telephone operator Peggy, puts on an act with Matt Wilde at a Bowery amateur night and is seen by Billy Laidlaw, who becomes convinced of her talents. Billy subsequently arranges for the Broadway debut of the act and falls in love with Peggy, who wholeheartedly returns his affection. When the World War breaks out, Billy remains unconcerned until his younger brother is killed in action. Billy then immediately enlists and is sent to France; Peggy joins the Red Cross to be with him, and Grace Laidlaw, Billy’s wife, also goes to France, working with the Y. M. C. A. Billy is assigned to destroy an ammunition dump, and Peggy learns, after he has left on the mission, that he has been recalled.

Seven Chances

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Struggling stockbroker Jimmie Shannon learns that, if he gets married by 7 p.m. on his 27th birthday — which is today — he’ll inherit $7 million from an eccentric relative.