Thelma Todd – MRQE

The Haunted House

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

Four heirs to a family fortune are summoned to appear at the family estate for the reading of the will, where they meet the estate’s staff, which includes a nurse, a crazed doctor, and a sinister handyman.

No Limit

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

Theater usherette Bunny O’Day (Clara Bow) inadvertently becomes hostess of a private gambling den, and gets involved in a romance with a ne’er-do-well gambler.

This Is the Night

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

When Stephen, the husband of Geralds mistress, Claire, discovers a pair of tickets for their planned trip to Venice, Gerald must invent a wife to cover their tracks. He is then forced to hire a woman to play his wife when Stephen insists he and Claire accompany them to Venice.

Heart to Heart

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

Princess Delatorre, young and beautiful widow of an Italian scion of royalty, returns with her fortune to the small American town where she grew up as Ellen Gutherie. Arriving by train a few days earlier than she planned, Ellen is mistaken for Mrs. Arden, a seamstress of doubtful repute from a neighboring town. She carries on the deception for fun when her nearsighted Aunt Katie and others believe she is Mrs. Arden. Phil, her old sweetheart, recognizes her, however, and shows her his new invention, a corkscrew that turns itself–a failure because of prohibition. Ellen leaves, having heard how much store is set on her coming; she returns on the proper train, elaborately made up as Princess Delatorre, and the big reception takes place as planned. Then she and Phil return to Italy, where they expect the corkscrew to be a success.

Bottoms Up

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

Promoter “Smoothie” King helps a pair of phonies con their way into a movie company. As Wanda heads toward stardom, she turns more and more from King toward the matinée idol. King must decide between his plans and her happiness.

The Real McCoy

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

Charley poses as a hillbilly in his pursuit of a country girl.

After the Dance

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

Though he was protecting her when he accidentally killed a man, Mabel Kane (Thelma Todd) refuses to testify on behalf of her dance partner Jerry Davis (George Murphy), and he’s sent to jail. In a riot, a hostile convict (Jack La Rue) forces Jerry to help him escape, so Jerry takes to the streets himself. Nightclub entertainer Anne Taylor (Nancy Carroll) meets him, and convinces her boss Louis (Arthur Hohl) to hire him as her partner.

Hot Money

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

A thief on the run dumps some hot money in Thelma and Patsy’s lap.

The Noose

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

In this suspenseful silent crime drama, a hijacker proves his loyalty to his mother by killing his biological father, a blackmailing gangster who has been threatening to destroy the mother’s happy marriage to the governor.

Fireman, Save My Child

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 05:00:00 +0000

Two firemen must put up with a variety of travails in their job, especially their chief’s spoiled and bratty daughter, who keeps turning in false alarms whenever she needs some heavy lifting done so that she can get the responding firemen to do it.