Vera Lewis – MRQE

Resurrection

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

Katusha, a country girl, is seduced and abandoned by Prince Nekludov. Nekludov finds himself, years later, on a jury trying the same Katusha for a crime he now realizes his actions drove her to. He follows her to imprisonment in Siberia, intent on redeeming her and himself as well.

She Couldn’t Say No (1940/II)

Sat, 20 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Two big city lawyers are handed an important case but then find it requires them to deal with the oddball and very shrewd characters in a small town.

Peg o’ My Heart

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

PEG O MY HEART (Metro Studios, 1922), directed by King Vidor, under the supervision of J. Hartley Manners, introduces the legendary theatrical actress Laurette Taylor (1884-1946) to the screen reprising the role she made famous as a poor Irish farm girl who inherits a fortune but would rather have happiness instead. While a bit too old for the character supposedly in her late teens or early twenties, Laurette was tailor made for it.

Four Daughters

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Musician Adam Lemp and his four equally musical daughters, Emma, Ann, Kay, and Thea, live happily together. Each daughter has an upstanding young man for whom she cares. However, the arrival of a cynical, slovenly young composer named Mickey Borden turns the household upside-down, and romantic and tragic complications ensue.

Long Live the King

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

A young crown prince, wishing to be just an ordinary boy, runs away with his friend. The king dies, and when the prince does not appear, the people begin to rise in revolution. When the crown prince finally hears the death knell for the late king he immediately attempts to return to the palace, however is abducted by revolutionaries and held captive. Will he be rescued in time to restore order?

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

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

Nancy helps two aging spinsters fulfill the byzantine provisions of their father’s will, but the murder of their chauffeur complicates matters.

Wide Open

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

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

Enticement

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

Enticement (1925)

The Iron Mask

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

King Louis XIII of France is thrilled to have born to him a son – an heir to the throne. But when the queen delivers a twin, Cardinal Richelieu sees the second son as a potential for revolution, and has him sent off to Spain to be raised in secret to ensure a peaceful future for France. Alas, keeping the secret means sending Constance, lover of D’Artagnan, off to a convent. D’Artagnan hears of this and rallies the Musketeers in a bid to rescue her. Unfortunately, Richelieu out-smarts the Musketeers and banishes them forever.

Ramona

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

Based on the Helen Hunt Jackson novel of 1884 about a young woman of partial Native American descent, who experiences love and loss in 1800s California.