Warner Oland – MRQE

The Mighty

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

In this melodrama set during WW I, a gangster joins the army and is promoted to major. He then returns from war torn Europe to tell a family that their beloved son had died in his arms during a battle. The major then falls in love with the late soldier’s sister and decides to accept a position in town as the new police commissioner.

The Painted Veil

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

The wife of a doctor in China falls in love with a diplomat.

Shanghai

Sun, 26 Oct 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A New York socialite travels to Shanghai to visit her ailing aunt and falls in love with a Russian banker, who harbors a family secret.

When a Man Loves

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

A nobleman studying for the priesthood abandons his vocation in 18th Century France when he falls in love with a beautiful, but reluctant, courtesan.

Stand and Deliver

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Our heroine, Miss Velez (despite the fact that she seems to be just along for the ride) is much her usual over-eloquent self (how fortunate she has no sound track!), while Warner Oland makes such an impressive and villainously seedy bandit, he needs no sound track at all. We can just imagine his oily, purring accents all too well.

The Big Gamble

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

A gambler, hopelessly in debt, agrees to pay off his debt by allowing his creditor to take out a life insurance policy on him and collecting once the one-year suicide clause has elapsed.

The Vagabond King

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

The story takes place in medieval France. Poet-rogue Francois Villon, sentenced to hang by King Louis XI for writing derogatory verses about him, is offered a temporary reprieve. His hanging will be postponed for 24 hours, and in that time he must defeat the invading Burgundians and win the love of the beautiful Katherine.

Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo

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

Although Charlie and Lee are in Monaco for an art exhibit, they become caught up in a feud between rival financiers which involves the Chan’s in a web of blackmail and murder.

Chinatown Nights

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Joan Fry, a society woman, falls in love with Chuck Riley, the white-leader of a powerful gang in Chinatown, and he quickly drags her down into the depths with him. But seeing her so much in love with him causes him to realize he isl in love with her, and he determines to lift her up again. “Boston” Charley, the rival gang-leader, has other plans.

Charlie Chan on Broadway

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

Returning from European exile where she avoided testifying against her criminal associates, a former singer with a tell-all diary is murdered to insure her silence.