William Collier Sr. – MRQE

Madison Sq. Garden

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

Eddie Burke ( Jack Oakie) is a wise-guy pugilist whose talent is unevenly matched by his ego. Despite his character flaws, Eddie knows the meaning of loyalty. When his manager Doc Williams (William Collier Sr.) is offered the opportunity to stage a match at Madison Square Garden, but only if he gets rid of his stable of fighters, Eddie fabricates an alibi and stages a walkout on Doc.

Cheaters

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

A criminal gang is after a rich man’s money. A female member of the gang gets the bright idea of getting him to marry her, then getting a healthy settlement after a quick divorce.

After Tomorrow

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

In the Depression, Pete and Sidney are good kids, working hard, giving money to their parents, and engaged for three years while they save to get married. Each has a selfish mother: Sydney’s is cold, Pete’s is clingy. Sidney’s mother is looking for her own happiness, no matter how much that search harms her daughter and long-suffering husband; and, the longer the engagement lingers, the more pressure Pete’s mom puts on Sidney to break it off and set her son free. “After Tomorrow” is Pete and Sidney’s favorite song, but with illness, poverty, and temptation: will that good day ever come?

The Hard-Boiled Canary

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

A young girl fresh out of reform school who is singing in a burlesque show is offered a scholarship to a famous music camp by the camp’s owner. She must overcome the suspicions of the other students in order to prove herself.

Disputed Passage

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

A doctor’s medical studies are threatened by his infatuation with a Chinese girl. The girl returns to China, but complications ensue when she runs into him in Nanking during a Japanese bombing raid.

Television Spy

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

A scientist invents a television device called the Iconoscope. Foreign agents hear about it and try to steal it.

Invitation to Happiness

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

An egotistical boxer romances a rich backer’s daughter.

Persons in Hiding

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

During a stick-up, a woman is excited by the criminal and joins him on his crime spree.

Up the River

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

Daily life at men and women’s prison units where baseball and the marching band are serious business. Two prisoners escape in order to help paroled Steve from being blackmailed by his girlfriend’s ex-partner-in-crime.

Josette

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

Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the woman is a young nightclub singer with whom they both fall in love.