Winnie Lightner – MRQE

The Life of the Party

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

Two gold diggers try a French dressmaker, two Mr. Smiths and Havana.

She Couldn’t Say No

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

A night club singer falls for a gangster.

I’ll Fix It

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

A power-broker ward-heeler, Bill Grimes, wields more power than the elected politicians and has no problem in getting matters-of-the-city handled in which ever way is best for his needs. But when he tries to fix his adored kid brother’s place on the school football team, he meets his match in school-teacher Anne Barry.

Dancing Lady

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

Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a real Broadway musical being directed by Patch. Tod thinks he can get what he wants from Janie, Patch thinks Janie is using her charms rather than talent to get to the top, and Janie thinks Patch is the greatest. Steve, the stage manager, has the Three Stooges helping him manage all the show girls. Fred Astaire and Nelson Eddy make appearances as famous Broadway personalities.

She Had to Say Yes

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

Florence Denny is Tommy Nelson’s girlfriend and secretary at a clothing manufacturer during the Great Depression. In order to boost sales they have been using professional female entertainers to keep their clients very happy, but the clients are getting bored of them. Tommy convinces management to replace the professionals with “volunteers” from the pool of stenographers. Inevitably some clients expectations are greater than their “dates”, boyfriends become unhappy, and the “voluntary” duty becomes less so over time. At first, Tommy prevents Florence from being a volunteer, but eventually the prospect of a bonus becomes too great and he encourages her to volunteer. Afterwards, Tommy considers Florence a loose woman.

Side Show

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

A circus side show performer tries to discourage her younger sister from following in her footsteps.

Gold Dust Gertie

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

Early 30s pre-code comedy about a woman attempting to get her two ex-husbands to pay back alimony.

Sit Tight

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

Winnie Lightner is the head of a health clinic and has Joe E. Brown as one of her employees. Brown is a wrestler named JoJo and he is forced to enter the ring and face down a musclebound masked opponent (Frank S. Hagney). Making matters worse, the masked marauder is convinced that his wife has been fooling around with JoJo. JoJo is knocked out early in the proceedings, whereupon he dreams he’s a sultan surrounded by harem girls. A romantic subplot involves Paul Gregory and Claudia Dell. Gregory works for Dell’s father and Dell asks her father to give Gregory a promotion so that she can spend more time with him. When Gregory refuses to be promoted without earning the position, she threatens to have him fired and Gregory quits his job. Gregory attempts to start a new career as a championship wrestler and is trained by Lightner and Brown. When Dell finds out about this, she attempts to stop him and asks for his forgiveness. She pleads with him to not fight but he has already promised…

Hold Everything

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

A man is mistaken for a champion fighter.

Gold Diggers of Broadway

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

Three Broadway chorus girls seek rich husbands.