Reginald Barker – MRQE

Coward!

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

Set during the American Civil War, Keenan stars as a Virginia colonel and Charles Ray as his weak-willed son. The son is forced, at gunpoint, by his father to enlist in the Confederate army. He is terrified by the war and deserts during a battle. The film focuses on the son’s struggle to overcome his cowardice.

Shadows

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Geraldine Farrar plays a woman with a past in this domestic melodrama. Her character, Muriel, has become popular in society and she marries a prominent businessman, Judson Barnes (Milton Sills). Years pass, and they have a child. Frank Craftley (Fred Truesdell) approaches Barnes with a shady project, and Muriel advises her husband against getting involved. Craftley’s partner, Jack McGoff (Tom Santschi), realizes that Muriel is an Alaskan dance hall girl he once knew. He threatens to expose her secret unless she urges her husband to take up the project. In fear of losing her husband and child, she complies, and Barnes and Craftley leave town to go over particulars. McGoff comes over to visit Muriel and take further advantage of her, but this time he has overplayed his hand. She lays out her jewels, and when McGoff grabs her, she calls for help. A policeman comes and shoots what he assumes to be a common burglar. The film ends with Muriel holding her child. Farrar’s career with the Goldwyn studios was less than impressive, and the plot to this film helps explain why.

The Healer

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

A young doctor running a health farm for polio victims is dazzled by a pretty and wealthy society girl, to the detriment of his patients and the woman who really loves him.

The Italian

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

An immigrant leaves his sweetheart in Italy to find a better life across the sea in the grimy slums of New York.

The Moonstone

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

A valuable gem from India is stolen in an old dark mansion and it is up to Scotland Yard inspector Charles Irwin to find out who did it among all the suspects who were in the house.

The Bargain

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

After the bandit Jim Stokes robs the stage he is wounded fleeing. Recuperating at a ranch, he falls in love with and marries the daughter. Now wishing to go straight he tries to return the money but is recognized and captured. When the Sheriff then loses the recovered money at a crooked roulette table, he and Stokes strike a bargain.

The Mississippi Gambler

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

He was a handsome gambler, living by his wits; yet when he played for the biggest stake of his life he threw away the winning hand; She was the beautiful daughter of a Southern gentleman; yet she fell in love with the gambler. How? Why? See the answer in this utterly charming, smashingly dramatic and colorful romance of river days fraught with adventure.

Body and Soul

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A disgraced alcoholic surgeon settles in a small village in the Swiss Alps. He falls for Hilda, a servant at the hotel where he lives. He tricks her into marrying him by making her think her lover, Ruffo, has abandoned her. Things don’t go quite as planned, however, when Ruffo returns.

Seven Keys to Baldpate

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

A writer rents what he believes is a deserted lodge in order to complete his novel. But then six other people show up one-by-one, each for reasons of their own.

Broken Barriers

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A young girl is forced to give up college when her father loses all his money. She soon meets and falls for a young man at a party, only to discover that he’s married. As if that weren’t bad enough, he is soon seriously injured in an automobile accident, and doctors say that he may never walk again.