Scott Sidney – MRQE

Hold Your Breath

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

When her newspaper reporter brother is taken ill, a young woman takes over his job. Before she knows it, she’s involved up to her neck in a plot involving stolen jewelry and a very agile monkey.

Seven Days

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

Jim Wilson is separated from his wife Bella, so when his maiden Aunt Selina — who thoroughly disapproves of divorce — comes to visit, Wilson is compelled to locate a temporary wife. His friend, Kit Eclair, is happy to fill in, but during a party, his home is quarantined for smallpox. To complicate matters, a burglar is hiding from a cop in Wilson’s home, and wacky Anne Brown is busy trying to hold a seance.

Charley’s Aunt

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

Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly to pose as Charley’s Brazilian Aunt Donna Lucia. Their purpose is to have a chaperone for their amorous visits with Amy and Kitty, niece and ward of crusty Stephen Spettigue. Complications begin when Fancourt, in drag, becomes the love object of old Spettigue and Sir Francis Chesney.

The Nervous Wreck

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

Henry Williams, out in Arizona looking for a cure for his imaginary ills, stops at the ranch of Jud Morgan, and decides to stay. Jud’s daughter, Sally, attracts his attention, although she is engaged to be married to Sheriff Bob Wells. Henry rides with her to town, where she wants to go shopping for her wedding clothes, but they run out of gas. No, problem’ Henry holds up a passing motorist, with a monkey-wrench, and takes gasoline out of his car. They stop at a ranch where the foreman makes them become the cook and dishwasher. Then Jerome Underwood and his daughter, Harriet, arrive and they recognize Henry and Sally as the ones who held them up for gas. The jealous sheriff adds to the complications.

Stop Flirting

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

The Christie brothers — Al Christie and Charles Christie — made popular comedies for many years (one of their alumni was eternal flapper Colleen Moore). For this six-reel feature, based on the London musical comedy by Fred Jackson, the Christies used most of their stock players. Perry Reynolds (John T. Murray) and his wife, Vivian (Wanda Hawley), are on their honeymoon, but Perry still has a roving eye. This does not sit well with Vivian at all, so she throws a party and invites a crowd of her admirers. Perry wants to teach her a lesson, and his friend, Geoffrey (Hallam Cooley), suggests that he pretend to fly to Hawaii. Perry takes him up on the idea, but he winds up on a plane headed to Hawaii for real, and Geoffrey has to rescue him in a speed boat. Perry hides in a boathouse, but Vivian figures out what he’s doing and continues to flirt with her men friends. This little scenario is interrupted when a manic, who thinks he is the Hunchback of Notre Dame, runs amok. Perry, Geoffrey, and a Count (Jimmie Adams) all disguise themselves as the madman, causing a lot of mayhem. Vivian finally corners one maniac, who turns out to be her husband. They reconcile, and all is well.

The Road to Love

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

Hafsa, a beautiful Arab girl (Lenore Ulrich), wants the right to choose her own mate, instead of the husband picked out by her father, Malik (Herschel Mayall). Naturally, the man she falls in love with is unacceptable, since he’s an American.