William K. Howard – MRQE

The First Year

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

Grace Livingston is leading a happy life in her small town, with her mother and father, being courted by two men, the steady but predictable Tommy Tucker and the more ambitious, flashy, and worldly Dick Loring, who seems closer to Grace in his desire for travel and adventure.

Love, Live and Laugh

Sun, 31 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Any movie that starts Jewish entertainer George Jessel as an Italian accordionist named Luigi can’t be all bad. In love with the beautiful Margharita (Lila Lee), Luigi lands a job in the music store owned by the girl’s uncle. Ultimately, however, our hero does the Pagliacci act when Margharita evinces a preference for handsome Pasquale (David Rollins). The film’s best scene takes place in a nursery full of talented tots, a sequence that undoubtedly reminded Jessel of his days with Gus Edwards’ “Schoolroom” act. Exercising his droit du seigneur, Georgie Jessel sings the title tune.

The Main Event

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

Nightclub dancer Glory Frayne falls in love with championship boxer Red Lucas . Luca’s latest opponent is likeable young pugilist Johnny Regan . When Johnny meets Glory, he is instantly smitten…..

Christina

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

This part-talkie (17 minutes of dialogue in its 83-minute running time) tells the tale of Christina, the daughter of Dutch toymaker Niklaas. Much to her dad’s dismay, Christina falls in love with sideshow huckster Jan. Likewise disapproving of the romance is Jan’s jealous employer Mme. Bosman, who frames the young man on an embezzlement charge.

Good Intentions

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

When love came the way of this gentleman crook he turned to the right—only to be caught in the swirling eddy of his criminal past! (original ad)

Sherlock Holmes

Sun, 28 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Moriarty is sentenced to death, and Sherlock Holmes prepares to retire to the country and marry his girl. But Moriarty has sworn that Holmes, Lt. Col. Gore-King of Scotland Yard, and his trial judge shall all be hanged too. When Moriarty escapes and proceeds to put his threat into operation, Holmes has to postpone his retirement.

Transatlantic

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

As a luxurious ocean liner makes its way across the Atlantic Ocean, the audience is made privy to the travails of several of its passengers. Edmund Lowe heads the cast as Monty Greer, a suave gambler who falls in love with Judy, the daughter of immigrant lens grinder Rudolph Kramer. In trying to recover some valuable securities stolen from banker Henry Graham, Greer finds himself in the middle of a fierce gun battle in the ship’s engine room. Meanwhile, Graham, who has been cheating on his wife Kay with sexy dancer Sigrid Carline, is murdered by person or persons unknown.

Volcano

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

Zabette de Chauvalons leaves a convent in Brussels to join her father on the island of Martinique, escorted by Père Bénédict. In St. Pierre she finds that her father has died; his widow, who rules the island’s French society, believes Zabette to be the child of a beautiful quadroon with whom Zabette’s father left for France; when Zabette is sent to the mulatto quarter, Stéphane Séquineau is present and takes an interest in her. Destitute, Zabette is forced to auction off her Paris fashions, and though Quembo, a cunning quadroon, is the highest bidder, Stéphane outbids him at the last minute and professes his love, which she accepts, believing herself to be une fille de couleur; however, his older brother, Maurice, insinuating that a mixed marriage would ruin him, persuades her to desist.

Scotland Yard

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A soldier is wounded in action. His face is restored by a plastic surgeon to resemble someone else.

Surrender

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

Story of French prisoner in Germany who falls in love with a German general’s daughter. From the novel “Axelle” by Pierre Benoit.