Author Archive: Retro

Griffith”‘s sweeping epic detailing four eras (Judean, Midieval French, Babylonian, and Present Day) of predjudice and inhumanity. Intense, melodramatic, influential film that set the stage for American cinema to come. Produced, Written, Directed, Edited, and Score Arranged by D.W. Griffith. Dir. Herbert Wilcox.

Elaborate sets as well as fights in the Fairbanks’ fashion highlight this production of the classic tale of Robin and the Merry Men as they fight against tyranny.

King Louis XIII of France is thrilled to have born to him a son – an heir to the throne. But when the queen delivers a twin, Cardinal Richelieu sees the second son as a potential for revolution, and has him sent off to Spain to be raised in secret to ensure a peaceful future for France.

Entomologist falls for a wealthy industrialist’s daughter, who is engaged to a Malted Milk Magnate that is illegally shipping gunpowder to Mexico. Written by Anita Loos. Dir. Lloyd Ingraham.

Fast-paced society farce about Greenwich Village bachelor Fairbanks who is in love with a social worker with a theory that poor children can be made into proper citizens by being exposed periodically to wealthy families. Original music score by Blaine L. Gale.

A shipwrecked nobleman joins a gang of cutthroat pirates to avenge the death of his father.

Detective Doug dons the duds of a dude as he goes undercover to thwart a gang of cattle rustlers who decide to add kidnapping to their list of nefarious deeds. Written by Douglas Fairbanks. Dir. Joseph Henabery.

Fairbanks takes on four different roles, as Zorro’s son continues his father’s fight against evil and injustice.

Son of a wealthy New York family loses his fiancee when he’s shown to be a coward during a beach bathing incident, but must prove to be a man when his sweetie is kidnapped by Yaqui Indians. Fairbanks’ film debut. Written by William Christy Cabanne, Supervised by D.W. Griffith.