Author Archive: Retro

Coke Ennyday, the scientific detective, divides his own time in periods for “Sleep”, “Eat”, “Dope” and “Drink”. In fact he’s used to overcome every situation with drugs: consuming it to increase his energies or injecting it in his opponents to KO them. To help the police he discovers a contraband of opium (which he eagerly tastes) transported with “Leaping Fishes”, and the blackmail of a mysterious man who wants to marry the “fish blower” girl. Will Coke be able to free the girl ?

Due to his mother’s obsession with French novelist Alexandre Dumas, a Kansas lad is possessed with the spirit of D’Artagnan, and must protect an innocent young girl from a lecherous old millionaire. Filmed at the Grand Canyon. Written and Edited by Allan Dwan. Dir. Allan Dwan.

This is the one, the only, the original and best Zorro film that will have you saying, “Antonio who??” A milquetoast nobleman secretly rides as the dashing protector of the people. Produced by Douglas Fairbanks, his first swashbuckler.

Man goes to great lengths to marry a woman against her father’s wishes, but what will they do when the bride, groom, and reverend are separated by insurmountable circumstances? Written by Anita Loos and John Emerson. Dir. Mario Bava.

A young woman dreams of becoming a great actress. When her boyfriend starts to flirt with an actual actress, she becomes jealous and decides to fight with her rival.

New York broker blames his bad luck on an opal ring which he throws away, only to be picked up by the beautiful daughter of an oil baron, with whom he falls in love and must protect from a gold-digging suitor. Written by Douglas Fairbanks and Thomas Geraghty.

Toni le Braun is a Opera Singer hopeful who gets a letter from Budapest saying she has a job singing. Unfortunately, she soon learns that the local in which she is singing is not an opera house but a cabaret. When she refuses the advances of one of the rich patrons of the cabaret, and the wardrobe mistress helps her escape, they are both fired. What Toni does not know is that the wardrobe mistress is a baroness, whose husband was killed in the great war. Rather than loose her old life, she works all year and when she gets her husbands yearly cheque (like pension i think) she lives in Monte Carlo the way she did before the war, until her money runs out, and then she returns to Budapest. Toni is now the Baroness’ ward, and two men (uncle and nephew) fall in love with her. Toni becomes engaged to the young Richard. [...]