Author Archive: Retro

A ruthless, domineering woman is married to an alcoholic D.A., her childhood companion and the only living witness to her murder of her rich aunt seventeen years earlier.

U.S. Treasury Department agents go after a ring of counterfeiters.

To gain entry to Heaven, a ghost attempts to reunite a divorcing couple as a good deed.

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An all-black Caribbean island resort welcomes flashy dancer Gertie La Rue, forced to perform in this remote spot because she two-timed Al, her Harlem lover and backer, once too often. As Gertie amuses herself by dazzling the local men with her sex appeal, sanctimonious Mr. Christian (shades of ‘Rain’) schemes to either reform her or have her thrown off the island. On opening night, her sensuous performance exceeds Christian’s worst fears…but more serious trouble awaits.

During WWII, the death camp at Treblinka had an escape, causing the Commandant at a similar camp in Sobibor to vow (actually threaten) that his camp would never experience the same thing. The Jewish laborers that had been spared from the ovens, knew that they were on borrowed time and that their only hope was to escape. However, because the Germans would kill an equal number of others whenever a group attempted to escape, the captives knew that if ever an escape was tried, all 600 prisoners in the camp would have to be included…

A Chicago waitress falls in love with a Minnesota farmer, and decides to face a life in the country.

Detective investigates the death of a lecherous artist, but all evidence points to his girlfriend being the murderer. In this early talkie, actress Joan Barry provides the voice for Anny Ondra, a silent performer who couldn’t speak english! Co-Written by Alfred Hitchcock. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock

Stoker in a Welsh coal town risks his life to save the mine after a gas leak.